St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church - Tampa

The St. Paul AME congregation dates back to 1870. The original church structure, a brick vernacular building with Gothic and Romanesque detailing, was erected in downtown Tampa between 1906 and 1917. With its large sanctuary, balcony and basement, this church ...

Robert W. Saunders Public Library

The Ybor City Library was renamed in 2003 for Robert W. Saunders, former Field Secretary of the NAACP. Saunders followed in the footsteps of Harry T. Moore who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan on Christmas night 1951. In ...

North Franklin Street Historic District

Roughly bordered by Florida Avenue, East Fortune Street, Franklin Street and East Harrison Street.

A sparsely settled area of private wood-frame dwellings and businesses, this neighborhood formed around 1900 and peaked during the 1930s. A segregated area until the 1960s, ...

The Jackson House (Private)

This two story wood frame house was built around 1900 as a family home. Expanded to 24 rooms, it became known as The Jackson House. One block from the Union Station Railroad Depot, the house served porters and other black ...

Black History and Art Museum

Located inside the Paradise Missionary Baptist Church, this museum is in the heart of the historic Central Avenue neighborhood once called The Scrubs. The building was constructed in 1891 as the Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church. The museum includes ...

Glover School

Hillsborough County Historic Landmark

In 1866, freed slaves from East Hillsborough County founded the community of Bealsville-named for Alfred Beal, a member of one of the original families. Since the beginning of the community, education was important to its residents. ...

Bethlehem Progressive Baptist Church

According to oral histories, Frank Saxton, a white man, built this church in 1861 for his former slaves. By 1869, 15 black Baptist churches in the state formed the Bethlehem Baptist Association. Fort Taylor Cemetery, south of Brooksville, is the ...

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

Built between 1895 and 1910, this wood frame church is the oldest surviving African American church in Floral City.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Frazier Cemetery

H.C. Frazier established this African American cemetery in 1908 when he buried his son here. Arthur Norton, one of the first black settlers who worked in the phosphate mines, is buried here. The overwhelming majority of Floral City's phosphate workers ...

National Historic Landmark-Mission Concepcion

National Historic Landmark - Mission Concepcion

Established in 1731 by Franciscan friars, this is the best preserved of the Texas missions. The massive church building is designed in Mexican Baroque style, with twin bell towers.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historic Landmarks