African Missionary Baptist Church

The first church was built on the corner of Parshley and Houston Avenue. This Masonry Vernacular building was built in 1910.

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Photo courtesy of Ebyabe.

Madison Post Office

The George Snow Hill mural reflecting life in the north Florida cotton industry was created as part of President Roosevelt's WPA program.

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Photo courtesy of Jimmy Wayne.

Ray Charles Memorial at Haffye Hays Park

Greenville is the childhood home of Ray Charles (1930-2004). A full-sized statue commemorates the Greenville life of this world-famous singer, songwriter and composer who attended the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine.

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St. James CME Church

This Gothic Revival structure was constructed in 1899 on land purchased by black members of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church who formed a separate organization known as the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. There were at least two earlier structures on ...

Rosa Parks Marker and C.K. Steele Statue

On December 1, 2005, a marker commemorating Rosa Parks was placed at the bus plaza with a statue honoring longtime Tallahassee civic rights leader, Reverend C.K. Steele (1914-1980).

The former pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, Reverend Steele became the most ...

Old Lincoln High School

The academic body that became Lincoln Academy was first organized in 1869. The first building at Lafayette and Copeland burned, and a new structure was built at Copeland and Park Avenue.

In 1906, lincoln Academy moved into a frame building ...

Historic Capitol Museum & Florida Legislative Research Center

Highlighting the history of Florida politics and encouraging citizen involvement in the political process, exhibits examine the struggle for civil rights in Florida with displays about Martin Luther King, Jr., the Tallahassee bus boycott and civil rights activist Harry T. ...

Old City Cemetery

The present boundaries of the Old City Cemetery were established by the Florida Territorial Council in 1829. Many pioneers and their slaves are buried here, although some early Tallahasseans were buried several hundred feet east of this site.

As Tallahassee's ...

The McKinney House

Built in 1945 by Nathaniel and Lucille McKinney, the present owner was the second female African American assistant principal of Leon County Schools.

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Gibbs Cottage

Gibbs Cottage, constructed in 1894 and moved here from its original site, was the home of Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs. Gibbs was a member of the Florida Legislature who in 1887 introduced legislation that resulted in the founding of the ...