Pleasant Street Historic District

Bounded by Main Street, NW 8th Avenue, NW 2nd Avenue and NW 6th Street (Depot Avenue).

The oldest and largest continuously inhabited black residential area in Gainesville, this district is significant as the religious and social center for black entertainment, ...

The Old Cotton Club

Located In Gainesville's Springhill neighborhood, the large wood-frame building was first constructed in 1940-41 as the Post Exchange at Camp Blanding in Starke, Florida.

At the end of World War II, the Perryman family purchased the surplus building, moved it ...

Mount Pleasant African Methodist Episcopal Church

Organized in 1867, the first church building was a wood-frame structure constructed on a site purchased from Charles Brush. That building was replaced by a brick structure in 1887 which was destroyed by fire in 1903.

The present building, a ...

Institute of Black Culture

Created in 1971 at the University of Florida, the Institute is home to many historical artifacts and resources related to the African and African American students who have enrolled at the school.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Friendship Baptist Church

Founded in 1892 at 4th Avenue and 6th Street, the church moved to its permanent home here in January of 1897. The first minister was Rev. J. S. Kelsey, who served the church from 1897-1901. The present building was completed ...

Greater Liberty Hill United Methodist Church

Serving as the religious home of many area families since the 1850s, Historic Liberty Hill United Methodist Church was the home of the Farmer's Aide Society, a group of pioneer African American farmers including Joe Duncan, Peter Jonas, the Reverend ...

First Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church

Established in 1890, this church was part of a community founded during Reconstruction in Rutledge, an area given to disenfranchised slaves by the Freedman's Bureau.

An exchange of deeds allowed the church to move to its current one-acre location where ...

Chestnut Funeral Home

Established in 1914 by Matthew E. Hughes and Charles Chestnut, Sr., this funeral home is one of Gainesville's oldest businesses. Chestnut's grandson and great-grandson continue to run the business today.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Photo Courtesy Alachua County Library ...

A. Quinn Jones Center

Constructed in 1923, and opened in 1925 as Lincoln High School and successor to the Union Academy, this two-story red brick school became one of the first accredited high schools in Florida for African American students.

The historic school building ...

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park

Many African Americans in rural Florida lived in small tenant houses like the one standing in the orange grove at the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park.

Visitors to this Florida homestead can walk back in time to 1930s farm ...