Mount Zion Baptist Church

The second oldest African American Baptist church in Pensacola, the congregation was organized in August 1880 after a break with John the Baptist Church. The present Romanesque Revival style structure was erected in 1918, after the original building was destroyed ...

Frank Mark Dunn II-St. Michael's Cemetery

Frank Mark II(1910-1995) was born on Christmas day to Frank Mark and Laura Helen Dunn, his father died just three weeks later.

Laura Helen Dunn moved the family to Seattle, Washington where Frank Mark II joined the Army and worked ...

Frank Mark Dunn-St. Michael's Cemetery

Due to his father's job as a stevedore, Frank Mark Dunn (1871-1911)was exposed early on to the maritime industry. Frank Mark was the third child of Edward and Mary Dunn.

He became an apprentice of Bar Pilot's Association of Pensacola ...

Elizabeth Weid-St Michael's Cemetery

Elizabeth Weid (1811-1866), born Elizabeth Rucheimer in Bavaria, Germany, her husband Johann George Weid, a stone mason, and five of their six children arrived at New Orleans in May of 1853 aboard the ship Auguste.

The family left Bremen, Germany ...

John the Baptist Church

Established in 1847 as the first black church in Pensacola, John the Baptist Church is the only surviving evidence of Hawk Shaw, an African American community.

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Coulson House (The African American Heritage Society)

The Coulson House, built at the turn of the 20^th century,, was originally the home of Kate Coulson. Coulson bought the empty property from the estate of E. A. Perry in 1899 and built her home on the lot. After ...

Mayhaw Community

Three tenant houses dating back to the 1930s are being restored here. Each February, Black Heritage events take place in the community park.

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The Rosenwald School

Located in what was once the black business district of Panama City, the Rosenwald School served black students in Bay County during segregation. The original building remains on its original site.

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The Historical Society of Martin County at Elliot Museum

The museum is home to the Willoughby Collection, one of the largest collections of late 19th and early 20th century Seminole artifacts.

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Arch Creek Historic and Archaeological Park

Arch Creek Park was created around a natural limestone bridge formation that was once part of an important trail first used by the Tequesta around 2,000 years ago and later by the Seminoles in the 19th century.

Middens dating to ...