Freemanville Historic Site

A state historic marker recognizes this community settled in 1867 by freed slaves after the Civil War. On the second Tuesday in February each year, the City of Port Orange celebrates Freemanville Day, with historic reenactments.

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St. Rita's Black History Museum

The Old Sacred Heart/St. Rita (Colored) Mission Church building, constructed in 1899, was one of the few houses of worship for black Roman Catholics in this area, and the only one left standing. Moved to this site, the building now ...

St. Valentine's Day Massacre Site

This address was once home to the SMC Cartage Company, site of one of the most infamous gangland killings in American history.

On February 14th 1929, seven men associated with Bugs Moran's North Side Gang were murdered by gunmen hired ...

National Historic Landmark-Slater Mill

National Historic Landmark-Old Slater Mill

Here, Samuel Slater (1768-1835) perfected America's first successful water-powered spinning machine in 1790, and helped to build the country's first successful cotton mill in 1793.

His mill is operated as a museum.

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National Historic Landmark-Ocean Drive Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Ocean Drive Historic District

This large historic district includes the south-western tip of Rhode Island -- not the state, but the island on which Newport is built.

It has a rugged, informal character, as compared with the formal ...

Yemassee Settlement

Centered around Voorthis, Euclid, Garfield, and Boston Avenue.

The Yemassee area contains some of the oldest buildings (1890s through 1920s) associated with black residential neighborhoods in Deland. Embodying Late Gothic Revival styling, the Greater Union Baptist Church was constructed at 240 ...

National Historic Landmark-Nightingale-Brown House

National Historic Landmark- Nightingale-Brown House

Architecturally, this is one of the finest Georgian houses in America.

In style, it summarizes and concludes that period of late Georgian architecture in Providence; in size and quality, it is distinguished even among its neighboring ...

Bethune-Volusia Beach

Educator Mary McLeod Bethune, insurance executive G. D. Rodgers of Tampa, rancher Lawrence Silas of Kissimmee and other black investors purchased this ocean-front property in the 1940s to develop a black residential resort community and recreation area.

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National Historic Landmark-Newport Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Newport Historic District

From around 1740 until the Revolution, when it was occupied by the British, Newport flourished as a port and mercantile center and as Newport was Rhode Island's colonial capital.

The district's Georgian public buildings and ...

Old DeLand Colored Hospital

The original masonry vernacular building constructed in 1926 was significant in the development of medical services for African American residents of Volusia County. The original building was replaced because of termite damage with a similar-looking one erected in the mid-1990s. ...