The Dunbar Hotel

This was the only African American hotel in Gainesville in the early 20th century. The Dunbar family welcomed touring musicians, educators, businessmen and their families.

The building has been restored at its original site.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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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.

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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 ...

Sylvania African Methodist Episcopal Church

In the mid 1800s African Americans worshiped with white parishioners at Moss Hill Church. Sylvania AME Church was established as the community's African American church a few miles from Moss Hill.

Its deed was signed in county records in 1902. ...

Roulhac School

Washington County's distinguished black educator, T.J. Roulhac, became supervisor of Washington County black schools in 1913.

This building was operated as a black high school from 1938 until 1968. Mr. Roulhac served as its first principal. It became a middle ...

Gladys Milton Memorial Library

Gladys Milton (1924-1999) was a local midwife who operated a birthing center in the Paxton community.

Milton was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in 1994, and in 2001 into the Okaloosa County's Women's Hall of Fame.

The ...

Tivoli School

Tivoli School opened in 1912 to serve black students in elementary and junior high grades. By 1938 the school taught grades one through twelve until its closing in 1969 during desegregation. The Tivoli Complex is now home to the administartive ...

Louisiana Supreme Court Building

The Louisiana Supreme Court building has a tumultuous past and has not always been a popular resident of Royal Street.

The site that the court now occupies has been in use by New Orleans residents and merchants since the 18th century ...

2nd City Criminal Court and Police Station

This structure, constructed in 1915 by local contractor James Perry based on designs by New Orleans city architect Edgar Angelo Christy, is a classic example of the Beaux Arts style. The building initially served as a municipal courthouse and as ...

Merieult House

The Merieult House on 533 Royal Street serves as the entrance to the Historic New Orleans Collection.

The house occupies land that has been in continuous use since the early days of the colony in the 1720s. The square bordered ...