Booker T. Washington School

Construction of Booker T. Washington School began in 1926 amid protests from white citizens living in the area. Men in the community took turns standing guard at night and working during the day, until the school was built. Officially opened ...

Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida

Founded by Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields and incorporated in 1977, this research center contains documents, photographs and artifacts documenting the black experience in Miami-Dade County from 1896 to the present. Artworks showcase Overtown's Little Broadway and local historic sites.

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Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park

Situated on the southern tip of Key Biscayne, Cape Florida was the point from which many black Seminoles and escaped slaves sought passage south to the Bahamas when Florida was transferred from Spain to the United States in 1821. Those ...

MacFarlane Homestead Subdivision Historic District

Bounded by Oak Avenue, Grand Avenue, Brooke Street and Jefferson Street.

Developed by Coral Gables founder George Merrick as a black residential neighborhood, the early homes of this district were built in the late 1920s and 1930s in the vernacular style ...

Stirrup House (Private)

Ebenezer W.F. Stirrup, a Bahamian who came to the United States in 1888, built this two-story frame vernacular structure in 1897. Stirrup invested his earnings in land and built over 100 homes to rent or sell to other Bahamian blacks ...

Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church

The congregation organized in 1895 as the first Baptist church for black people in Dade County. The church was then known as the Fifty-Six Members Church, and met in a local home. The name was later changed to St. Agnes ...

National Historic Landmark-Alfred N. Richards/David Goddard

National Historical Landmark- Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Laboratories and David Goddard Laboratories Buildings

Laboratories (the latter named Biology Building before 1983) are nationally significant as one of the most important works of mid-twentieth-century American modernism and of Louis Isadore ...

National Historic Landmark-Edward G. Acheson House

National Historical Landmark- Edward G. Acheson House

From 1890 to 1895 this brick house was the home of scientist Edward G. Acheson (1856-1931). In all probability it is also the site where, in 1891, he conducted experiments that led to ...

National Historic Landmark-Academy Of Music

National Historical Landmark-Wanton-Academy Of Music

Opened in 1857, this is the country's oldest musical auditorium retaining its original form and serving its original purpose. Architect Napoleon Le Brun was influenced by European opera houses, and designed an auditorium famed for its ...

National Historic Landmark-Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House

National Historical Landmark-Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House

Built probably in 1696, this structure illustrates the architectural transition from 17th to 18th century styles. It was damaged by Stamp Act riots in 1765 when occupied by a Tory Stampmaster.

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