James Charnley House

Built in 1892, the James Charnley House has been widely recognized internationally for over half a century as an important work of modern architecture. It is one of the few major residential commissions realized by Louis Sullivan.

The house is ...

Home of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Major General of United States Volunteers

Recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor for gallant conduct at Battle of Gettysburg

Governor of Maine, 1867 - 1871

President of Bowdoin College, 1871 - 1888

Marked by State of Maine Society

Daughters of the American Revolution

Home of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Home of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Major General of United States Volunteers

Recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor for gallant conduct at Battle of Gettysburg

Governor of Maine, 1867 - 1871

President of Bowdoin College, 1871 - 1888

Marked by State of Maine Society

Daughters of the ...

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth president, was born in Raleigh but moved to Tennessee at age sixteen.

Record of Johnson's early life is anecdotal at best, as the poverty his family endured precluded written records. It is known, however, that Johnson ...

R.J. Hill Building

Built in 1910, the R.J. Hill Building is one of the oldest commercial buildings in the town of Palacios.

The two-story Richardsonian Romanesque building, constructed of cast concrete blocks, retains most of its original historic fabric and design features including ...

James Biddle Lardner-St. Michael's Cemetery

James Biddle Lardner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1808. Lardner joined the Navy as a Midshipman on December 4, 1822 at the age of fourteen, and he may have been assigned to the West Indies squadron monitoring illegal slave ...

James Creary-St. Michael's Cemetery

James Creary was born on March 12, 1818 in New York City and moved to what is now Santa Rosa County, Florida around 1842.

Creary's first wife, Mary, and daughter, Anna, along with Mary's sister, Ann Handley, died in October ...

Jose Roig-St. Michael's Cemetery

Jose Roig (pronounced Rio-ch)was born in 1727 in Paratrugal (Palafrugell) in the province of Catalonia, Spain and his tomb marks the oldest extant dated grave in the cemetery. Roig likely was the patriarch of the Roche family who, by the ...

John W. Martin House

John Martin was born in Plainfield, Marion County, Florida on June 21, 1884. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1914. He joined the Democratic Party and toured the state making speeches in support of President Woodrow Wilson before ...

John Gilmore Riley House

John Gilmore Riley was born in 1857, the son of Sarah and James Riley. He was not formally educated, but was instructed by his Aunt Henrietta. Riley became principal of Lincoln Academy, Tallahassee's first local high school for African Americans ...