Greater Liberty Hill United Methodist Church

Serving as the religious home of many area families since the 1850s, Historic Liberty Hill United Methodist Church was the home of the Farmer's Aide Society, a group of pioneer African American farmers including Joe Duncan, Peter Jonas, the Reverend ...

First Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church

Established in 1890, this church was part of a community founded during Reconstruction in Rutledge, an area given to disenfranchised slaves by the Freedman's Bureau.

An exchange of deeds allowed the church to move to its current one-acre location where ...

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.

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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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A. Quinn Jones Center

Constructed in 1923, and opened in 1925 as Lincoln High School and successor to the Union Academy, this two-story red brick school became one of the first accredited high schools in Florida for African American students.

The historic school building ...

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 ...

Damascus Cemetery

This cemetery is a landmark in the Bland Community.

The old Damascus Church, built in 1900, stood several miles to the northeast on County Road 1491, on a site marked today by a commemorative sign.

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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 ...