Archer celebrates the second Saturday of each June as David Levy Yulee Day in honor of the June 12, 1810, birthdate of Florida's first senator. Yulee named the town in 1855 to honor his friend, James T. Archer, Florida's first secretary of state. The central section of the depot dates from about 1860, when Yulee's railroad stopped in Archer on its cross-state route. The museum features an audiotaped reenactment of Yulee's last slave, Dolly Nattiel. A historical marker on David Levy Yulee is located on the site.

Information courtesy of Florida Division of Historical Resources, a division of the Florida Department of State.

Image courtesy of Archer Florida Historical Society.