Early Years of Central Academy Before the 1890s, Black students in Palatka attended classes in various city halls under the name Public School No. 2. Among the earliest educators was Peter Joseph, a...
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Early Years of Central Academy Before the 1890s, Black students in Palatka attended classes in various city halls under the name Public School No. 2. Among the earliest educators was Peter Joseph, a...
History of Farris and Company Farris and Company was one of Jacksonville’s most significant early-20th-century meatpacking enterprises, a reminder that, unlike many Florida cities, Jacksonville’s...
History of the Bulow Plantation Ruins Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park, located in Flagler Beach, Florida, is a Florida State Park that preserves the remnants of a once-thriving antebellum...
History of the Suwannee River Junior College in Madison, Florida Suwannee River Junior College opened in Madison, Florida, in 1959 as one of eleven Black junior colleges established across the state...
History of the Old Dummett Plantation Mill Ruins The Dummett Plantation Mill ruins are the remains of an early-19th-century sugar mill and rum distillery once operated by the Dummett family on...
History of Nike Missile Site HM-69 Tucked into an old agricultural tract of Everglades National Park, once known as the “Hole-in-the-Donut,” Nike Missile Site HM-69 (also “A Battery, 2nd Missile...
The Miami Theatre. c. 1947 History of the Miami Theatre Located in downtown Miami, between such historic structures as the Shoreland Arcade and the Alfred I. Dupont Building, one might not think that...
A colored postcard showing the following businesses along East Flagler Street in downtown Miami, Florida. It is postmarked July 15, 1943. The Kress building on the left was renovated in the 1980s and...
History of the Lake View Hotel Founding of Interlachen, Florida Nestled between two lakes in Putnam County, Interlachen was founded in the late 19th century as part of the wave of northern settlement...
A colored postcard for Burdines, showing the company’s flagship store on the intersection of Flagler Street and Miami Avenue in downtown Miami, Florida. It is postmarked June 14, 1954...
The Story of the Morris Brothers Block Morris Brothers was a short-lived chain of department stores that operated in Miami and Miami Beach from 1935 to 1956. Their downtown location was situated at...
Author’s Note Due to the current political climate in our country and the sensitivity surrounding this topic, I want to clarify that this is not intended to be a political post. My goal is to...
The Ghost Town of Mannfield, Florida Mannfield (sometimes called Mannsfield) was established in 1884 by Austin Shuey Mann, a prominent figure in early Florida development and the father-in-law of...
A postcard featuring the Riviera Hotel in Rio Vista on the Halifax near Daytona Beach, Florida.The back reads, “New and Fireproof. Radio and Fan in Every Room. Golf Links. Free Sports: New...
History of Arcadia’s Chautauqua Amphitheater Chautauqua was an adult education and social movement in the United States that was most popular during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
History of the Green Terrace Hotel The Green Terrace Hotel, often referred to simply as the Green Hotel, is a large Spanish-style building located in Bowling Green, Florida. Constructed as a...
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