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...
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 the Xanadu Houses Bob Masters, Pioneer in Construction The Kissimmee Xanadu House was one in a series of experimental homes built by Bob Masters, the designer who pioneered the...
History of the Old Fort Park Ruins The Old Fort Park Ruins in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, have conclusively been around since the 18th century, but their origin remains a mystery. Was it a Spanish or...
Braden Castle The Braden Family Dr. Joseph Addison Braden, son of Robert and Elizabeth Stevens Braden, was born around 1811 in Loudoun, Virginia. He had eight other siblings, and he was the youngest...
King Solomon Rathel and Marvel Funderburk King Solomon Rathel was born to Martin and Mary Rathel on September 30, 1895, in Donalsonville, Georgia. Some family members are listed as...
The Stewart Homestead Several miles into Green Swamp sits the old homestead of Isham “Isom” and Sarah “Sallie” Browning Stewart, and the site of their murders. The story is...
Abraham DuPont Abraham DuPont was born July 1, 1783, in Beaufort County, South Carolina, the son of Charles and Sarah Coachman DuPont. Abraham was also the nephew of Josiah DuPont who, based on...
Early History of Fort George Island Known as the Thomson Tabby House, this is the foundation of a home that Charles R. Thomson had begun constructing on Fort George Island in Jacksonville but was...
Benjamin Chaires Sr., Plantation Owner Verdura was a large cotton plantation of 9,440 acres located in eastern Leon County near Tallahassee and established by Benjamin Chaires. Benjamin...
Brandon, Florida History The Galvin-Carl House is a historic home built by Daniel Joseph Galvin, a pioneer merchant and sawmill operator from Brandon, Florida. The community’s history dates...
The Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel, also known as the Plaza Building, is a historic hotel and residence located in downtown Jacksonville. The Plaza Hotel was constructed in 1903 on a lot that previously...
George Franklin Drew The town of Ellaville was a once-thriving mill town founded in the 1860s by lumber magnate and Florida State Governor George F. Drew. George Franklin Drew was born on August 6...
History of the Barefield House Minnie Barefield The Barefield/Holy Family/Schoelles House, located in Apalachicola, was built in 1907 by lumberman Charles Dobson for his mistress Minnie Barefield, a...
Kellogg Mansion Edward Frischkorn Although the Kellogg Mansion is well known to have been owned by W. K. Kellogg, founder of the Kellogg Cereal Company, he was actually not the first owner nor would...
Columbus Drew The story of Dr. Horace Drew and the Drew Mansion begins with his grandfather, Columbus Drew, born to British parents, Solomon Drew and Elizabeth Glyuas, on January 6, 1820, in...
Arthur A. Stivender Arthur Abrehart Stivender was born on June 8, 1842, in Barbour County, Alabama, to Duncan Wright Stivender and Margaret Gillie Ann Lee. After her husband died in 1860, Margaret...
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