History of Public School No. 8 The Architects Richard Lewis Brown, Jacksonville’s First Black Architect Now recognized as Public School No. 8, the institution originally opened in 1909 as the...
History of Public School No. 8 The Architects Richard Lewis Brown, Jacksonville’s First Black Architect Now recognized as Public School No. 8, the institution originally opened in 1909 as the...
Fashion Mall opened in early 1988 with Lord and Taylor as an anchor store. Macy’s opened as the mall’s second anchor store, just before the 1988 holiday season and before the completion...
One of the home’s unique features was the swimming pool which was built within the middle of the home Located in Islamorada, the “UFO House” has always been a landmark of the area...
Short History of Jai Alai Big Bend Jai Alai is a relic of what is now considered a rather obscure sport, was once the fastest spectator sport in the world. Jai alai started in the Basque region of...
Florida Baptist Convention Building Constructed in 1924, the Florida Baptist Convention Building was designed by renowned architect Henry John Klutho to house the denominational offices of the...
History of Holleman Park Methodist Church The Birth of Southside Methodist In 1913, when Miami was still a sparsely settled young city of just 9,000 residents, a small but dedicated group of...
Fenway Hotel Construction on the Fenway Hotel began in 1924, but the project stalled due to financial problems. It wasn’t until Clearwater developer, George H. Bowles, decided to invest in the...
A number of old and classic cars littered the property at one point Located Fl-20 just outside of Blountstown, the Seminole Restaurant was operated by James O. Holt and his wife Iris M. Holt. The...
Deland Grove House Prior to the construction of the Putnam Hotel, the first hotel on this site was built in 1880 by Henry Addison DeLand, the city’s founder. Surrounded by fields of citrus...
The Carefree Theatre Once located on the corner of Dixie Highway and Flamingo Drive, the former Carefree Theater began as an ice cream parlor and coin laundry. In 1939, the building was bought by...
Originally known as Port Malabar Lanes, the 24 lane bowling alley opened in 1972 at 2170 Port Malabar Blvd NE, Palm Bay, Florida. At the time, it was Palm Bay’s only bowling center until the...
St. Anastasia Parish Although it had been organized just three years earlier, in 1914, the small Roman Catholic parish of St. Anastasia decided to build an impressive parochial school to serve the...
Abram Camp Pheil Abram Camp Pheil was born in Pennsylvania but settled in Citrus County, Florida in 1884, before relocating to St. Petersburg in 1894. He worked at a sawmill earning $1 a day. With...
The Town of Hastings Founded in 1890 as a farming community to supply the hotels of railroad magnate Henry Flagler with fresh potatoes, cabbage, and other vegetables, the small town of Hastings...
Jones Brothers Furniture Company The Jones Brothers Furniture Company was founded in 1902, following the boom that occurred after the Great Fire of 1901. It was owned by brothers Washington Geiger...
Tom Gaskins In the late 1930s, Tom Gaskins moved his family from Arcadia to Palmdale, homesteading along Fish eating Creek on land acquired from the Lykes Brothers company which dealt with citrus...
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