Matheson Hammock Park The land Crandon Park occupies was once part of the largest coconut plantation in the United States, operated by William John Matheson and his heirs. In 1930, Matheson gifted 80...
Matheson Hammock Park The land Crandon Park occupies was once part of the largest coconut plantation in the United States, operated by William John Matheson and his heirs. In 1930, Matheson gifted 80...
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...
The Space Shuttle External Fuel Tank The Space Shuttle external tank (ET) was the component of the Space Shuttle launch vehicle that contained the liquid...
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...
History of the New Smyrna Sugar Mill Ruins In 1830, William Kemble entered into a contract to construct a steam-operated sugarcane mill and a sawmill for merchant speculators William DePeyster and...
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...
Old Clay County Jail The Old Clay County Jail in Green Cove Springs, Florida, was built in 1894 by the Pauly Jail Company and is the second-oldest, still-standing jail in the state. St. Augustine’s...
St. Anne Shrine St. Anne Shrine, located about six miles east of Lake Wales, is a shadow of its former self. Its weathered stone grotto and tiled altar are among the few aging remnants of its revered...
Chapel by the Sea Beginnings Chapel by the Sea was a Fort Myers Beach, Florida church. Established in 1938, it was the oldest congregation in Fort Myers. Initially, the church met at a pavilion at...
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...
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...
Cypress Gardens Cypress Gardens opened on January 2, 1936, as a botanical garden planted by Dick Pope Sr. and his wife Julie, billed as Florida’s first commercial tourist theme park. It became...
The history of the Norman Brothers Produce dates back more than a half-century with brothers William “Billy” and L. J. Norman who owned the adjacent farmland. In 1974, they opened a small...
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...
Located along Bayshore Drive in Coconut Grove, the Grand Bay Hotel resembled a Mesoamerican step-pyramid with traditional European touches and a tropical flair with bougainvillea hanging from the...
Forest Park Elementary School, 1950s Forest Park Elementary School was constructed in 1954 located at the corner of Forest and Goodwin Streets in Mixon Town, Jacksonville. The school was one of many...
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