Alachua
Alachua County Courthouse
Gainesville, FL
The Alachua County Commission, by authority of the Florida Legislature, selected this site for a courthouse in 1854, moving the county...
Alachua County Training School
Alachua, FL
Side One: The Alachua County Training School was built at this location as the first school for blacks in the City of Alachua in 1922.
Alachua Methodist Church
Alachua, FL
In 1822, John J. Triggs was sent as a Methodist missionary to a new mission called Alapaha.
Archer, Florida
Archer, FL
Side 1: When Europeans first arrived in this area in the 16th century, the inhabitants were Timucuan Indians.
Bellamy Road/ Spring Hill Methodist Church
Alachua, FL
Side One: The Traxler community and Spring Hill Methodist Church may never have existed without the Bellamy Road.
Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Archer, FL
Side One: The Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery of Archer were established in 1873.
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
Archer, FL
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church was first organized in 1866 at Wacahoota, a farming community southwest of Archer.
Chestnut Funeral Home
Gainesville, FL
The Chestnut family in Gainesville has served the mortuary needs of the African American community in Alachua County since 1914.
City Of Gainesville
Gainesville, FL
Designated the County Seat in 1854, and incorporated as a City in 1869, Gainesville takes its name from General Edmund Gaines, captor of...
City Of Newberry Historic District
Newberry, FL
The discovery of hard rock phosphate in Alachua County in 1889 sparked the appearance of boom towns wherever large deposits of the...
DAVID YULEE and COTTON WOOD PLANTATION
Archer, FL
David Levy Yulee was born at St. Thomas, West Indies, in 1810.
Douglass High School
High Springs, FL
Residents of High Springs saw the need for a public school for African Americans in 1886.
East Florida Seminary
Gainesville, FL
Founded as the Gainesville Academy before the Civil War and later renamed, the East Florida Seminary served Gainesville's need for higher...
Evergreen Cemetery
Ganinesville, FL
Evergreen Cemetery, known locally as “This Wondrous Place,” began with the burial of a baby girl in 1856.
First Gainesville Skirmish / Battle Of Gainesville
Gainesville, FL
Side 1: The first Civil War gunfire in Gainesville's streets came on February 15, 1864, when a raiding party of 50 men from the 40th...
Gainesville Servicemen's Center
Gainesville, FL
The City of Gainesville purchased the Servicemen’s Center lot on December.
Gainesville Woman's Club
Gainesville, FL
Side One: In February 1903, women in Gainesville organized “The Twentieth Century Club of Gainesville Florida” for the purpose of...
Gainesville's Railroads
Gainesville, FL
The coming of the Florida Railroad opened up the interior of Florida for both settlement and trading and helped establish Gainesville.
Hawthorne, Florida
Hawthorne, FL
Side 1: In 1774, noted botanist William Bartram travelled across what is now the southeastern corner of Alachua County following an old...
High Springs, Florida
High Springs, FL
The northwest region of Alachua County was probably first settled on a permanent basis by English speaking people during the late 1830's....
History Of Evinston, Florida / Evinston Community Store And Post Office
Evinston, FL
The community of Evinston, Florida, situated on the Alachua-Marion County border, is part of the Spanish Arredondo Grant of 1817.
Hogtown Settlement / Fort Hogtown
Gainesville, FL
Side 1: Near this site was located Hogtown, one of the earliest settlements in Alachua County.
Jesse Johnson Finley
Gainesville, FL
Jesse Johnson Finley was born in Wilson County, Tennessee, November 18, 1812 and educated in Lebanon, Tennessee.
Josiah T. Walls
Gainesville, FL
Born in 1842 to slave parents in Winchester, Va.
Kanapaha Presbyterian Church
Gainesville, FL
In 1857, a group of Sea Island cotton planters from South Carolina who steeled near here called an organizational meeting to establish...
La CROSSE, FLORIDA
LaCrosse, FL
The LaCrosse area was settled before the Civil War.
Matheson House
Gainesville, FL
Side 1: The Matheson homestead dates from 1857, when Alexander Matheson brought his family from Camden, South Carolina to establish a...
Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church
Gainesville, FL
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church was founded on July 16, 1867, with the Reverend Isaac Davis serving as the first pastor.
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Gainesville, FL
The congregation of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church first met on May 4, 1896.
Newberry, Florida
Newberry, FL
Side 1: Only after about 1870 did phosphates become an important world industry.
Rochelle Vicinity
Rochelle, FL
Side 1: Colonel Daniel Newnan led a troop of the Georgia militia on a raid into the area in September 1812 in an attempt to annex Florida...
Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church And Porter's Quarters
Gainesville, FL
Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church is a landmark in Porters Quarters, one of Gainesville's oldest and most historic African-American...
St. Augustine, The Episcopal Mission Church And School
Gainesville, FL
SIDE ONE: Established in 1894, St. Augustine, the Mission Church, was the first Episcopal Church and school in Gainesville for persons of...
St. Peter Cemetery Of Archer
Archer, FL
Side One:African American families living in rural unincorporated Archer used the burial ground that would later become St. Peter...
The Bailey House
Gainesville, FL
This is one of the oldest houses in the city of Gainesville.
The Ballpark
Gainesville, FL
This site, known locally as the ballpark, was the center of recreational activities in Gainesville for more than 60 years.
The Cotton Club Building
Gainesville, FL
Side One: Soldiers built this wood-frame building in 1940-1941 as a Post Exchange for Camp Blanding in Starke.
The Home Of A. Quinn Jones, Sr., Educator
Gainesville, FL
A. Quinn Jones, Sr. (1893-1997), teacher, educational leader, and prominent African-American advocate, lived here from 1925 to 1997.
The Moore Hotel (1883)
Hawthorne, FL
Side One: The Moore Hotel is the first hotel and oldest existing business in Hawthorne.
Thomas Gilbert Pearson 1873-1943
Archer, FL
Thomas Gilbert Pearson was an ornithologist, college professor, and world leader of the bird preservation movement.
Tom Petty, Rock Muscian
Gainesville, FL
SIDE ONE: A proud Gainesville native, Tom Petty left an indelible mark on music with a sound influenced by the city and its community of...
Tom Petty, Rock Musician
Gainesville, FL
Side One: On October 20, 1950, Thomas Earl Petty was born to Earl and Kitty Petty at Alachua General Hospital.
Tom Petty, Rock Musician
Gainesville, FL
Side One: On October 20, 1950, Thomas Earl Petty was born to Earl and Kitty Petty at Alachua General Hospital.
University Of Florida Historic Campus
Gainesville, FL
The University of Florida Campus Historic District and two individual campus buildings were listed in the National Register of Historic...
William Henry Traxler
Alachua, FL
Side One: Country stores were critical for collecting farm crops and sending them to market.
Williams/Leroy House
Alachua, FL
In the mid-1800s, Furman Williams moved to Florida with his parents.