Duval
"mother" Midway A.m.e. Church
Jacksonville, FL
Midway A.M.E. Church was organized on Sunday, June 10, 1865, a few weeks after the Confederate Army in Florida surrendered to the Union...
1960 Civil Rights Demonstration
Jacksonville, FL
On Saturday, August 27, 1960, 40 Youth Council demonstrators from the Jacksonville Branch of the National Association for the Advancement...
A. Philip Randolph Heritage Park
Jackonville, FL
Side One: Asa Philip Randolph was born on April 15, 1889, in Crescent City, Florida.
American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps And Station
Jacksonville Beach, FL
In 1912, following the drowning of a prominent citizen, Dr. Lyman Haskell and Clarence MacDonald established and trained Florida’s first...
Barnett Mansion
Jacksonville, FL
Constructed in 1901, the Barnett Mansion was the home of William D. Barnett, son of William B. Barnett, founder of the Bank of Jacksonville.
Birth Of The Allman Brothers Band
Jacksonville, FL
Side One: On March 23, 1969, an interracial group of Southern musicians held a jam session in the front room of this house, known as the...
Camp Springfield (cuba Libre)
Jacksonville, FL
On April 25, 1898, the United States declared war on Spain after the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana harbor resulted in the...
Centennial Hall, Edward Waters College
Jacksonville, FL
Founded in 1866, Edward Waters College (EWC) is the oldest historically black college in Florida.
Combat Team Camp Atlantic Beach
Atlantic Beach, FL
Constructed by the U.S. Army in 1942, Combat Team Camp Atlantic Beach was the headquarters of the Harbor Defenses of Jacksonville during...
Douglas Anderson School
Jacksonville, FL
In 1922, the Duval County Board of Public Instruction opened South Jacksonville School No. 107, the only public school on the southside...
Florida’s First African-American Insurance Company--1901-2001
Jacksonville, FL
The Afro-American Insurance Company, formerly the Afro-American Industrial and Benefits Association, was founded in 1901 to provide...
Henry John Klutho
Jacksonville, FL
Side One: Henry John Klutho (1873-1964) arrived in Jacksonville following the Great Fire of 1901, which destroyed most of the city’s...
Historic Manhattan Beach, Florida
Jacksonville, FL
Manhattan Beach was Florida’s first African American beach resort.
Mungen House
Jacksonville, FL
This frame vernacular house was built in 1928 for Doane Martin Mungen, Sr. (1872-1948) and his wife Mary Elizabeth Mungen (1874-1955).
Oriental Gardens
Jacksonville, FL
Located two miles from downtown Jacksonville, south of Craig Creek in San Marco, Oriental Gardens charmed Jacksonville visitors and...
Pilot Town/ Napoleon Bonaparte Broward
Jacksonville, FL
Side One: The St. Johns River provided trade access that supported the economy of the Fort George Island plantations.
San Marco
Jacksonville, FL
With the opening of the St. John’s River Bridge in 1921, South Jacksonville became attractive to developers during the Florida land boom.
Sawpit Bluff Plantation
Jacksonville, FL
Side 1: Sawpit Bluff Plantation, located on Black Hammock Island, was built in the 1750s by Edmund Gray.
Second Missionary Baptist Church Of Lavilla
Jacksonville, FL
The founders of Second Missionary Baptist Church worshipped at Bethel Baptist Church with their slave masters in the 1830s.
St. Nicholas Cemetery
Jacksonville, FL
St. Nicholas Cemetery is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries associated with the historic African American communities of St....
The Beginning
Jacksonville, FL
Here at the foot of Market St. stood a bay tree which served as the starting point for the original survey of Jacksonville in June 1822.
The Continental Hotel
Atlantic Beach, FL
In the late 19th century, Henry Flagler created the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) and the Florida East Coast Hotel Company, both of...
The Huguenot Memorial Site
Jacksonville, FL
In 1562, when France was being torn by religious strife, Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France, sent two vessels to the New World in...
Town Marshal Paul M. Patrick
Atlantic Beach, FL
Paul M. Patrick was Atlantic Beach’s first Town Marshal.
Van Zant House
Jacksonville, FL
Musicians Ronnie, Donnie, and Johnny Van Zant spent their formative years growing up in this house with their sisters and parents between...
Villa Alexandria
Jacksonville, FL
Villa Alexandria, built in the 1870s as the winter home of Alexander and Martha Mitchell of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, once stood near here.