Monroe

15 historical markers in Florida

Everglades Community Church

Everglades, FL

This building was completed by April 1940 on land donated in May 1939 by the estate of Barron Gift Collier, founder of the county which...

Fort Taylor

Key West, FL

Fort Taylor was constructed in 1845 as part of the Third Tier System of Defense which called for the establishment of masonry fortresses...

J. Vining And Florida Curry Harris House

Key West, FL

On April 2, 1891, J. Vining Harris, Jr., son of Confederate surgeon Dr. Jeptha Vining Harris (1839-1914), married Florida E. Curry,...

Martin Hellings House/ Key West Woman's Club

Key West, FL

The Martin Hellings House, constructed c.1892 by Captain Martin L. Hellings, is one of only a few historic houses in Key West not built...

Milton W. Curry House, William Curry Homestead

Key West, FL

William J. Curry, born on Green Turtle Key in the Bahamas in 1821, immigrated to Key West in 1837.

Naval Depot And Storehouse; Building One; U.s. Coast Guard Headquarters

Key West, FL

On September 13, 1833, the United States government purchased this harbor-front lot.

Philip L. Cosgrove House, 1872

Key West, FL

Captain Philip L. Cosgrove, Sr., commanded the U. S. lighthouse tender Mangrove, the first rescue ship to aid victims of the 1898...

Porter's Anti-Pirate Fleet

Key West, FL

An outbreak of piracy in 1822 prompted the United States to organize the West Indian Squadron, an anti-pirate fleet.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church - (1832)

Key West, FL

Oldest in Florida diocese, the present church (1912) is the fourth on this site.

St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Key West, FL

Afro-Bahamians immigrating to Key West in the 1870s formed the first black Episcopal parish in Florida.

Stained Glass Windows Of St. Columbia Episcopal Church

Marathon, FL

Established in 1955, St. Columba Episcopal Church has occupied this building since 1960.

The Patterson-Baldwin House

Key West, FL

Built about 1838 and moved to this location after the hurricane of 1846, The Patterson-Baldwin House in believed to be one of the oldest...

The Truman Little White House

Key West, FL

Built in 1890 as quarters for Navy officers, the Little White House later was used by American Presidents William Howard Taft, Harry S....

United States Weather Bureau

Key West, FL

On February 9, 1870, a joint Congressional resolution authorized a national weather service.

William Lowe Delaney/ Theodore Holtsberg House

Key West, FL

Connecticut mariner and wrecker Benjamin Sawyer built the first house on this property by 1844.

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