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Burney Park
Fernandina Beach, FL
Burney Park at American Beach was named for Isadore Horace Burney II, a native of Athens, Georgia.
Ervin's Rest
Fernandina Beach, FL
Louis Dargan (L.D.) Ervin was born in Darlington, South Carolina, in 1873.
First Home On American Beach
Fernandina Beach, FL
American Beach was established in January 1935 when the Afro-American Life Insurance Company purchased 33 acres of land with a 1000-foot...
First Missionary Baptist Church Of Fernandina
Fernandina Beach, FL
The First Missionary Baptist Church of Fernandina was founded by slaves in 1860 under the leadership of its first pastor, Elder William...
Fort San Carlos
Fernandina Beach, FL
On this bluff overlooking the Amelia River, Fort San Carlos was completed by the Spanish in 1816.
Franklintown Chapel
Fernandina Beach, FL
The Franklintown community was a first populated by ex-slaves from the Samuel Harrison plantation.
Historic American Beach
Amelia Island, FL
American Beach was established in 1935 under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln Lewis, one of seven co-founders of the Afro-American Life...
Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church Of Fernandina
Fernandina Beach, FL
Side One: In 1870, Samuel Irving came to Florida from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a vision for an African Methodist Episcopal (AME)...
Memorial United Methodist Church
Fernandina Beach, FL
Methodism first came to Amelia Island in 1822 when the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church appointed the Reverend...
Nassau County Historic Courthouse
Fernandina Beach, FL
The 1891 Nassau County Courthouse is one of only a few remaining courthouses in Florida built in the late 19th century.
Old Nassau County Jail
Fernandina Beach, FL
The Old Nassau County Jail has occupied several buildings on this site from 1878 through 1978.
Peck High School
Fernandina Beach, FL
Side 1: The groundwork for Peck High School started in 1880, when a group led by Henry B. Delaney petitioned for an African American...
Pine Forest Community School
Callahan, FL
In the early 1900s, Nassau County had several schools serving its African American communities in Bryceville, Callahan, Hilliard, Kent,...
St. Peter's Church (episcopal)
Fernandina Beach, FL
The church was organized as a mission in 1858 and was consecrated the following year by the Rt.
The Good Shepherd Church
Fernandina Beach, FL
In May 1887, the original wood frame building of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Fernandina was given to the black congregation and...
The Guzman House
Fernandina Beach, FL
Side One: The Guzman House is a one-story masonry frame Vernacular style home.
The Lesesne House
Fernandina Beach, FL
This Classical Revival style residence, built by Dr. John F. Lesesne circa 1860, is one of the oldest homes in Fernandina Beach.
The Stewart House
Fernandina Beach, FL
The Stewarts’ vacation cottage at 5449 Waldron St. was built in 1941 by Ralph and Marie Taylor Stewart.
Trinity United Methodist Church
Fernandina Beach, FL
Side One: In 1822, the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church added Amelia Island to the St. Mary’s Circuit.
U.s. Post Office-Customs House- Courthouse
Fernandina Beach, FL
Dedicated in 1912, this Italian Renaissance Revival building was designed under the direction of Treasury Department architect James Knox...