Dade City in Pasco County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Whitehouse

Photographed by Julie Szabo, August 16, 2008

1. Whitehouse Marker

Inscription. Whitehouse Road marks the south boundary of land settled about 1842 by James Gibbons under the Armed Occupation Act. The first Fort Dade Post Office was established there in 1845. In that year, Gibbons' widow, Mary, wed William Kendrick, Captain of the Fort Dade Militia. Their whitewashed, two-story split board home and trading post was the beginning of Dade City. At the end of the Seminole Wars, Sampson, a free Negro serving the Army as Indian Interpreter, fell in love with Rose, a Whitehouse slave, purchased her from Captain Kendrick, and married her. The location of the plantation cemetery is no longer known.

Erected 1982 by Pasco Board of County Commissioners and The Historical Preservation Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1842.

Location. 28° 22.403′ N, 82° 11.363′ W. Marker is in Dade City, Florida, in Pasco County. It is at the intersection of Lakeland Road (U.S. 98) and 301 (U.S. 301), on the left when traveling

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north on Lakeland Road. In the "Y" intersection where US 301 and US 98 split to go southwest and southeast. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dade City FL 33523, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast

and on Tampa Bay.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jones' Nursing Home (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dade City Grammar School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dade City Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); Site of World War II Prisoner of War Camp (approx. 0.4 miles away); St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Whitehouse Marker, looking north image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Julie Szabo, August 16, 2008

2. Whitehouse Marker, looking north

(approx. 0.6 miles away); Pasco County World War II Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dade City.

Whitehouse Marker, looking south image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Julie Szabo, August 16, 2008

3. Whitehouse Marker, looking south

Credits. This page was last revised on December 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2008, by Julie Szabo of Oldsmar, Florida. This page has been viewed 3,779 times since then and 24 times this year. Last updated on December 23, 2025, by Michael Cece of Sarasota, Florida. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 19, 2008, by Julie Szabo of Oldsmar, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.