South Pensacola in Escambia County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

The Ella L. Jordan Home

The Ella L. Jordan House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 20, 2026

1. The Ella L. Jordan House Marker

Inscription.
Decades of meaningful social, educational, and cultural activities for Pensacola's Black community took place in this home. The Waters family, White cattle farmers, built this single-story Queen Anne cottage with coastal influences around 1890. As Pensacola grew in the early 1900s, it absorbed this rural farmland. The city instituted segregation laws that made this area one of the few places where Black residents could own businesses. The Belmont - Devillers neighborhood became a thriving hub for Pensacola's Black community. In 1939, the Pensacola Federation of Colored Women's Club purchased the house and named it for the woman who founded the organization a decade before. The Ella L. Jordan Home hosted many social activities in the Black community throughout the following decades, In 2004, including wedding receptions, teas, and Mardi Gras parties. Hurricane Ivan badly damaged the Ella L. Jordan Home. It was subsequently condemned and set to be torn down by the city. Local historian and activist, Georgia Blackmon and her husband, Johnny, led the effort to save the home. In 2020, the construction and renovations

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were completed, and it was reopened as a community center and African American history museum.
A Florida Heritage Site

Erected 2025 by The Ella L. Jordan African American History Museum, the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network, and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-1299.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.

Location. 30° 25.017′ N, 87° 13.687′ W. Marker is in Pensacola, Florida, in Escambia County. It is in South Pensacola. It is at the intersection of North C Street and West La Rua Street, on the left when traveling north on North C Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 423 N C St, Pensacola FL 32501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Florida Panhandle.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep 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.

The Ella L. Jordan Home Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 20, 2026

2. The Ella L. Jordan Home Marker

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: St. Johns Historic Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); Gatehouse Chapel (approx. 0.3 miles away); Welcome to St. John's Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); More to Discover... A Secret Language (approx. 0.3 miles away); Baby Section (approx. 0.3 miles away); Historic North Side (approx. 0.3 miles away); William F. Miller (approx. 0.3 miles away); Crypts (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pensacola.

Also see . . . Ella Jordan African American History Museum. (Submitted on August 22, 2026, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 22, 2026, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 18 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 22, 2026, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.