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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «bay county» AND «florida»

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By Craig Swain, May 29, 2008
Panama City Airport Marker in front of the Terminal
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1 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City — F-154 — Panama City Airport
On Airport Road (County Road 391), on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
Established 1945 on Fannin Field Panama City-Bay County Airport 1964 Panama City-Bay County Airport and Industrial District 1967 Developed and controlled by Representative Airport Authorities in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Agency Control . . . — — Map (db m221885) HM

2 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City — F-479 — The Gideon Versus Wainwright Case —
On McKenzie Avenue 0.1 miles south of East 4th Street, on the left when traveling south.
This is the site of the landmark Gideon case, after which the Public Defender system was established in Florida and throughout the nation. In 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon (1910-1972) stood trial in this courthouse for the felony of burglary. Lacking . . . — — Map (db m42115) HM
3 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City, St Andrews — F-603 — St. Andrew(s) School
On West 15th Street at Beck Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West 15th Street. Reported missing.
The first school in St. Andrew, a community established ca. 1827, was built in 1850. That building burned down. The second school was a two-story wooden structure with two large rooms on each floor. The school had four teachers and 100 students. In . . . — — Map (db m221882) HM

4 ► Florida, Bay County, Lynn Haven — First Presbyterian Church of Lynn Haven, FL — 1913 —
On Georgia Avenue at West 9th Street, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Avenue.
The organizational meeting was held January 19, 1913 and construction on the exterior of the building began July 1915. Rev. Ira Miller came from Indiana in October 1914 to serve as "supply minister" to the newly formed church and directed the . . . — — Map (db m297797) HM

5 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City — F-315 — Robert Lee McKenzie's Home and Office —
On East 3rd Court at Park Street, on the right when traveling west on East 3rd Court.
(Front Side): The McKenzie House is a large two-story clapboard frame dwelling built in the Dutch Colonial style typical of the turn of the century houses still standing in Northern Michigan. It was built 1909 by Belle Booth who married R. . . . — — Map (db m8155) HM

6 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City, Glenwood Community — Lewis Bail Bonding — c. 1955 — Historic Glenwood —
On North Cove Boulevard at East 13th Street, on the right when traveling south on North Cove Boulevard.
Booker T. (born Jan 10, 1921) and Flossie Jones Lewis operated Lewis Sundae Shoppe from 1955 until approximately 1963 at 1217 North Cove Blvd., Panama City, Florida. Several family members and friends had the opportunity to work at Lewis Sundae . . . — — Map (db m269117) HM

7 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City — F-1225 — McKenzie Park —
On Oak Avenue at Park Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Oak Avenue.
In 1887, this block was set aside by the original Downtown developers, George W Jenks, and C. J. Demorest. Streets were laid out around the park, and it is evident from the plat of May 23, 1888, that it was the focal point of the small community. . . . — — Map (db m245178) HM
8 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City — New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church — 1908 —
On Elm Avenue at East 7th Street, on the right when traveling north on Elm Avenue.
New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church was founded by Rev. Walter and Sister Mary Jackson on December 10, 1908. The original name for the church was Missionary Baptist Church of Washington County in the State of Florida. Millville was in Washington . . . — — Map (db m245471) HM
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9 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City — Russ Shoe Shop — c.1949 — Historic Glenwood —
On Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard (Florida Route 77) south of 11th Court, on the right when traveling south.
After moving to Panama City Florida in late 1947 Morise and Clera opened Russ Shoe Shop at 1107 Cove Blvd. in 1949. Their shoe repair business was to become a pillar of the Glenwood community. About 1960, the Russ family built a new building next . . . — — Map (db m245084) HM
10 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City — The Page Building — 1937 —
On East 4th Street at Magnolia Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 4th Street.
In 1937, A. W. Page built this building comprised of 4 storefronts with 15 offices upstairs for $45,000. It was sold to the local Carpenter's Union for $25,000 in 1943. During WWII, over 2100 carpenters worked at Wainright Shipyard in Panama City. . . . — — Map (db m244963) HM

11 ► Florida, Bay County, Lynn Haven — John M. & Edna Cooley Home — 1925 —
On West 4th Street just east of Alabama Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
This large Craftsman-style home was built in late 1925 by John Milton Cooley, son of Civil War Veteran Rev. Milton B. Cooley. The Cooley family first came to Lynn Haven in 1911 and erected a small "winter home" nearby that burned down within one . . . — — Map (db m298062) HM

12 ► Florida, Bay County, Lynn Haven — Alonzo Ogdon House — 1911 —
On East 7th Street just east of Michigan Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Alonzo Ogdon and wife Ida came to Lynn Haven in 1911 from Salem, Missouri and built this house on E. 8th Street & Colorado Avenue near the Gay Family Plantation (now the Panama Country Club). He was a Union Veteran who served in Co D of the 12th . . . — — Map (db m297498) HM
13 ► Florida, Bay County, Lynn Haven — John & Retta Ackerson Home — 1911 —
On West 4th Street at Georgia Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 4th Street.
This house was built in 1911 by Union Veteran John O. Ackerson and his wife "Retta" (Henrietta) who came here from Flat River, Missouri. He had served as 1st Lt. in Co A of the 160th NY Infantry (born 1843-died 1920). He was active with the local . . . — — Map (db m298034) HM

14 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City — Historic St. Andrew Church — 1887 —
On Chesnut Avenue at West 11th Street, on the left when traveling south on Chesnut Avenue.
The St. Andrew Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in St. Andrews in 1886 and construction of this sanctuary was completed in 1887. In 1939, $600.00 was borrowed to add the front foyer, which covered the glass panes above the door. To alleviate . . . — — Map (db m245302) HM

15 ► Florida, Bay County, Panama City — F-1098 — Rosenwald High School —
On Bay Avenue at East 9th Court, on the left when traveling south on Bay Avenue.
In 1913, Jewish philanthropist and Sears, Roebuck and Company chairman, Julius Rosenwald, joined African American rights activist Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute to help support a project to design and operate . . . — — Map (db m192362) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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