Public education has always been an important part of Apopka's history. In 1879, Orange County held its first institute for teacher education in Apopka. In the early 1880s, the school in Apopka lacked a permanent building and was forced to hold its . . . — — Map (db m146436) HM
Piedmont, named in the late 1890s, was comprised of a wide area around Blue lake, one and one-half miles east of Apopka City. It was a close-knit community populated in the 1870s almost entirely by Swedish immigrants. Among the earliest settlers . . . — — Map (db m72441) HM
To the memory of Dr. Howard Atwood Kelly of Baltimore, Maryland, one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital and medical school. He was a great surgeon, teacher and medical authority, and above all, a Christian gentleman.
Dr. Kelly, in 1927 . . . — — Map (db m66834) HM
Rock Springs is the source of the Rock Springs Run, a swift running stream with an average flow of 26,000 gallons per minute and a constant temperature of 68 degrees. The spring flows from limestone containing fossils that date back 17 million . . . — — Map (db m94341) HM
This little church began as a simple rectangular board and batten structure built in 1886 by the First Congregational Church on Main Street in Apopka. Services were held in the church for ten years until the Great Freeze of 1895 forced the . . . — — Map (db m104871) HM
The history of people and the environment intertwine at Lake Apopka. Lake Apopka has a long history as a farming community. Beginning in the 1940s, about 20,000 acres of wetlands along the north shore of Lake Apopka were drained and diked to . . . — — Map (db m165348) HM
Restoring Lake Apopka The Lake Apopka Restoration Act of 1985 and the Florida Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Act of 1987 paved the way for restoration work to begin. Activities have included: • Purchase of more than . . . — — Map (db m165349) HM
In the 1870s, the early settlers of northwest Orange County looked to area waterways as commercial highways. Lake Apopka, the head of the Ocklawaha chain of lakes, offered access to the St. Johns River near Palatka and a way for citrus and vegetable . . . — — Map (db m72409) HM
Masonic Lodge No. 36 of the Grand Jurisdiction of Florida was established in 1856 and is still serving under a warrant issued that year. This building was erected here in 1859; the upper story has been continually used for lodge meetings. The . . . — — Map (db m72418) HM
Ephriam Legrand Brown built this house in 1900. Mr. Brown was born in Americus, Georgia in 1859 and came to Florida at the age of sixteen. He worked as a surveyor. In 1882 he married Julia Roberts of the Roberts Plantation on Lake Mills. He . . . — — Map (db m108107) HM
As white settlers moved into Florida in the 1820's and 1830's, there were growing demands that the Seminole Indians be removed to a reservation west of the Mississippi. Efforts to convince the Seminoles to move failed, and in 1835 the conflict known . . . — — Map (db m54086) HM
George Washington Simmons and Ann McDougald Simmons were married at Silver Springs in 1856. They soon moved to the Orlando area where they lived near Curry’s Ford for a number of years. Then in 1873 they settled at Taylor Creek near Fort Christmas . . . — — Map (db m108044) HM
John Burl (Bud) Yates III, born in 1875, and Polly Canada, born in 1874, lived on the John Burl Yates’ homestead, located on Taylor Creek when they first were married. They converted an old shed into living quarters and prepared meals on a 'cook . . . — — Map (db m108093) HM
Citrus Industry and Red Hill Groves
Cattle ranches and turpentine stills filled the Conway landscape in the late nineteenth century, but it was the citrus industry that would predominate in most of the twentieth century. For miles, neat . . . — — Map (db m101053) HM
Conway First Baptist Church
The Conway First Baptist Church was organized in 1910 and first housed in a clubhouse on Arnold Avenue and Anderson Road. In February 1911, the clubhouse and lot were sold or exchanged for five acres of land . . . — — Map (db m101052) HM
Conway United Methodist Church
The Conway Methodist Church was first organized in 1874 as the Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church South. Services were held monthly in a log cabin and led by a circuit rider. The building also served as the . . . — — Map (db m93389) HM
St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church
St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church was built on land donated by Mary Walker in 1915. It was a small frame building with a steeple to the side of the main entrance The small African American community . . . — — Map (db m101051) HM
The English Colony
A group of Englishmen known locally as the English Colony immigrated to Conway in the 1880s. They came as a result of a land and citrus industry promotion by the state and railroad corporations that promised an annual . . . — — Map (db m101054) HM
Club Eaton opened in 1946 during the times of segregation. The club was the first “Big-Time" nightclub for African Americans with entertainment by notable, successful African American entertainers, these entertainers included Duke Ellington, BB . . . — — Map (db m196480) HM
Eatonville Fire Dept
Organized Oct. 13, 1955
C.H.Crooms Mayor
M. Robinson Chief
H. T. Baker Asst. Chief
N. Vereeniging Sec.
A.Franklin Chap.
A. G. Green Lt
J. W. Baldwin Reporter
O.H. Majors
C. Boyer
J. Graham . . . — — Map (db m196602) HM
The Eatonville Gateway, mounted on 30-foot brick pedestals, arches over the west side of Kennedy Boulevard. The Gateway greets visitors to the town with a large, decorative clock and archway signage that speaks to the town’s rich history: "The town . . . — — Map (db m196458) HM
The first police station was built circa 1912 under Mayor John Hurston. Several buildings were built and continuously renovated. A holding section (jail) was housed within the police station until circa 1971.
The current police station is . . . — — Map (db m196530) HM
Town hall was originally located in Joe Clark’s store. As the town grew, town hall was relocated within various other buildings including the original police station.The first building to be constructed and specifically dedicated for usage as a town . . . — — Map (db m196424) HM
This water tower serves as a beacon to let all know that Eatonville, Florida was the first municipality within the United States to be incorporated by families of newly freed slaves.
Incorporated on August 18, 1887, "This is the Town that . . . — — Map (db m196618) HM
“The Nation’s Oldest Black Incorporated Municipality” established 1887
The community of Eatonville was established by and for African Americans whose dream it was to govern themselves.Between 1880 and 1930, hundreds of such communities were . . . — — Map (db m196791) HM
The Robert L. Hungerford Normal and Industrial School was founded in 1889 as the first school for African Americans in Central Florida. Modeled after, Tuskegee Institute, a school started by Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Alabama, the mission of . . . — — Map (db m196810) HM
Joe Clark’s store with "The Lying Porch” was located on Old Apopka Road (now Kennedy Boulevard). The store sold groceries and general merchandise. It also served as the town’s post office and town hall. This was a gathering place for town residents . . . — — Map (db m196442) HM
Kennedy Boulevard, originally known as Old Apopka Road, has always been the Town of Eatonville's "main street." It has functioned since at least 1846 as the primary traffic artery connecting Maitland and Winter Park in the northwest section of . . . — — Map (db m196729) HM
The concrete-block building that presently sits on the corner of Kennedy Boulevard and College Street was once the location of one of the "second-wave" business establishments within the Town. Beginning in the late 1930's, some businesses were . . . — — Map (db m196857) HM
Friends of Libraries USA
Library Landmarks Register
Matilda Mosley Home
Eatonville
site of the home of the childhood best friend of
Zora Neal Hurston
who, throughout her writings, celebrates the rich culture of Eatonville as . . . — — Map (db m196869) HM
Founded in 1882, Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church is the second oldest congregation in Eatonville. When the church began; its members assembled on alternate Sundays in the same structure used by the St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal . . . — — Map (db m196786) HM
Taylor Street is the eastern boundary of Eatonville and is the site of Jim and Matilda Clark Moseley's home. Matilda, or "Miss Tillie," as she was affectionately called, was the niece of Joseph Clark, Eatonville's founder and first mayor. Early . . . — — Map (db m52686) HM
The school was patterned after Tuskegee Institute, which was founded by Booker T. Washington the noted educator and scientist, (sic) George Washington Carver was a featured lecturer at Robert Hungerford Normal and Industrial School. — — Map (db m196587) HM
The history of the current St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church is represented by the present church structure as well as by the home located on Kennedy Boulevard, opposite the church sanctuary. Founded in 1881, the St. Lawrence . . . — — Map (db m196780) HM
The St. Lawrence African Methodist Church was Founded in 1881. St. Lawrence Church is older than the historic town itself, and it is one of the oldest African American Church’s in the Central Florida area. It was named in honor of Lewis Lawrence of . . . — — Map (db m196645) HM
Across from this site (on People Street) once stood the eight-room, "one story and a jump" house in which the Hurston family lived. The Rev. John Hurston was the Town's third mayor and the second pastor of the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. . . . — — Map (db m196783) HM
The first church in historic Eatonville was St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. This church shared sanctuary usage with Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church
with alternating worship times. The church building later housed . . . — — Map (db m196728) HM
The Model 770 Amphicar was named after its ability to achieve speeds of seven knots in the water and 70 mph on land. 3,878 Amphicars were manufactured in Germany from 1961 to 1968. During that time 3,046 were imported into the United States. The . . . — — Map (db m189939) HM
Dinosaur Gertie's Ice Cream of Extinction was built as a tribute to "Gertie the Dinosaur", one of the first well-known animated cartoon stars. Gertie first amazing vaudeville audiences in 1914 when she was projected life-sized onto a screen and . . . — — Map (db m189938) HM
In 1706, Thomas Twining became
one of the first individuals to
introduce tea drinking to the English.
Word of this exotic, new drink quickly
spread. Even eighteenth century English novelist Jane Austen and Charles II Earl Grey were Twinings . . . — — Map (db m198210) HM
This fossil Gateway is composed of the
giant bones of a Brachiosaurus, one of the
largest creatures that ever walked the earth.
It stands fifty-two feet tall and more than
eighty feet long. A peaceful plant-eater,
the Brachiosaurus' enormous . . . — — Map (db m198209) HM
The Province Bell was the name first used to describe me. I was ordered from the English bell foundry of Whitechapel in 1751 by the Pennsylvania Assembly. I was to be part of the celebration which would commemorate the 50th anniversary of William . . . — — Map (db m76520) HM
Under the boughs of the original Liberty Tree in Boston in 1765, patriots, calling themselves “The Sons of Liberty,” gathered to protest the imposition of the Stamp Act. In the years that followed, almost every American town had a . . . — — Map (db m76711) HM
Mark Twain was born Samuel Clemens in 1835, in Florida, Missouri. He grew up not too far away in the small town of Hannibal. From there, he would raft over to islands in the Mississippi and watch as majestic steamboats paddled by. As a young man, he . . . — — Map (db m188578) HM
This fossil cast is an exact replica of “Sue”, the most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton ever found. Named for her discoverer, Sue was found in South Dakota on August 12, 1990. Sue is 90% complete, a fossil find of enormous importance . . . — — Map (db m76896) HM
The Carousel of Progress first premiered at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. The show then moved to Disneyland where it opened as part of a new Tomorrowland. In 1973, Carousel of Progress relocated to its current home here in the Magic Kingdom at . . . — — Map (db m189941) HM
The Black Bear Trail, so named because it ran through the natural habitat of the black bear, was organized by The Black Bear Trail, Inc., an association of officials of Chambers of Commerce, boards of trade and cities lying along the route of the . . . — — Map (db m7453) HM
This historic workshop, built around 1883, was the site of William H. Waterhouse's woodworking and construction business. A pioneer settler and carpenter, Mr. Waterhouse built many of the early homes in Maitland and constructed the pews for he First . . . — — Map (db m52525) HM
The Church of the Good Shepherd (known as "The Chapel") was established in 1882 by the Right Reverend Henry Benjamin Whipple, the first Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Minnesota, who wintered in Maitland because of poor health. Bishop Whipple . . . — — Map (db m93356) HM
This congregation was organized in 1882 by ten Presbyterian settlers under the direction of the Rev. W.G.F. Wallace when Maitland was a pioneer hamlet. The church building was constructed in 1883, and it is one of the oldest churches still in use in . . . — — Map (db m7451) HM
Fort Maitland
was built in November 1838 by Lt. Col. Alexander C. W. Fanning, U.S.A. (1788-1848) on the military road connecting Fort Melon (Sanford) with Fort Gatlin (Orlando) and used as a stockade in the war between the United States and the . . . — — Map (db m7452) HM
The historic road around Late Lily was first used as a Native American path. During the Second Seminole War, it became a military supply route between Fort Mellon (now Sanford) and Fort Gatlin (now Orlando.) Ft. Maitland (located East of the park) . . . — — Map (db m197016) HM
This road was the first direct route from Northeast Florida to Maitland. It followed Maitland Avenue around this west side of Lake Lily and continued south on what is now Highway 17-92. During the Second Seminole War the United States Army used this . . . — — Map (db m13636) HM
Before the railroad to Lake Maitland, travelers boarded a steamboat in Jacksonville for the trip up the St. Johns River to Sanford. The St. Johns River is one of only three rivers in the United States that flows from south to north. Landing at . . . — — Map (db m52452) HM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior July 15, 1983 — — Map (db m52521) HM
Orange County Election Day Violence
Leading up to Election Day on November 2, 1920, the Ku Klux Klan and the United Confederate Veterans held rallies and parades to discourage African Americans from voting. County officials arranged for . . . — — Map (db m160890) HM
This church was built in 1891 by Gen. William T. Withers. The General died before the construction was completed, but Mrs. Withers finished the job in her husband's honor. The land was donated by Cpt. Sims. The church is Gothic architecture. The . . . — — Map (db m146480) HM
In memory of
the Orange County Boys
who gave their lives
in the World War
Erected by the Orlando Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
aided by patriotic citizens of
Orange County 1924 — — Map (db m7420) WM
Honoring Sailors
The Central Florida Council of the U.S. Navy League chose The Lone Sailor statue to honor ove 652,000 Sailors (men and women) who started their naval careers at the former U.S. Navy Recruit Training Center in Orlando, . . . — — Map (db m187307) HM
At 11:20 a.m. on March 31, 1972, a 306th Bombardment Wing B-52D Stratofortress bomber stationed at nearby McCoy Air Force Base (now Orlando International Airport) crashed on this site. The plane, which was not carrying any weapons, had left McCoy . . . — — Map (db m82976) HM
There were several different commands at Naval Training Center (NTC) Orlando. Although Recruit Training Command (RTC) was only one of these, it was the largest. RTC provided the training that turned men and women civilians into Sailors. NTC was . . . — — Map (db m187052) HM
A New Life
From the seconds the recruits got off the bus at RTC Orlando they knew life would be different. The goal was to turn a civilian into a professional sailor in under eight weeks.
In the first week, a recruit was given a . . . — — Map (db m186894) WM
John Watts Young, NASA astronaut, Gemini veteran, Apollo moonwalker, and space shuttle commander, was the first American to travel in space six times. As an Orlando High School student, Young lived in this house at 815 West Princeton Street from . . . — — Map (db m72371) HM
(side 1)
In 1880, the South Florida Railroad built a railway through Orlando. The small community boomed with land speculators, citrus and cattle investors, and tourists. In 1902, the larger Atlantic Coastline Railroad acquired the South . . . — — Map (db m100895) HM
In what the Sentinel called Orlando’s “greatest baseball holiday in history,” Babe Ruth and the American League Champion New York Yankees took the field against the Cincinnati Reds at 3:30 on Thursday, March 10, 1927. The much anticipated day was . . . — — Map (db m189083) HM
One of five structures built by Orange County Public Works for flood control in the Little Econlockhatchee River Completed in 1968 Orange County Government Florida — — Map (db m170339) HM
Meet Sparky
Our statue is the first of its kind. It was locally designed and fabricated, and was installed on March 21, 2018 on the 101st anniversary of the first woman to enlist in the Navy. she stands 6’7” to match the scale of The . . . — — Map (db m187355) HM
Joseph Bumby, Sr. came from Great Britain in 1873. He started selling hay, grain and fertilizer from a warehouse on Church Street. When the railroad arrived in 1880 his warehouse was used as the depot and he was the ticket agent. In 1886, Bumby . . . — — Map (db m132082) HM
Built in 1945 for $468,700, Carver Court was a public housing development set up by the Orlando Housing Authority in an effort to stimulate the economy, resolve growing slum and housing problems, and meet local demands associated with the massive . . . — — Map (db m72387) HM
Built in 1945 for $468,700, Carver Court was a public housing development set up by the Orlando Housing Authority in an effort to stimulate the economy, resolve growing slum and housing problems, and meet local demands associated with the massive . . . — — Map (db m72407) HM
One of five structures built by Orange County Public Works for flood control in the Little Econlockhatchee River Completed in 1970 Orange County Government Florida — — Map (db m170340) HM
This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the late Clark C. Griffith who brought the Washington Senators to spring training in Orlando, Florida in 1936.
He devoted more than 65 years of his life to baseball.
A distinguished member of . . . — — Map (db m188813) HM
In 1936 Clark Griffith and The Washington Senators made Tinker Field their Spring Training home, establishing a new era of America’s favorite pastime in Orlando. At the onset of The Great Depression, Major League Baseball interests waned in . . . — — Map (db m189085) HM
My Stone Is Red For
The Blood They Shed.
The Medal I Bear
Is America’s Way
To Show It Cares.
If I Could Be Seen
By All Mankind
Maybe Peace Will
Come In My Lifetime.
Dedicated to the Everlasting Memory
of All Veterans . . . — — Map (db m143451) WM
Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
"Father of the Homeland"
May 8, 1753 – July 30, 1811
Initiated Mexico’s movement of independence on September 16, 1810, leading the people in its fight towards national freedom.
On . . . — — Map (db m166425) HM
(side 1)
Buried here are members of the Eppes and Shine families, descendants of President Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and the father of the University . . . — — Map (db m93096) HM
Fleet Reserve Assn
The Delbert D. Black
Branch 117 Orlando, Fl.
Fleet Reserve Association
Dedicated to Navy, Marine Corps And Coast Guard
Veterans Who Have Served The United States
Of America With Honor . . . — — Map (db m143498) WM
Dedication and Hard Work Pay Off
Graduation occurred after eight weeks of intensive training. Brother and Sister Companies conducted a Pass in Review for the official party, typically a high-ranking Naval Officer or a congressman. If they . . . — — Map (db m187046) HM
H. H. Dickson Azalea Park
Dickson Azalea Park began as a natural stream, later named Fern Creek, in a deep ravine surrounded by native ferns, palms, and oaks. It once was a watering hole for cattle herders driving their animals south. State . . . — — Map (db m93268) HM
Dr. I.S. Hankins constructed this Art Deco commercial building in 1947 making it one of the first Black-Owned and Operated Professional buildings. Dr. Hankins was an early African American physician and a key civic leader involved in city boards, . . . — — Map (db m188581) HM
Of all the Major League Baseball legends to set foot on Tinker Field, none would frequent the park more often and with as much respect and affection as Harmon Killebrew.
In 1954, the 17-year-old slugger joined Clark Griffith’s Senators and . . . — — Map (db m189280) HM
Holden-Parramore
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of
Historic Places
by the
United States Department
of the Interior
September 23, 2009
The Holden-Parramore Historic District is . . . — — Map (db m188585) HM
Prior to 1972, women who enlisted as recruits were trained exclusively at U.S. Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Maryland.
At RTC Orlando, women were trained in the same manner as the men. They were housed in a three story, air . . . — — Map (db m187313) HM
Italian American War Veterans Of The United States
Post #4 Department of Florida
Veterans Dedicated To Helping Veterans
Mickie Abbott • Catherine Alessandri • Andrew Amoroso • Anthony Angelillo • Carmen Anzivino • Eugene . . . — — Map (db m143568) WM
In memory of and tribute to
J. P. Musselwhite, public spirited citizen, who was the donor of most of the land on the east and north sides of Lake Eola for public park purposes, and his surviving family, Troy C. Musselwhite and Agnes Musselwhite . . . — — Map (db m7449) HM
Writer Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) lived and wrote in this 1920s tin-roofed house between 1957 and 1958. It was here that Kerouac received instant fame for publication of his bestselling book, On the Road, which brought him acclaim and . . . — — Map (db m93196) HM
Jackie Robinson first set foot at Tinker Field with the National League Champion Brooklyn Dodgers on March 17, 1953 against the hometown Washington Senators. The game drew an all-time record crowd of 6,550 fans in a stadium with fewer than 4,000 . . . — — Map (db m191092) HM
Orlando celebrated Opening Day at Tinker Field on April 19, 1923. All businesses closed at noon for the city holiday and gates opened at 2:45 as Mayor Duckworth gave the dedication. More than 1,700 fans from across Central Florida came to see the . . . — — Map (db m189079) HM
Built in 1920, the former house at 528 E. Washington Street was once home to Nobel Peace Prize winner John Raleigh Mott (1869-1955). As general secretary of the National War Work Council, a World War I era Young Men’s Christian Association . . . — — Map (db m111212) HM
Physician, Poet, Novelist, Linguist, Artist, Patriot, Architect of Filipino Unity and the Soul of the Philippine struggle for Freedom and Independence.
“There Are No Tyrants
Where There Are No Slaves”
. . . — — Map (db m166423) HM
On the last night of Spring Training 1939, The Orlando Inter-Racial Committee hosted a Negro Leagues exhibition game between the Newark Eagles and the Homestead Grays. This is the first known instance that African-Americans played at Tinker . . . — — Map (db m189097) HM
Lake Eola Park is the most historic and widely recognized symbol of the City of Orlando. It was established in 1883 as the City’s first public park after Orlando homesteaders Jacob and Fanny Summerlin donated the Lake and some of the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m138883) HM
Upper marker::
Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain
Renamed July 12, 1965
Robert S. Carr, Mayor
Lower marker::
Orlando Centennial Fountain
Constructed by the
Orlando Utilities Commission
R. T. Overstreet, President • . . . — — Map (db m7416) HM
The Lake Eola Fountain was completely rebuilt after a devastating lightning Strike in 2009. The renovation, inspired and supported by the community, is loyal to the original 1957 design but with a modern choreographed light, music & water show. — — Map (db m138885) HM
Lynching of July Perry
November 3, 1920
On Election Day, November 3, 1920, black residents in the Ocoee area who owned land and businesses were eager to vote. Despite a terrorizing Ku Klux Klan march through the streets of . . . — — Map (db m137336) HM
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