In memory of our colleagues Bayflite 3 crew
Mark Wallace
Alicia Betita-Collins
Erik Hangartner
who lost their lives in service to others
April 25, 2000 — — Map (db m13648) HM
Of the many distinguished military men who came from abroad to fight for the independence of the American colonies, Kosciuszko was among the very first. In August 1776, only months after the Declaration of Independence had been signed, the . . . — — Map (db m75249) HM
Dedicated to All Men and Women Wounded in All Our Wars
My stone is red for the blood they shed. The medal I bear is my country’s way to show they care.
If I could be seen by all mankind maybe peace will come in my lifetime. . . . — — Map (db m244318) WM
This city park is located on the site of the first railroad pier in St. Petersburg, built by Peter Demens in 1889. Peter Demens (pronounced de-MENS) was a Russian nobleman, Pyotr Dementyev, who left Russia in 1881, came to Florida, and changed his . . . — — Map (db m4666) HM
In April 1528, The Spanish explorer Panfilo de Narvaez arrived here with 5 ships and 600 men in a quest for gold and power. Also with him were those who sought to spread Christianity, including eight diocesan and five Franciscan priests. One of . . . — — Map (db m120361) HM
One fourth mile east from this point is the site of the first settlement in 1857 and the first Post Office in 1876 of St. Petersburg, then called Pinellas. — — Map (db m50455) HM
The First United Methodist Church was designed by architect James Baldwin and constructed by Charles Whitaker in 1926. It is the third Methodist church located on this site, with the first dating to 1902. The church is Late Gothic Revival in style . . . — — Map (db m180345) HM
The light of freedom still burns brightly in our world today because of the service and sacrifice of America’s men and women in uniform.
Our Nation’s servicemen and women have fought the forces of tyranny and
won victories for liberty, . . . — — Map (db m243747) WM
Constructed as a toll bridge for auto and street car traffic by George S. Gandy, a pioneer West Coast developer, it was begun in 1922 and opened in 1924. The structure consisted of 3¼ miles of causeways and 2½ miles of bridge, and at its . . . — — Map (db m129358) HM
From ca. 1000-1700 CE, the indigenous Tocobaga people inhabited a village whose remnants feature in the Jungle Prada site. Archaeologists hypothesize that a micco (chief) lived in a dwelling atop the 12-foot-high platform mound overlooking the . . . — — Map (db m192481) HM
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between the Civil War and World War II. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism . . . — — Map (db m180045) HM
At this intersection November 12, 1914 John Evans a black laborer from Dunnellon FL was lynched condemned by a secret council of fifteen of St. Petersburg's most influential citizens. He was then turned over to a mob of fifteen hundred white . . . — — Map (db m64413) HM
In this vicinity stood the home of Abel Miranda, Seminole War veteran, who moved to the Pinellas Peninsula in the late 1850's. In February, 1862, the Union blockading squadron off Egmont Key sailed into Big Bayou and attacked the home. It was . . . — — Map (db m167497) HM
"God Gave Us Sons:
We Gave Them To Our Country
And Our Country Gave Them
Back To God."
Officers
Crenshaw Caswell 1st Lt. F. A.
James Abel 2nd Lt. Inf.
Enlisted Men
Lewis N. Brantley
George Donaldson . . . — — Map (db m99442) WM
Here Landed
Panfilo de Narvaez
April 15, 1528
From the site of this ancient Indian village was launched the first exploration by the white man of the North American Continent. — — Map (db m37549) HM
In Memory Of Those
Who Made The
Supreme Sacrifice
For Their Country
In World War II
Erected By The
Pinellas County
Liason Council
Auxiliary A.D.
1951
Reverse:
Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
In . . . — — Map (db m99451) WM
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior Built 1927 ♦ Restored 2000 — — Map (db m50566) HM
In 1923 construction began on Soren Lund's "Million Dollar" Mediterranean Revival hotel. Prominent features were its clay-tiled roof, rough textured stucco, baroque-type arched entrance and sqraffito decorations. It encompassed the north half of the . . . — — Map (db m50565) HM
Oldest church in Pinellas County, it was organized April 20, 1887. It was constructed in the summer of 1887 by a handful of pioneers equipped with crude tools. Built of unturpentined pine, the church records indicate first building cost $673. Dr. . . . — — Map (db m50444) HM
Initially served by the Jesuits from Sacred Heart in Tampa, a small wood-frame chapel named “St. Mary” was built at the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue South in 1908. By 1913, a new and larger brick church was . . . — — Map (db m40486) HM
After purchasing ten acres of scrub pine and swamp in 1922, Bishop Barry of St. Augustine directed the pastor of St. Mary’s in downtown to begin construction of a school building on this not-so-promising site. Construction began in 1925 and Sunday . . . — — Map (db m40484) HM
On January 1, 1914, the "aeroplane" was demonstrated as a viable means of commercial transportation with the inaugural flight of the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line, the world's first regularly scheduled commercial airline. Piloted by Tony H. . . . — — Map (db m140622) HM
This marks the terminal of the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Highway. Erected by Dixie Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, St. Petersburg, Fla. Jan. 22, 1939. — — Map (db m4670) HM
In Memoriam
On May 9, 1980, the freighter Summit Venture struck the southbound Sunshine Skyway Bridge during a sudden and violent storm. Six cars and a passenger bus fell 150 feet into the bay. Thirty-five persons were lost.
Duane P. . . . — — Map (db m243696) HM
In 1526 Juan Ortiz, a member of the expedition sent from Cuba to find Panfilo De Narvaez, was captured by Timucan Indians. Chief Hirrihigua, their ruler, hated the white men because of the violence of Narvaez. Juan Ortiz was condemned to death but . . . — — Map (db m50463) HM
(approach)
The United States Veterans Memorial
Dedicated to All Veterans • Past • Present • Future
1775 • ----
(North-Center-Upper)
Old Glory
I am the Star Spangled Banner .....
. . . — — Map (db m99441) WM
(Front plaque)From this site The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line The World's First Scheduled Airline Began regular flights between St. Petersburg and Tampa, January 1, 1914. ⋆ This plaque and site dedicated December 4, . . . — — Map (db m50437) HM
Bow Anchor
USCGC Blackthorn WLB-391
180 Foot Class C
Builder: Marine Iron & Shipbuilding
Corp. Duluth, MN
Commissioned: 27 March 1944
Complement: 7 Officers & 46 Men
Home Ports: San Pedro, CA 1944-1949
Mobile, AL 1950-1975 . . . — — Map (db m244732) HM
On March 4, 1919, hundreds of suffragists gathered at 6th St & Central Ave to march in support of Women's Suffrage as part of Kermess Parade. — — Map (db m229484) HM
Within a decade after the famous Wright Brothers' 1903 flight, aviation history was being made in Florida. The first transcontinental flight landed at Jacksonville in 1912, a naval air training center opened at Pensacola in 1913, and the St. . . . — — Map (db m50438) HM
Dedicated to the memory of Merchant Seamen of this community who in World War II gave their lives
in the service of their country. James C.V. Deidrick • Ora Ellis • Earnest P. Evans • Russell B. Flippen • Hugh W. Kilpatrick • Jacob P. Linn • . . . — — Map (db m239878) WM
The Rio Vista Elementary School was completed and opened for classes during the 1927-1928 school year. The two story building with red tile roof was built for a cost of $34,860. Due to low enrollment, it closed and reopened several times throughout . . . — — Map (db m244609) HM
Built in 1935 of cypress and pine by George Castrinos in Apalachicola, Florida. Original name "APALACHICOLA". Used for sponge fishing until 1943. Used during World War II by U.S. Navy as an air-sea rescue boat in the Gulf of Mexico. Returned to a . . . — — Map (db m221262) HM
Side 1
Built in 1883, the Safford House is one of the oldest structures in Tarpon Springs. Anson P.K. Safford was appointed governor of Arizona by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869 and reappointed in 1873. After leaving Arizona, Safford . . . — — Map (db m200193) HM
This one-part masonry vernacular commercial building was built by D.A. Alissandratos. It housed his business, United Divers, which provided sponge diving supplies. It later provided space for the Tarpon Leader Newspaper, law offices, a Ford . . . — — Map (db m216782) HM
This typical one-part masonry vernacular commercial structure was built sometime between 1909 and 1913. (Though the date shown on the front of the building is 1914, the building appears on the 1913 Sanborn Fire Insurance map.) It was originally . . . — — Map (db m216778) HM
Craig Park was named Coburn Park in 1935 for Thomas Coburn who sold the property to the City for $20,250, by referendum, that same year. A newly formed City Park and Playground Commission, appointed by the City's Board of Commissioners, aided in . . . — — Map (db m216430) HM
This one-part masonry vernacular commercial building is the home of one of Tarpon Springs’ oldest businesses, Faklis Department Store & Show Repair, which began in 1912 as a shoe repair shop. Vasile Faklis, who started the business, came to Tarpon . . . — — Map (db m216602) HM
W.H. Gourley built this two-part masonry vernacular commercial building about 1905. It originally housed a tailor/pressing shop and a grocery store in its first story shops. The second floor was used for apartments. Later businesses operating out . . . — — Map (db m216605) HM
Side 1
In 2014, Tarpon Springs' Greektown was listed as a Historic District and Traditional Cultural Property on the National Register of Historic Places for its unique ethnic heritage and maritime character. Greektown is bounded by the Anclote . . . — — Map (db m215070) HM
The one-part masonry vernacular commercial building was built in the late 1890s by George McAroy to house his drug store. The building also contained the Tarpon Springs Post Office for several years during the first decade of the twentieth . . . — — Map (db m216598) HM
O'Heavenly God and Almighty Father, grant rest to the souls of Your servants who fought for this country. May the peace they sought in this life be granted to them in their rest. For You are a Good and Merciful God, and to You we give glory to . . . — — Map (db m216427) WM
This two-part masonry vernacular commercial building was built by prominent Florida architect Leo Elliot for Ernest Meres in 1914. Meres was one of Tarpon Springs' most active sponge traders and later became a successful insurance agent. His . . . — — Map (db m216596) HM
Side 1
The Old Tarpon Springs High School is a masonry vernacular building, with limited Beaux Arts architectural details, that was designed in 1922 by St. Petersburg architect Emmitt Hull. When Tarpon Springs was incorporated in 1887, it had a . . . — — Map (db m200353) HM
This one-part masonry vernacular commercial building was built circa 1905. It originally housed a grocery store, but was converted into the offices for the Progressive News Newspaper in about 1910. It later became the home of a hobby shop called . . . — — Map (db m216603) HM
Tarpon Springs' second railroad station, a one-story masonry vernacular building, was built in 1909. It replaced the original wood station that was destroyed by fire in 1908. The depot served as the transportation and communication hub of the . . . — — Map (db m216779) HM
The Railway Express Company building, a one-part masonry vernacular commercial structure, was built sometime between 1913 and 1919. It originally housed the offices of the Railway Express Company. At some point between 1919 and 1926, Railway . . . — — Map (db m216783) HM
This one-part vernacular commercial building was built sometime between 1919 and 1926 as the new location of the railway express company. — — Map (db m216787) HM
Rose Cemetery, also known as Rose Hill Cemetery, established in the early 1900s as a segregated cemetery, is the oldest African-American cemetery in Pinellas County. Located on approximately five acres of land, the cemetery reflects the social . . . — — Map (db m53993) HM
Early pioneer Mary Ormond Boyer named Tarpon Springs for the leaping silver tarpon in the bayou near her cabin. Under the surface of the bayou, a spring "boiled” for several days intermittently throughout the year. The phenomena occurred when . . . — — Map (db m216428) HM
In 1888 land was donated for a Catholic church by former Arizona Governor Anson P.K. Safford. A small 28' x 18' mission chapel named St. Ignatius was built by Judge John D. Murphy on Lemon Street the following year, and on May 20, 1889, Father . . . — — Map (db m103942) HM
SIDE 1
The Tarpon Springs Historic District is comprised of two historic elements, the early winter resort and the downtown commercial district. Tarpon Springs’ original plan was laid out by Mathew Marks, a business associate of landowner . . . — — Map (db m174844) HM
Completed in 1915, this was the first city hall for the rapidly growing Tarpon Springs. It was designed by noted Atlanta architect Ernest Daniel Ivey and built by J.B. McCreary. Construction was financed by a $12,000 voter-approved bond issue. The . . . — — Map (db m198313) HM
The Gulf waters off the west coast of Florida north of Tampa Bay comprise one of the few areas of the world where the species of natural sponges suitable for commercial use are found. The natural sponge industry in Tarpon Springs dates from about . . . — — Map (db m53982) HM
In Memoriam of Men & Women who served our Country World War II John Saclarides Mar. 5, 1922 Aug. 16, 1944 • John Fountouklis Sept. 12, 1922 Aug. 21, 1944 • Anthony Antonoglou July 23, 1922 Nov. 1, 1942 • Alan Roberts Aug. 31, 1919 Jan. 5, 1945 . . . — — Map (db m216432) HM WM
This one-part masonry vernacular commercial building, built between 1909 and 1913, originally housed a cigar shop, pool room, barber shop, and grocery store in its four store fronts. Florida power had offices in the building during the . . . — — Map (db m216601) HM
Vinson’s Department Store was one of the town's first general stores. Vinson's sold furniture, sewing machines, baby buggies, pianos, clothing, shoes, and other assorted merchandise. James Vinson and his brother, L. D. Vinson, operated Vinson's. . . . — — Map (db m216599) HM
These 12-inch mortars were manufactured at the Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, New York in 1901. The carriages are the Model 1896 and were manufactured by the American Hoist and Derrick Company, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The fortification you are . . . — — Map (db m131892) HM
After the United States' entry into the Spanish American War, Tampa citizens demanded increased coastal defenses. In November 1898, construction began on a new military post on Mullet Key. Fort De Soto, named in 1900, featured 29 post buildings, . . . — — Map (db m120357) HM
The Fort De Soto Quartermaster Storehouse Museum is a reconstruction of the Army Quartermaster Storehouse at Fort De Soto in the early 1900s. This building was used primarily as a warehouse for supplies from 1905 until 1910. At one point, the Army . . . — — Map (db m131894) HM
May 11, 1963 This park is gratefully dedicated in memory of the American Patriots who served their country during the Spanish American War 1898 — — Map (db m131886) WM
This 6-inch Rapid Fire Armstrong Rifle was purchased from England in 1898, because the United States did not yet have the capability to produce a small, rapid fire weapon for the defense of its principal harbors. The advent of the Spanish-American . . . — — Map (db m131889) HM
A large Indian burial mound was built near this spot about 1500 A.D. It was used for some years by the inhabitants of a nearby Safety Harbor culture village, Indians who were among the ancestors of the later Tocobaga tribe. Excavation in 1961 by . . . — — Map (db m112512) HM
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