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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Brooksville
Brooksville, Florida and Vicinity
▶ Hernando County (19) ▶ Citrus County (45) ▶ Pasco County (72) ▶ Sumter County (58)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Chinsegut Hill Road at Snow Memorial Highway, on the right when traveling west on Chinsegut Hill Road. |
| | In 1842, South Carolinian Bird M. Pearson staked a claim on 160 acres and called it Mount Airy, one of the few surviving plantations in Florida and one of the oldest houses in Hernando County. Pearson built the manor house's east wing in 1847 and . . . — — Map (db m67006) HM |
| On Cortez Boulevard (State Road 50) 0.2 miles west of East Jefferson Street (U.S. 98), on the right when traveling east. |
| | The first colony of Muskogee-speaking Upper Creek Indians from Alabama was established nearby in 1767. British surveyor/naturalist Bernard Romans identified the settlement as "New Yufala, planted in a beautiful and fertile plain." It later became . . . — — Map (db m93307) HM |
| On North Main Street north of Broad Street (U.S. 98), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Hernando County originally embraced Hernando, Pasco and Citrus counties. It was created by the Territorial Legislature in 1843 and named for Hernando DeSoto. In 1844 its name was changed to Benton County in honor of Senator Thomas Hart Benton of . . . — — Map (db m123567) HM |
| On North Main Street at North Broad Street (U.S. 98), on the left when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | (southwest side)C.S.A 1861-1865 Erected by Brooksville Chapter No. 71 United Daughters of the Confederacy June 3, 1916. ”Love Makes Memory Eternal.” Confederate Soldiers
(northeast side)This monument perpetuates the . . . — — Map (db m132098) WM |
| On North Main Street north of Broad Street (U.S. 98), on the right when traveling north. |
| | In loving memory of those who gave their lives in the service of their country World War I World War II Korea Vietnam Erected by American Legion in cooperation with the Hernando County Action ‘76 Committee and the Florida State Bicentennial . . . — — Map (db m132461) WM |
| On Citrus Way (County Road 491) south of Ponce de Leon Boulevard (U.S. 98), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The first St. Stanislaus Church was built here in 1915 by a small group of Polish farmers who had purchased land in this area of Hernando County in an effort to begin a new community. Priests from St. Leo Abbey would come out once a month to . . . — — Map (db m37326) HM |
| Near Cortez Boulevard (State Road 50) at Hope Hill Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Though mass was first celebrated for Brooksville Catholics at the Hope residence on Easter Sunday 1874 by Bishop Augustin Verot, a formal Catholic mission was not established until 1892. At that time Fr. Roman Kirchner, the Benedictine Pastor of St. . . . — — Map (db m44010) HM |
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