Heritage Station is Palmetto’s first free-standing post office. It was built for Mrs. Mary Nettles, Palmetto’s 2nd and 4th Postmaster, who served 1880-1889 and again 1893-1897. During her service and through the turn of the century, mail destined . . . — — Map (db m146753) HM
:
This facility was built during World War II
by Palmetto High School student members
of the Future Farmers of America and
their faculty advisor Mr. T.P. Winter.
Construction began in December 1943 and
was completed in May . . . — — Map (db m146896) HM
The Cottage Museum, a typical 1900 family home, has been refurbished with the help of families who lived there. Josephine Harrison and the members of the Heritage Doll Club were actively involved in establishing the Cottage Museum.
The . . . — — Map (db m146782) HM
The Palmetto Armory
has been listed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
October 2012 — — Map (db m146898) HM
This kindergarten building was moved onto the Palmetto Elementary School property in 1936. It would serve for many years as Palmetto’s first public kindergarten. Hazel Lewis was the first teacher to serve there. The building stood on the east . . . — — Map (db m146754) HM
This building was built in 1917 and operated as a train station for a century. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was renovated in 1998. — — Map (db m212099) HM
This Property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior as Olympia School — — Map (db m226370) HM
Mt. Elizabeth and the surrounding property were purchased by explorer William Henry Racey in the late 1850's. In 1891, his son, Charles Racey, built a three-story wood-frame house on the mound for his family and started a pineapple and citrus . . . — — Map (db m117570) HM
The mansion at
Tuckahoe
1938
Restored 2009
Listed on the National Register
of Historic Places by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m112168) HM
Only one remaining of nine on Florida east coast commissioned in 1875 for the U.S. Life-Saving Service. Keepers provided shelter, food, clothing, and transportation to survivors of shipwrecks and storms at sea. In U.S. Coast Guard Service through . . . — — Map (db m112172) HM
In 1903 Noah parks built this house for his family shotly after his brother George Parks constructed the General Merchandise Store.
In November of 1908 Noah Parks contracted a fatal illness and died, leaving his widow Mildred and seven children . . . — — Map (db m226359) HM
George H. Cooper, Sr. and his wife Virginia purchased this land in 1933. The Coopers moved this house, originally a much smaller wood frame structure, to this location. They hired a stone mason, Jack Herndon, who began and completed all of the . . . — — Map (db m72977) HM
Historic Town Hall has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
This building was designed by Miami architect H. Hastings Mundy and built in 1917. As the Homestead Town Hall, it housed the City Fire Department, the Police Station and the . . . — — Map (db m73367) HM
has been designated a
City of Homestead Historic Landmark
This building, built by W.D. Horne as the Homestead Inn, was originally constructed in 1904 and reconstructed several times after that. It served as a supply store and rooming house . . . — — Map (db m73274) HM
W.K. Walton built this home circa 1919. Walton planted four acres of avocados and eventually established one of the first commercial avocado nurseries in south Dade. This wood frame, stucco covered residence is designed in the style of an English . . . — — Map (db m72983) HM
This seven-story octagonal tower was built in 1929 as an entrance to the Sears Roebuck and Company department store, which was designed by the architectural firm Nimmons, Carr and Wright. It was the focal point of the first Art Deco style . . . — — Map (db m63894) HM
The Dice House is the oldest surviving structure in the Kendall area, built circa 1920 by David Brantly Dice, a popular figure considered the “unnamed mayor of the community”. Mr. Dice owned and operated a general store on property . . . — — Map (db m76498) HM
Congregation Beth Jacob has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior October 16, 1980 Additional marker: This property as Beth Jacob Congregation was placed on the National . . . — — Map (db m63861) HM
In 1928 the Rustic Inn was built to serve enthusiastic tourists traveling the Florida Keys on the new rail and highway systems. The Inn was one of the few structures left standing after the "Great Hurricane" of 1935. It was later repaired and . . . — — Map (db m150490) HM
The Raven House was built in 1889 after the Great Fire of 1886 destroyed the original structure. This beautiful home is considered one of the original Grande Dames of Key West. She was one of the first homes in Old Town to be restored and housed . . . — — Map (db m243888) HM
The Norvin Green Maloney House at 729 Truman Avenue is a splendid, three-story Queen Anne home built in 1904. Defined by its unique encircling wide wooden verandas and expansive front garden, the frame house is historic, distinguished by its . . . — — Map (db m243845) HM
Welcome to the Audubon House & Tropical Gardens, named after the famous naturalist John James Audubon. (1785-1851) This historic house museum was established in 1960 to commemorate his 1832 expedition to the Florida Keys, during which time he . . . — — Map (db m243864) HM
Built as part of a Methodist educational complex at Hargrove Seminary, Bruce Hall featured a 600 seat auditorium with a roof garden. It served as part of the United States Navy Hospital during World War I through World War II. After 40 years of . . . — — Map (db m243689) HM
This is purported to be the second oldest house in Key West. Originally built as a two-room dwelling in 1834 by English merchant captain George Carey, who made his fortune in the wholesale liquor business, the home was enlarged in 1844 as a gift to . . . — — Map (db m222466) HM
This room was enclosed from the open sleeping porch about 1880. On an island where nothing went to waste, the panelling is recycled piano crate likely salvaged from a shipwreck at that time. After entering the room, look back over the doorway at the . . . — — Map (db m243925) HM
Built with bricks from Fort Taylor dating back to 1845, this building is one of Key West's first hotels. It featured a car dealership on the ground floor and hotel rooms on the upper two floors. Ernest Hemingway and his wife stayed here in 1928, and . . . — — Map (db m245852) HM
Here in Key West the separate cookhouse kept the heat away from the house and reduced the risk of fire. The cookhouse behind the Oldest House dates to approximately 1838 and is the last remaining original cookhouse in Key West. Emeline Watlington . . . — — Map (db m243923) HM
The Gato Cigar Factory was constructed by Eduardo H. Gato in 1916. This Neo-Classical Revival, poured-concrete structure with a large central courtyard was constructed after an earlier wood frame factory on this site burned. Numerous windows . . . — — Map (db m93305) HM
Built in 1907, the Fire Department consisted of 12 paid firemen and 200 volunteers. It is believed to have been the oldest active fire station in Florida until it's closing in 1998. The Station has endured numerous hurricanes. One of the worst . . . — — Map (db m232016) HM
This grand house was constructed by George Henry Curry in 1886. It is one of 7 Curry Mansions in Key West, and built by the children of Florida's first millionaire William Curry. Much of the family's wealth was built on servicing the sailing and . . . — — Map (db m233579) HM
Three historic buildings were converted in 1976 to create the resort you see today. Two of the buildings contained apartments for military families living "off base". The buildings may have been moved across the street from the Key West Army . . . — — Map (db m243710) HM
Dating from the 1840s, the two buildings in the foreground of the photograph are the oldest commercial structures on the island. This photograph was taken from Tift's Tower (modern day Waterfront Playhouse); it shows the rear view of the buildings. . . . — — Map (db m225440) HM
On April 2, 1891, J. Vining Harris, Jr., son of Confederate surgeon Dr. Jeptha Vining Harris (1839-1914), married Florida E. Curry, daughter of Bahamian émigré and Florida millionaire William Curry. The marriage united two of Key West's wealthiest . . . — — Map (db m225438) HM
As early as 1873, John McFerris Lowe, a mariner born in Hope Town in the Bahamas, owned the original plat where Westwinds, a historic inn, now sits. Several wood-frame residences are visible on the 1884 Bird's Eye Map of Key West.
The Benjamin . . . — — Map (db m243707) HM
• Key West High School - 1926
• Key West Memorial Junior High School - 1956
• Memorial Elementary School - 1966
• Glynn R. Archer Junior High School - 1971
• Glynn R. Archer Elementary School - 1976 — — Map (db m243868) HM
This frame structure was built in 1887, replacing the first quarters which was smaller in size. Its design was standard for light stations in the south, and was used at several locations in Florida. The building was spacious and provided lodgings . . . — — Map (db m243894) HM
This building, the second on the property, was the home of the Key West Lighthouse's Principal and Assistant Lighthouse Keepers and their families. The Principal Keepers who served here were:
Michael Mabrity 1826-1832
Barbara Mabrity . . . — — Map (db m243915) HM
Although there was no longer a need for a Principal Lighthouse Keeper or an Assistant Keeper after the Key West Lighthouse was automated in 1914, the Superintendent of the U.S. Lighthouse Service's 7th District moved his family into the cottage in . . . — — Map (db m243892) HM
The Armory was in such
an advanced state of
deterioration by 1969 that
the state granted the city
permission for it's
demolition. Joseph Allen
and State Representative
William Roberts fought to
save the building and . . . — — Map (db m224194) HM
Built in 1923 as the Monroe County High School. For 90 years the school served as a high school, middle school and elementary school. In 2014 the City of Key West acquired the property for adaptive reuse as the new city hall. The interior of the . . . — — Map (db m243870) HM
The first Key West Lighthouse was built in 1825 near the Southernmost Point. A violent hurricane completely destroyed the structure in 1846. The decision was made to construct the new lighthouse inland on Whitehead Street. It was completed in . . . — — Map (db m243918) HM
Construction of the first Key West Lighthouse began in 1825 on Whitehead's Point, near today's Southernmost Point. When the tower was finished in early 1826, the whitewashed brick structure stood 47 feet tall from its foundation to the base of its . . . — — Map (db m243919) HM
This historic structure has had two lives. It was originally built as an entertainment pavilion and dance hall during the peak of Key West's cigar industry. Located at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean at the end of Simonton Street in a relatively . . . — — Map (db m243862) HM
This brick tower, the second Key West Lighthouse, was completed in 1848 and was sixty-eight feet tall. In 1894 twenty feet was added to the tower making it visible to sailor for fifteen miles. In 1969 the Coast Guard decommissioned the light as if . . . — — Map (db m243917) HM
The original wooden courthouse was completed in 1823. The county occupied most of the Southern Florida Peninsula. The county seat in Key West currently covers the Florida Keys, and portions of the Everglades National Park. The present red brick . . . — — Map (db m243891) HM
The City of Key West acquired this lot in 1871 and built a wood-frame city hall, dedicating it on July 4, 1876, during the nation’s Centennial. That building stood until it burned down in the devastating fire of 1886. The City then constructed this . . . — — Map (db m84719) HM
Built on Duval Street by John T. Sawyer to replace his mansion lost in the Great Fire of 1886. He was a master builder, sponger, and banker who owned a ship chandlery, & the steamboat City of Key West. The home was moved to it's present location in . . . — — Map (db m243890) HM
Conveniently located in the heart of Historic Old Town Key West. Seascape is a short walk to both the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Around the corner from Shops, art galleries, restaurants, attractions and nightlife on the island.
On a . . . — — Map (db m243851) HM
Following the destruction of the first Key Wet Lighthouse during the devastating Havana Hurricane of 1846, a new lighthouse was built farther inland at its present-day location. The tower and keeper’s quarters were completed in less than and the . . . — — Map (db m243914) HM
"Shotgun House" refers to structures that have a single room width and are 3-4 rooms in length. A common room configuration used the front room as a living room, the middle rooms as bedrooms, and the back room as a kitchen all connected by a common . . . — — Map (db m243687) HM
Built in 1897 by Judge Vining Harris and his wife Florida Curry. This Queen Anne Victorian-style mansion was designed as a one bedroom home. Thomas Edison oversaw the home's original electrical design and installation. During prohibition the . . . — — Map (db m222473) HM
Key West entrepreneurs have used this building, built in 1896, for a wide range of commercial businesses. It is a classic example of longevity achieved through adaptive reuse. Through its history, this building served as a sponge warehouse, dry . . . — — Map (db m243699) HM
This structure is one of many water towers that stood along the Key West waterfront. The advent of the Industrial Age introduced steam-powered engines. Fresh water heated by coal fires created steam and was the fuel of choice during the 19th and . . . — — Map (db m223378) HM
This 1884 bungalow, with its wide front porch and simple architectural details was a private residence until 1986. Originally built on the edge of town it has become the center of Key West's Historic District.
Today it is occupied by the . . . — — Map (db m245834) HM
The Arch House is the oldest remaining Carriage House in the Historic District. It is recognized as a novelty of architectural design and function. In Key West during the 1880s, it was uncommon for the average person to possess a horse much less a . . . — — Map (db m243705) HM
Paul Cold moved this 1850s farmhouse to this location just after the Civil War.
It is the oldest surviving house on White Street.
At that time, this part of White Street was a dirt road running through open fields.
The 1884 Library of . . . — — Map (db m243872) HM
Captain Phillip Cosgrove
purchased this stately home
for the price of $1,600 in
1871. This was a prime
location with its proximity to
the deep-water port and in
what was then the center of
the city. It's believed that the
Captain's wife . . . — — Map (db m192423) HM
Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations
ALTAFF
Literary Landmarks Register
Where Hemingway lived and wrote from 1931-193
This site is dedicated as a Literary Landmark by the Association of Library Trustees, . . . — — Map (db m243893) HM
One of the grandest of the
7 mansions constructed by
the children of Florida's first
millionaire, this structure was
built by Charles Curry in 1887.
Dr. Joseph Norman Fogarty
purchased the home in 1900
for his bride . . . — — Map (db m243418) HM
The Johnson/Archer House at 1016 Fleming Street, is a grand, Classic Revival historic dwelling, defined by its unique wooden columns, encircling porch and enlarged front dormer.
Thomas B. Johnson, one of Key West's most talented . . . — — Map (db m243691) HM
John Dewey was a world renowned philosopher and educator, arguably one of the most influential men on America's educational system. From 1938 to 1950 Dewey spent every winter during the twilight of his years in Key West, enjoying the laid back . . . — — Map (db m233813) HM
The Lewinsky Building
1920
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m224659) HM
Built in 1890 on the waterfront as a two-family dwelling for the base commandant and paymaster, this building was known as Quarters A and B. It was converted into a single-family residence in 1911. President William Howard Taft visited this site in . . . — — Map (db m32659) HM
Built in 1890 as quarters for Navy officers, the Little White House later was used by American Presidents William Howard Taft, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Truman used the facility as a vacation . . . — — Map (db m32655) HM
Built in 1905, this house originally stood on Big Pine Key. It was first used as the home of a section boss on the Key West Extension of Henry Flagler's Over-Sea Railway.
Later, it was the home of Maggie and Henry Atwell and their four . . . — — Map (db m224425) HM
This building holds the dual distinction of being one of the oldest commercial structures in Key West and the oldest remaining drug store building. Dr. John Maloney opened the Key West Drug Company in 1903. In 1908 he purchased the adjacent . . . — — Map (db m223386) HM
Originally a four room house
built on Whitehead Street in
the late 1820's by Richard
Cussans, a ship's carpenter.
The structure was moved
to its current location in
1829 and expanded for
Captain Francis Watlington
to . . . — — Map (db m224175) HM
The island of Key West, along with the rest of the Keys, has no reliable source of fresh water. Under this porch is a cistern for the storage of rainwater, the only fresh water available in old Key West. Rain was captured off the roof in gutters, . . . — — Map (db m243924) HM
The single story structure on the back of the house was moved here by Alexander Patterson after the devastating hurricane of 1846. It is believed to be one of the oldest buildings in Key West. Mr & Mrs Pinkney lived in the cottage where his . . . — — Map (db m223297) HM
Erected after the Fire of 1886 by a Bahamian merchant. It is one of the many structures built during this era by immigrant Irish brick layers from Boston. The second floor was at one time used by the U.S. District Court.
We invite you to . . . — — Map (db m224463) HM
The home was purchased by infamous Prohibition Era rum-runner Raul Vasquez in 1920. During a rum-running trip to Cuba, instead of his usual cargo, Raul brought home the elaborately carved balcony balustrade. The rum and wine bottle balcony . . . — — Map (db m222485) HM
The William Alfred Johnson House at 824 Fleming Street is a grand, Classic Revival historic dwelling, defined by intricate gingerbread patterns and delicate wooden scrollwork. William A. Johnson, one of Key West's most talented carpenter-builders . . . — — Map (db m243703) HM
This house was built for
the commanding officer
of the Key West
Submarine Base, but it was
President Harry S. Truman's
use of the site for working
vacations that earned it fame
as "The Little White House."
During Truman's 11 trips
here from . . . — — Map (db m192419) HM
This building represents the vital role accurate weather forecasts played in the growth and vitality of Key West. Before the Weather Bureau, Key West residents relied on their own measurements and telegraph reports to predict oncoming storms. The . . . — — Map (db m233703) HM
Dating from the 1860s, the masonry building shown in left center was used by Tift & Company as a warehouse to store goods salvaged from vessels wrecked on the nearby reef. Proceeds from wrecking made Key West one of the wealthiest cities in the . . . — — Map (db m243838) HM
William Kerr was educated in Natick and Boston. In 1852, he moved to Washington, D.C. where he served an apprenticeship as a mechanic under George Nailor. At the start of the Civil War he went into the United States Civil Engineering Service. He . . . — — Map (db m223727) HM
This structure is one of a handful of African Methodist Episcopal churches serving Bahama Village. The church started in 1887 a few blocks from its present location. The congregation has seen its fair share of loses during its more than 120-year . . . — — Map (db m222638) HM
The 1891 Nassau County Courthouse is one of only a few remaining courthouses in Florida built in the late 19th century. An excellent example of the Italianate style, it features a square domed tower with cupola, brick corbelling, bracketed cornice, . . . — — Map (db m58486) HM
Cast iron lamp posts originally flanked the south and west entrances to the post office building. The lamp posts represent the first standardized type approved for Federal buildings. Removed in the early 1950s, only these two survived. They were . . . — — Map (db m144878) HM
This Classical Revival style residence, built by Dr. John F. Lesesne circa 1860, is one of the oldest homes in Fernandina Beach. Lesesene left Fernandina during the Civil War and did not return. In 1868 the house became the property of the family of . . . — — Map (db m58467) HM
Dedicated in 1912, this Italian Renaissance Revival building was designed under the direction of Treasury Department architect James Knox Taylor. The interior was custom built to accommodate the building’s three original functions as a United . . . — — Map (db m144847) HM
Chartered January 23, 1886
Crestview, Walton County, Florida
Crestview Chapter 40 Royal Arch
Masons erected building on this
site in 1919 — — Map (db m99238) HM
The Gulfview Hotel was built in 1906 and originally served as a hunting and fishing lodge. In the 1920s, it was a gathering spot for local residents and visitors who enjoyed maypole dances in the spring and swimming lessons in the summer. During . . . — — Map (db m221649) HM
Dr. James Hartley Beal (1861-1945) was an influential pharmacist, chemist, lawyer, educator, and scientist. Despite his busy life, he began collecting land and marine shells, purchasing his first specimen, in 1888. The Fort Walton Beach resident . . . — — Map (db m64667) 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
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
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
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
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
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
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