List of African-American historic places in Florida

List of African American historic places in Florida

This list of African American Historic Places in Florida is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.^[1]

For National List of African American Historic Places use this link.

Contents: Counties in Florida with African American Historic Places 

Alachua - Baker - Duval - Escambia - Franklin - Lee - Leon - Miami-Dade - Monroe - Putnam - St. Johns - St. Lucie - Santa Rosa - Seminole - Volusia

Some of these sites are on the National Register of Historic Places (NR) as independent sites or as part of larger historic district. Several of the sites are National Historic Landmarks (NRL). Others have Florida historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference.

Alachua County

Methodist church in the Pleasant Street Historic District

• Gainesville
  • Liberty Hill Schoolhouse
  • Pleasant Street Historic District

Baker County

• Olustee
  • Olustee Battlefield

Broward County

• Fort Lauderdale
  • Old Dillard High School
  • Woodlawn Cemetery (Fort Lauderdale)

Clay County

• Orange Park
  • Joseph Green House
  • Orange Park Negro Elementary School

Duval County

Masonic Temple

• Jacksonville
  • Bethel Baptist Institutional Church,
  • Brewster Hospital,
  • Catherine Street Fire Station,
  • Centennial Hall-Edward Waters College,
  • Edwin M. Stanton School,
  • Kingsley Plantation,
  • Masonic Temple,
  • Mount Zion AME Church,

Escambia County

St. Michael's Creole Benevolent Association Hall

• Pensacola
  • James House
  • St. Michael's Creole Benevolent Association Hall

Franklin County

• Sumatra
  • Negro Fort

Hillsborough County, Florida

• Tampa
  • Jackson Rooming House
  • Meacham Elementary School
  • St. Peter Claver Catholic School

Lee County

• Fort Myers
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar School
• Sanibel
  • Sanibel Colored School

Leon County

Carnegie Library at FAMU, Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum

• Tallahassee
  • Carnegie Library at FAMU
  • Foote-Hilyer Administration Building (former Florida A&M Hospital)
  • John Gilmore Riley House
  • Old Lincoln High School
  • Union Bank

Manatee County

• Bradenton
  • Family Heritage House Museum ^[2] State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota

Marion County

• Ocala
  • Fessenden Academy
  • Mount Zion A.M.E. Church

Miami-Dade County

St. John's Baptist Church

• Miami
  • D. A. Dorsey House
  • Greater Bethel AME Church
  • Lyric Theater
  • St. John's Baptist Church

Monroe County

• Marathon
  • George Adderley House,
• Pigeon Key
  • Pigeon Key Historic District

Orange County

• Eatonville
  • Eatonville Historic District
• Orlando
  • Well'sbuilt Hotel

Palm Beach County

Mickens House

• Lake Worth
  • Osborne School
• West Palm Beach
  • Mickens House

Pinellas County

• African American Heritage Trail of St. Petersburg
• Royal Theater (St. Petersburg, Florida)

Putnam County

• Palatka
  • Newtown
  • Central Academy

St. Johns County

House in the Lincolnville Historic District

• St. Augustine
  • Fort Mose
  • Lincolnville Historic District

Santa Rosa County

• Milton
  • Mt. Pilgrim African Baptist Church
  • Zion AME Church, African Methodist Episcopal Church

Seminole County

• Sanford
  • St. James AME Church

St. Lucie County

Hurston House

• Fort Pierce
  • Zora Neale Hurston House

Volusia County

Mary McLeod Bethune Home, NHL, Daytona Beach, Florida

• DeLeon Springs
  • DeLeon Springs Colored School
• Daytona Beach
  • Howard Thurman House
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Home
  • Old DeLand Memorial Hospital
  • White Hall
• Orange City
  • Orange City Colored School

References

1. African American Historic Places, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places
2. Alicia K. Long, The Family Heritage House:A Unique Museum-College Library Partnership Florida Libraries (Spring 2020): 30-34.

Further reading

• Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources. "Florida Black Heritage Trail". (c. 2004–2007)