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28. Henderson-Stewart House

28. Henderson-Stewart House. 5061 Canal Street. Circa 1905. Frame Vernacular. The original, modest rectangular structure was typical of the rural vemcular types during the early 1900s. This type is seen throughout Milton.

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27. Beasley-English House

27. Beasley-English House. 5069 Canal Street. Circa 1900. Frame Vernacular. This house was built by W.M. Flouker, and later acquired by the Beasley family in 1921.

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26. E.H. Beasley House II

26. E.S. Beasley House II. 5075 Canal Street. Circa 1921. Frame Vernacular. This house was also built by E.S. Beasley. The modest house exhibits bungaloid elements in its tapered porch posts and brackets.

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25. E.H. Beasley House

25. E.S. Beasley House. 5081 Canal Street. Circa 1922. Frame Vernacular. This house was built by E.S. Beasley, and it is almost identical to the house at 5093 Canal Street.

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Little England Chapel

Little England Chapel, built in 1879, stands as the only known African American missionary chapel in Virginia. Two years earlier, George C. Rowe, working as a printer at nearby Hampton Institute, taught Sunday school lessons in his home to local ...

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Hampton University Museum

Hampton University Museum established the first African American art collection in the world when it acquired two paintings by Henry O. Tanner in 1894. The Museum opened in 1868, corresponding with Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute’s opening. The enduring mission ...

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Emancipation Oak

Newly freed slaves took classes and listened to the first Southern reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863 under this oak tree. During the Civil war, enslaved people fled their plantation seeking freedom behind Union lines in Virginia. When Gen. ...

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Booker T. Washington Sculpture

Booker T. Washington is Hampton University’s most famous alumnae. Born a slave in Franklin County, Virginia, Washington became a world renowned educator and school founder. After the Civil War, he and family moved to Malden, Virginia where they secured employment ...

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24. Santa Rosa County Grade School

Renaissance Revival.
The building was designed by Pensacola Architect Walker. Willis and constructed by S .F. Fulghum. These two men are also credited with the Imogene Theatre. The School opened in November, 1915.

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23. Bray-Jones House

23. Bray-Jones House. 5093 Canal Street. Circa 1922. Bungalow. The house was built by B.W. Bray. The
Bungalow exhibits Craftsman style with its
exposed rafters, and integral/continuous
porch underneath its hipped roof This is
also the former location of Mt. ...

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