St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church - St. Augustine

This 1910 Gothic Revival style church served as an assembly point for blacks demonstrating against segregated beaches, lunch counters and other facilities in 1964. The kitchen fed hundreds of volunteers who came from other states. Baseball great Jackie Robinson addressed ...

St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church and School

This block of property in the Lincolnville District is owned by the Catholic Church and contains historic buildings important to St. Augustine's African American heritage. It was part of the Yallaha orange grove plantation before the Civil war and was ...

Lincolnville Historic District

In 1866 former black slaves began settling a three-block area in St. Augustine at first known as Africa, but later renamed Lincolnville. By 1885, Lincolnville was a growing black business and residential community. Lincolnville has the greatest concentration of late ...

Gracia Real De Santa Teresa de Mose (Ft. Mose)

In 1693, King Charles II of Spain decreed runaway slaves were to be given sanctuary in his colonies. Black fugitives from the British Colonies made their way south and fought against a British retaliatory attack on St. Augustine. In 1728, ...

Cary A. White, Sr. Complex, FL School for the Deaf and the Blind

This classroom and dormitory area is dedicated to the memory of the first African American deaf graduate of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. Cary A. White, Sr. worked at the school for 46 years and was ...

Old Central Academy High School

Established in 1892, Central Academy became the first accredited Negro high school in Florida in 1924. The first Central Academy building was destroyed by fire in 1936. The present building replaced it in 1937 and now serves as the County ...

Finley Homestead (Private)

This two story frame vernacular structure was the home of Adam Finley, a free African American artisan. Finley acquired the property in 1883. His grandson, Dr. Harold E. Finley was a nationally known zoologist.

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church - Palatka

The residents of the community of Newtown organized the Bethel AME church in 1866. This Romanesque Revival style building was constructed by the congregation circa 1908-1912.

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Photo courtesy of Fish Ministries.

Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church

Organized in 1872 from the Prayer Band started some years earlier by Samuel Irving, Macedonia AME Church was originally located on the corner of Seventh and Beech Streets. The Congregation moved into its newly built sanctuary in 1899. The bell ...

Old Stanton High School (Private)

The Trustees of Florida Institute established Stanton High School in 1868 as the first public black school in Jacksonville. It was named for Edwin M. Stanton, an outspoken abolitionist and Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln. This masonry vernacular-style structure, ...