Elizabeth School in the Dills Community

Originally housed in the Elizabeth Church, Elizabeth School was established when Miles Groover and his wife Daisy Black Groover donated two acres of land for the new site. The school building was completed as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. ...

The Old Jail

Now a museum, this 1893 red brick jail building contains the cells where black and white prisoners were once confined on the second floor. The central tower was used for hangings as late as 1916. Documents, photographs, and memorabilia are ...

Arnett Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Organized in 1866, this congregation is among the oldest in Gadsden County. The Romanesque Revival style building was constructed in 1938-39 and named for the Rev. Benjamin W. Arnett, the presiding bishop in Florida from 1888-1892.

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Trinity United Methodist Church

Gothic architectural style and stained glass windows distinguish the Trinity United Methodist Church as a historic landmark in Lake City.

The African American congregation was first organized in 1863 as the Gethsemane Methodist Episcopal Church. The church standing today was ...

Waldo Cemetery

Pioneer African American families are buried in the town's black cemetery. Henry Hill, the first black fireman in the City of Waldo, was laid to rest here, as are veterans from the Civil War.

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Hawthorne Historical Museum and Cultural Center

Established in 1907 as home to the New Hope Methodist Church, one of Hawthorne's oldest black congregations, the building was transplanted from its original location four blocks away. Restored in 1993, the museum displays the original pulpit, pastor's chair, several ...

St. Augustine Day Care

Erected between 1875 and 1889 as an Episcopal mission church for the black community in Gainesville, this building served as a parochial school after moving to its present site in 1895.

It became a day care center in 1957 and ...

Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church

One of the oldest congregations in Gainesville, the Shady Grove Primitive Baptist church stands on land deeded to the elders of the church in 1900.

The present coquina block church was built in the Porters neighborhood in the 1930s.

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Pleasant Street Historic District

Bounded by Main Street, NW 8th Avenue, NW 2nd Avenue and NW 6th Street (Depot Avenue).

The oldest and largest continuously inhabited black residential area in Gainesville, this district is significant as the religious and social center for black entertainment, ...

The Old Cotton Club

Located In Gainesville's Springhill neighborhood, the large wood-frame building was first constructed in 1940-41 as the Post Exchange at Camp Blanding in Starke, Florida.

At the end of World War II, the Perryman family purchased the surplus building, moved it ...