Old Ebenezer Church

This Gothic Revival church was built circa 1900 by the congregation of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church. When the congregation moved, the structure became home to the Greater Refuge Church of Our Lord.

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Nicholson-Colyer Building

This late Victorian structure was built in 1911 for J.A. Colyer, an African American tailor and J.E. Nicholson, a Canadian baker. It was one of few properties outside the traditional African American neighborhoods that was owned and operated by African ...

Dr. I.S. Hankins House (Private)

This Mediterranean Revival style residence was built in 1935 as the home of Orlando's pioneer black physician who campaigned for improved race relations and black home ownership.

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Callahan Neighborhood

Bounded by Colonial Drive, Central Avenue, Division Street and Orange Blossom Trail.

This is one of Orlando's oldest black communities, originating in 1886. The district includes Callahan Neighborhood Center, the former old Jones High School, established in 1895.

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Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts

From the 1880s to the 1930s, hundreds of communities founded by and for African Americans were established throughout the southern U.S. Few have survived, but Eatonville is an exception. In 1887 it was the first of these communities to incorporate ...

West Ocala Historic District

Located on Silver Springs Boulevard between Eastbound I-75 and Pine Avenue.

This historic district includes more than 100 buildings that are significant to the African American community that flourished here between 1886 and 1920.

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Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church - Ocala

The only surviving brick 19th century religious structure in Ocala, the present Gothic Revival church stands behind the site of the original white frame building. Construction of the first brick church owned by a black congregation began in 1891 under ...

Howard Academy Community Center

Howard Academy was established in 1886 by the Board of Public Instruction as a grade school for Negroes.

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Fessenden Elementary School

Established in 1868, the school became Fessenden Academy in 1898, in honor of Ferdinand Stone Fessenden, a wealthy businessman from Boston who provided financial support and encouraged the American Missionary Association to sponsor the school. Existing buildings date from the ...

Second Bethel Baptist Church

This frame vernacular style building was completed in 1888 and served as a school for the black community. The pastor, the Reverend Henry Shaw, was the first to minister to the local African American turpentine, sawmill and phosphate workers.

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