First Presbyterian Church

Organized in 1832, congregation members completed this sanctuary in 1838. The only Tallahassee church still standing from territorial days, the Classic Revival style building with Gothic doors and windows is prominent in downtown. The north gallery was set aside for ...

Florida State Archives

In addition to on site research, the Florida State Archives offers web-based access to an extensive collection of original documents, photographs, and other materials for historical research on state history through the Florida Memory Project at: www.floridamemory.com.

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Carnegie Library/Black Archives Research Center & Museum

The Carnegie Library was completed in 1907 and is the oldest standing building on the Florida A&M University campus.

Its mission is to collect, preserve, display and disseminate information about African Americans and people of African descent worldwide, especially the ...

Bethel Missionary Baptist Church

The Rev. C. K. Steele, pastor of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, was one of Tallahassee's most notable civil rights activists. Many meetings associated with the Tallahassee bus boycott were held in this church, which made it a target of Ku ...

Howard Academy High School

In 1936, African American students in grades one through twelve consolidated in this public school building from the Masonic Lodge, Bethel AME Church and Miss Lenora Mills' store. Constructed in 1940, the second building became the high school and the ...

Hardon Building

One of Quincy's earliest ice and electric plants was owned by African American resident William Hardon. Hardon's small generator was located in the rear of the building with the ice plant adjacent to it. The masonry vernacular building, constructed around ...

Good Shepherd Lodge

Across the street from the Stevens School is a small white frame building with a blue Great Floridian 2000 plaque honoring Witt A. Campbell, who served as the financial officer for the Good Shepherd Lodge of the Order of Emancipated ...

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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Eugene Lamb Jr. Recreation Center

The predominantly black town of Midway was incorporated in 1987. After the former school for blacks burned, a city hall building was constructed on this site. Named for Midway native, Mayor Eugene Lamb, Jr., former teacher and coach and visionary ...

Richardson High School

The high school was built in 1957 for the African American youth of Columbia County, and closed in the early 1970s.

The gymnasium and basketball court still stand. The playing fields and gym are now part of the Richardson Community ...