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 ...

Niblack Elementary School

This school was built in 1954 in an effort to consolidate elementary schools serving African American students in Columbia County. Because of her efforts to build, consolidate, and improve schools in the area, the school was named for Minnie Jones ...

Robinson Jenkins Ellerson (R.J.E.) High School

The earliest black school in Bradford County began in a one-room structure on State Road 100 near the Brymer Settlement. When that building burned, the Robinson Jenkins Ellerson structure was built in 1913. Under the direction of three men, the ...

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.

Information provided by Florida Department of ...

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 ...

Smathers Library

This Library has an extensive collection of documents, photographs and other material related to African American history and culture.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Photo courtesy of www.ppd.ufl.edu/historiccampuswebsite

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.

Porters ...

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, ...

Mount Pleasant African Methodist Episcopal Church

Organized in 1867, the first church building was a wood-frame structure constructed on a site purchased from Charles Brush. That building was replaced by a brick structure in 1887 which was destroyed by fire in 1903.

The present building, a ...