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Charles H. Turner House

Charles Turner, a Pensacola contractor, created this local adaptation of Queen Anne style in 1896 by adding Victorian details to a one-story, hipped-roof cottage. Later he embellished the house with Classical Revival columns and other trim. Three generations of the ...

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McCreary House

The McCreary House is a Queen Anne Style home constructed around 1900 for Mr. W. E. McCreary. A native of Pensacola, McCreary trained as an expert machinist and engineer in New York City before returning to Pensacola to establish Creary ...

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Moreno Cottage

This quaint, two-room "shotgun" cottage was built in 1870 by prominent local businessman Don Francisco Moreno for his favorite daughter, La Perle, one of the youngest of his 27 children by three wives.

"Shotgun" homes are so-called because they are constructed ...

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National Historic Landmark - The Cabildo

The Cabildo stands adjacent to St. Louis Cathedral and was the headquarters for the Spanish Colonial Council, or Cabildo.

The original structure was destroyed during the Great New Orleans Fire of 1788, during which over 75% of the buildings in the ...

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National Historic Landmark - French Quarter

The New Orleans French Quarter, also know as the Vieux Carre, is the oldest neighborhood in the city and the second oldest historic district in the country.

In 1718, the French governor of Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville established the ...

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Jackson Sqaure

Jackson Square, located in the heart of New Orleans was designed by architect Louis H. Pilié, and modeled after the famous Place des Vosges in Paris, France.

The square, known during the colonial era as the Place d' Armes, by the ...

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Daytona Beach Road Course

The Daytona Beach Road Course is one of the most historic raceways in America. Although long ago replaced by the Daytona International Speedway, the original site of local stock-car racing was critical to the modern development of NASCAR.

Designed by local ...

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Mount Pilgrim African Baptist Church

The Mount Pilgrim African Baptist Church was organized in 1866 by blacks that left the First Baptist Church.

This 1916 building is an excellent example of Gothic Revival architecture designed by Wallace A. Rayfield, a leading African American architect in ...

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New Providence Missionary Baptist Church (Bagdad Museum Complex)

This church is among the oldest in Santa Rosa County. Carpenters who were sons of the pastor, the Rev. John Kelker, Sr., built the original church.

The current wood frame vernacular structure was built in 1901. Moved to its present ...

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JRL Conyers Lodge #364

The Masons and Eastern Stars are vital members of the African American community. This 1909 Lodge Hall was also used as an early school facility.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Photo Courtesy crestviewbulletin.com

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