Located in Clinton Square Park, this marker was erected by the Historical Association of Southern Florida near the site of where the Mallory family home stood from 1839 to 1895. Stephen R. Mallory was serving as United States Senator when Florida seceded from the Union in 1861.

He resigned his Senate seat and was appointed Confederate Secretary of the Navy, a position he held until the end of the war. His son, Stephen R. Mallory, Jr., was raised in the house and later owned it.

During the Civil War, Mallory, Jr. served in both the Confederate army and navy. The property was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1895.

Information provided by the Florida Division of Historical Resources, a division of the Florida Department of State