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, commerce and educational life in the city.
African Americans built many of the 255 contributing historic buildings in this quadrant of original Gainesville in the post-Civil War era and the early 20th century.
When emancipated blacks moved into Gainesville after the Civil War, many settled here, where they could buy land and establish churches, schools and clubs.
Information provided by Florida Department of State.
Photo of the Chapin House in Pleasant Street Historic District courtesy of Historic Gainesville, Inc.
