NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA HERITAGE SITES

North Central Florida heritage begins with native Americans who dwelled here 12,000 years ago.

This region was settled mainly by southerners who came down from Georgia and the Carolinas after the Civil War. The region is still very southern in culture.

This heritage is shared by 16 counties in the region. Each county has sites that are an important part of Florida history.

ALACHUA: Gainesville

1. Acrosstown Repertory Theater
2. Alachua County Historical Trust: Matheson Museum
3. Anderson Hall
4. Archer Historical Society Railroad Museum
5. Boulware Springs Waterworks
6. Bryan Hall
7. Buckman Hall
8. City of Alachua Downtown Historic District
9. Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park
10. Dudley Farm Historic State Park
11. Evinston Community Store and Post Office
12. First Methodist Church
13. Florida Museum of Natural History
14. Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail State Park
15. Griffin-Floyd Hall
16. Hawthorne Historical Museum and Cultural Center
17. High Springs Historic District
18. Hippodrome State Theater
19. Historic Haile Homestead
20. Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica
21. John F. Seagle Building
22. Keene-Flint Hall
23. Lake Pithlachocco Canoe Site
24. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
25. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House
26. Masonic Temple
27. Matheson Historical Center
28. Melrose Historic District
29. Micanopy Historic District
30. Micanopy Historical Society Museum
31. Newberry Historic District
32. Newell Hall
33. Newnansville Town Site
34. Norman Hall
35. Northeast Gainesville Residential District
36. Old Florida Heritage Scenic Highway
37. Old Gainesville Depot
38. O'Leno State Park
39. Payne's Prairie Preserve State Park
40. Peabody Hall
41. Pleasant Street Historic District
42. River Rise Preserve State Park
43. Rochelle School
44. Rolfs Hall
45. San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park
46. Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church
47. Smathers Library
48. Southeast Gainesville Residential District
49. Thomas Center
50. Thomas Hall
51. University of Florida Police Department Building
52. University of Florida Campus Historic District
53. Waldo Historic District
54. Women's Gymnasium

1. Call Street Historic District
2. Camp Blanding Museum and Memorial Park
3. Jones Rosenberg Building (Santa Fe Community College)
4. Woman's Club of Starke

COLUMBIA: Lake City

1. Columbia County High School Museum
2. Columbia County Historical Museum
3. Falling Creek Methodist Church and Cemetery
4. Florida Sports Hall of Fame
5. Fort White Public School Historic District
6. Goodbread--Black Farms Historic District
7. Horace Duncan House
8. Hotel Blanche
9. Ichetucknee Springs State Park
10. Lake City Historic Commercial District
11. Lake Isabella Historic Residential District
12. Peacock Springs State Park
13. T.G. Henderson House

1. City of Hawkinsville

1. City of Quincy - Quincy Main Street
2. Dr. Malcolm Nicholson Farmhouse
3. E.B. Shelfer House
4. Gregory House (Krausland)
5. Old Philadelphia Presbyterian Church
6. Planter's Exchange, Inc.
7. Quincy Historic District
8. Quincy Library

HAMILTON: Jasper

1. Big Shoals State Park
2. First United Methodist Church
3. Hamilton County Historical Museum
4. Main Street Hamilton County
5. Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
6. White Springs Historic District

1. Jefferson County Main Street
2. Lloyd Historic District
3. Lloyd Women's Club
4. Monticello High School
5. Monticello Historic District
6. Monticello Opera House
7. Wirick-Simmons House

LAFAYETTE: Mayo

1. One of the nicest buildings in North Central Florida is the 1908 Lafayette County courthouse. It is not on the State list yet.

1. Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park
2. Black Archives of Florida A & M University
3. Blackwood-Harwood Plantations Cemetery
4. Bloxham Building
5. Bradley's Country Store
6. Brokaw-McDougall House
7. Calhoun Street Historic District
8. Cascades Park
9. Chaires Community Historic District
10. David S. Walker Library
11. Exchange Bank Building
12. First Presbyterian Church
13. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College Historic District
14. Florida Black Heritage Trail
15. Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
16. Florida Jewish Heritage Trail
17. Florida Women's Heritage Trail
18. Gallie's Hall and Building
19. Goodwood
20. Governor John W. Martin House
21. John G. Riley Center
22. Knott House
23. Lake Jackson Mounds
24. Lake Talqin State Park
25. Leon Co. Training and Community Center
26. Leon High School
27. Los Robles Gate
28. Magnolia Heights Historic District
29. Miccosukee Methodist Church
30. Mission San Luis de Apalachee
31. Murat House
32. Museum of Florida History
33. Myers Park Historic District
34. Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park
35. Old Capitol
36. Park Ave Historic District
37. Pisgah United Methodist Church
38. Roberts Farm Historic and Archeological District
39. Ruge Hall Episcopal Student Center
40. Smoky Hollow Historic District
41. St. John's Episcopal Church
42. Tall Timbers Plantation
43. Tallahassee - St. Marks Historic Railroad Trail State Park
44. Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science
45. Temple Israel
46. The Columns
47. Union Bank Building
48. Woman's Club of Tallahassee

1. Cedar Key Historical Museum
2. Cedar Key Museum State Park
3. Cedar Key Scrub State Preserve
4. Cedar Keys Lighthouse
5. Citizen's Bank
6. Fanning Springs State Park
7. Island Hotel and Restaurant
8. Manatee Springs State Park
9. Nature Coast Trail State Park
10. Stump Pass Beach State Park
11. Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park

1. First Baptist Church
2. St. Mary's Episcopal Church
3. Wardlaw-Smith House

1. Live Oak Police Department
2. Suwanee County Courthouse
3. Suwanee County Historical Museum
4. Suwannee River State Park

1. Econfina River State Park
2. Forest Capital Museum State Park
3. Main Street Perry
4. Old Perry Post Office
5. Old Taylor County Jail

1. Townsend Building

1. Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park and Lodge
2. Fort San Marcos de Apalache
3. Ochlocknee River State Park
4. Old Sopchoppy High School Gymnasium
5. Old Wakulla County Courthouse
6. Sopchoppy School
7. St. Marks Lighthouse

The website of the State of Florida Division of Historical Resources provides direct links to each of these North Central Florida heritage sites.

There you will find details about the history and heritage of each site (other than the Lafayette County Courthouse).

You will also find addresses, directions and hours of operation.

The State website is organized by County, so just click on the North Central Florida county of your interest. The State of Florida website is out of order as of 7-7-09. I will link to it again when it is working.

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