List of African-American historic places in Florida

List of African American historic places in Florida This list of African American Historic Places in Florida is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.^[1]

For National List of African American Historic Places use this link.

**Contents:** Counties in Florida with African American Historic Places
Alachua - Baker - Duval - Escambia - Franklin - Lee - Leon - Miami-Dade - Monroe - Putnam - St. Johns - St. Lucie - Santa Rosa - Seminole - Volusia

Some of these sites are on the National Register of Historic Places (NR) as independent sites or as part of larger historic district. Several of the sites are National Historic Landmarks (NRL). Others have Florida historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference.

Alachua County

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Methodist church in the Pleasant Street Historic District

Gainesville
- Liberty Hill Schoolhouse
- Pleasant Street Historic District

Baker County

Olustee
- Olustee Battlefield

Broward County

Fort Lauderdale
- Old Dillard High School
- Woodlawn Cemetery (Fort Lauderdale)

Clay County

Orange Park
- Joseph Green House
- Orange Park Negro Elementary School

Duval County

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Masonic Temple

Jacksonville
- Bethel Baptist Institutional Church,
- Brewster Hospital,
- Catherine Street Fire Station,
- Centennial Hall-Edward Waters College,
- Edwin M. Stanton School,
- Kingsley Plantation,
- Masonic Temple,
- Mount Zion AME Church,

Escambia County

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St. Michael's Creole Benevolent Association Hall

Pensacola
- James House
- St. Michael's Creole Benevolent Association Hall

Franklin County

Sumatra
- Negro Fort

Hillsborough County, Florida

Tampa

Lee County

Fort Myers
- Paul Laurence Dunbar School
Sanibel
- Sanibel Colored School

Leon County

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Carnegie Library at FAMU, Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum

Tallahassee
- Carnegie Library at FAMU
- Foote-Hilyer Administration Building (former Florida A&M Hospital)
- John Gilmore Riley House
- Old Lincoln High School
- Union Bank

Manatee County

Bradenton
- Family Heritage House Museum ^[2] State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota

Marion County

Ocala
- Fessenden Academy
- Mount Zion A.M.E. Church

Miami-Dade County

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St. John's Baptist Church

Miami

Monroe County

Marathon
- George Adderley House,
Pigeon Key
- Pigeon Key Historic District

Orange County

Eatonville
- Eatonville Historic District
Orlando
- Well'sbuilt Hotel

Palm Beach County

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Mickens House

Lake Worth
- Osborne School
West Palm Beach
- Mickens House

Pinellas County

Putnam County

Palatka
- Newtown
- Central Academy

St. Johns County

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House in the Lincolnville Historic District

St. Augustine
- Fort Mose
- Lincolnville Historic District

Santa Rosa County

Milton
- Mt. Pilgrim African Baptist Church
- Zion AME Church, African Methodist Episcopal Church

Seminole County

Sanford
- St. James AME Church

St. Lucie County

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Hurston House

Fort Pierce
- Zora Neale Hurston House

Volusia County

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Mary McLeod Bethune Home, NHL, Daytona Beach, Florida

DeLeon Springs
- DeLeon Springs Colored School
Daytona Beach
Orange City
- Orange City Colored School

References

↑ African American Historic Places, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places
↑ Alicia K. Long, The Family Heritage House:A Unique Museum-College Library Partnership Florida Libraries (Spring 2020): 30-34.