<p>Winehaven was a winery and town in Richmond, California, that held the title of "world&#39;s largest winery" for 12 years . It later became a fuel depot for the United States Navy.</p><br>
<p>After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake left the city in ruins, the California Wine Association moved to Point Molate, a promontory on the east shore of San Pablo Bay, and began construction of Winehaven. At the peak of the season, as many as 400 workers lived here, as all of the California Wine Association&#39;s shipments to foreign, coastal and New York markets sailed from the Winehaven dock—shipment capacity was 500,000 gallons (1,892,705 liters) a month, and 40 ships sailed annually for New York alone. The winery was shut down by Prohibition in 1919, and the company sold off its assets to avoid bankruptcy. Winehaven went mostly unused from about 1920 until the late 1930s.</p><br>
<p>A post office operated at Winehaven from 1910 to 1925.</p><br>
<p>The Navy bought the 412 acre site in 1941, moved into the winery buildings, and constructed 20 large concrete tanks on the hillsides above for a fuel depot. Thousands of drums of fuel were stored in huge buildings, pipelines were laid, a new pier was built and the old one was eventually removed. The old Winehaven Hotel was pressed into service for a period as barracks and mess hall, and the workers&#39; houses were renovated for the use of naval personnel. The Commanding Officer of the Naval Fuel Depot was assigned the largest house on the bluff overlooking the others, which previously had been the home of the winery superintendent.</p><br>
<p>Despite the switch from wine to fuel, the historic district remains virtually unaltered from its days as a winery. There are 35 buildings in the National Register historic district built between 1907 and 1919, the most notable being the castle-like Winehaven Building adorned with crenellated parapet and corner turrets. Also within the district is the Winemasters House (Building 60), which became the Commanding Officers residence, and the Village of Point Molate, a row of turn-of-the-century cottages used to house Winehaven and military families. The Navy continued to operate the fuel depot during the Korean War and Vietnam War until it was decommissioned in 1995.</p><br>
<p>The Naval Live Oaks Reservation  is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore and is near Gulf Breeze, Florida. It was purchased by the USA government in 1828 as the first federal tree farm and began operations on January 18, 1829. It serves today as part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore forest community preserved by the National Park Service on January 8, 1971, and added to the USA National Register of Historic Places on September 28, 1998.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The land which comprises the present Naval Live Oaks Area was purchased with the goal of reserving the valuable live oaks resources for shipbuilders. President John Quincy Adams is credited for the authorization to establish this federal tree farm. Superintendent Henry Marie Brackenridge, who lived on the tree farm, experimented with cultivating the live oak tree. He was perhaps the United States&#39; first federal forester.</p><br>
<p>The practice of using live oaks in shipbuilding was well-established in America by 1700. Early famous live oak vessels include the USS Hancock (1776), an American revolutionary privateer, the USS Constitution (1797), and the USS Constellation (1797). The USS Constitution saw action against the British during the War of 1812, receiving the nickname "Old Ironsides" due to the strength of its live oak construction. The need for wooden ship timber diminished with the advent of iron and steel warships. However, in 1926 live oak timbers from the Pensacola area were found to be useful in the restoration of the USS Constitution, a National Monument.</p><br>
<p>Currently, the land comprises over 1,300 acre in the Gulf Islands National Seashore and is owned by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. USA Route 98 goes through the southern portion of the land. To the south of Highway 98 is a visitor&#39;s center for the Gulf Islands National Seashore and some public beach areas. On the north side, there is one picnic area with a trail to a bluff overlooking Pensacola Bay. There are trails throughout the park.</p><br>
<p>The V. R. Coss House is a historic house in Muskogee, Oklahoma. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>It is a two-and-a-half-story house, about 50x75 ft in plan, and has a red tile roof. Its walls are brick, laid in running bond.</p><br>
<p>It was built in 1906 by Virgil R. Coss, an early banker and real estate dealer in Muskogee. The house consists of 3 stories with a partial basement. The first level is predominantly made of quarter-sawn oak while the second level is made of maple. The home has the original stairway as well as a smaller servant stairway which had initiated at the butlers pantry. The butlers pantry was recently combined with the original kitchen to make a larger modern kitchen. The original dining room was fashioned after a railway dining car, so done because of Mr. Coss&#39;s close friendship with George Pullman.</p><br>
<p>The LeConte Memorial Lodge, now known as the Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center, is a structure in Yosemite National Park in California, United States. LeConte is spelled variously as Le Conte or as Leconte. Built in 1903 by the Sierra Club, it is nearly unique within the National Park Service system as a high-quality example of Tudor Revival architecture, and is an important early expression of the Club&#39;s mission. The lodge was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The LeConte Memorial Lodge was built by the Sierra Club in 1903 in memory of Joseph LeConte, one of the founding members of the Sierra Club, who died in 1901. The US$4,500 cost to build the Lodge was contributed by students, alumni and faculty from the University of California and Stanford University, San Francisco businesses, and friends and relatives of LeConte. The Sierra Club levied a $1.00 assessment on each of its members to help raise the funds.</p><br>
<p>The Lodge was constructed at the base of Glacier Point in Curry Village and was dedicated on July 3, 1904. In 1919, the lodge was moved west in the Yosemite Valley to its current location across from Housekeeping Camp. For four years from 1920, Ansel Adams served as the lodge&#39;s summer custodian.</p><br>
<p>In 2016 the lodge was renamed "Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center" at the request of the Sierra Club, after consideration of writings by Joseph LeConte about white superiority.</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>Architect John White designed the Lodge. The design was influenced by his brother-in-law, Bernard Maybeck. White&#39;s design reflected the vertical nature, color and texture of Yosemite Valley by featuring a steep, pitched roof, rough-hewn granite stone walls and exposed beams.</p><br>
<p>The Lodge served as the first visitors center in Yosemite Valley. Today, the Center is owned by the National Park Service and is operated by the Sierra Club as a conservation and natural history library, with a children&#39;s library and with exhibits on the Sierra Club and Yosemite National Park, and serves as a lecture hall providing evening programs on weekends from May through September.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Tudor Revival lodge is built of rough-shaped granite in a rough-coursed ashlar pattern, unlike most stone park structures which were built using rubble coursing. The Y-shaped building, set at the base of a cliff, is entered by a small porch at the center of the Y. A steeply pitched gable roof is defined at the ends with parapets. The small wings have substantially lower height. The roof is supported by exposed hammer beams that in turn support scissors trusses. The interior is divided into three rooms, with a main meeting room in the base of the Y and two smaller rooms in the angled arms. The main meeting room has two levels, with an intimate lower section next to the fireplace opposite the entrance.</p><br>
<p>Despite the "lodge" in its original name, the Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center does not provide accommodations. Open from May 1 through September 30, Wednesday through Sunday, from 10 am until 4:00, the Sierra Club, its curator, and staff of volunteers welcome all visitors to Yosemite National Park.</p><br>
<p>The Dixieland Historic District is a United States historic district  located in Lakeland, Florida. The district is bounded by Walnut Street, Florida Avenue, Lake Hunter, Hartsell Avenue and Belvedere Street. It contains 556 historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>The Dixieland Historic District in Lakeland, Florida was originally an area of 160 acres that was developed by Henry B. Carter and C. W. Deen in 1907. It was developed south of the downtown area. By 1910 a water system was installed. Local newspapers promoted the area as a "fashionable suburb". There was a housing boom in the 1920s and the 1940s.</p><br>
<p>Dixieland was accorded historic district status by the Lakeland City Commission in 1993. Lakeland issued regulations to preserve the heritage of Dixieland in the 1990s.</p><br>
<p>Restoration efforts continue.</p><br>
<p>The Interlaken Historic Residential District is a USA historic district  located in Winter Haven, Florida.</p><br>
<p>The neighborhood of Interlaken is approximately 300 acre. It is bound in by the lakes and canals of the Chain of Lakes. The term "Interlaken" means "between lakes". The primary boundaries are the north shore of Lake Howard, the southwest shore of Lake Mirror, and the Cannon-Howard Canal.</p><br>
<p>The neighborhood consists exclusively of single-family homes. More than two-thirds of the homes in Interlaken, 50 homes in total, are on the National Register of Historic Places. The majority of these home were built between 1910 and 1924, with some being built as late as 1949. These homes are noted for their grace and beauty, and as prime examples of Colonial Revival architectural style.</p><br>
<p>Interlaken Park is a small public park in the neighborhood, located at Avenue L and Orange St. The land for the park was originally platted for a single family home construction, like the rest of the neighborhood. However, speculators drove up the price of the lot, only to have it crash in the Florida land bust of 1925 and the Great Depression. Dr. Willey Terrell Simpson, who lived across from the park, purchased it during the height of the depression at a greatly reduced price. He then donated it to the city for use as a public park. It is the only lot in the neighborhood not developed as a single-family home. Today the park provides open space and individual picnic facilities.</p><br>
<p>The South Lake Morton Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Lakeland, Florida. It received its designation because it provides an outstanding example of urban planning from the early 20th century, and because of the large number of architecturally significant structures ranging from 1920- 1948. It contains 557 historic buildings. Most of the homes are bungalows from the Arts and Crafts period of the 1920s and 30s. There are also examples of Victorian, Queen Anne, and Spanish Revival homes. The district is bounded by Lake Morton Drive and Palmetto Street, Ingraham Avenue, Johnson Avenue, Frank Lloyd Wright Way  Belmar Street, and Tennessee Avenue.</p><br>
<p>US Naval Air Station Dirigible Hangar B, listed on the USA National Register of Historic Places, is on the station.</p><br>
<h2>US Naval Air Station Dirigible Hangar B</h2><br>
<p>Due to rationing during World War II, the hangars were built entirely of wood. Hangar B was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 and remains one of the world&#39;s largest wooden structures; it currently houses the Tillamook Air Museum. Hangar A was destroyed by a fire on August 22, 1992.</p><br>
<p>The Erickson Group who once ran the museum made the decision to move their privately owned aircraft in April 2013, to move from Tillamook to Madras, Oregon. The move date was decided and the Erickson Group moved in January 2016 to Madras, Oregon. The Tillamook Air Museum continues to operate as a historical site and museum, housing multiple aviation related exhibits and aircraft. The museum is open year round, check their website for current hours, admissions, upcoming events and exhibits.</p><br>
<p>Valentown Hall is the name of an abandoned historic shopping and community center located in Victor, New York. The structure was built in 1879 by Levi Valentine, and today it is operated as a museum on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Overview</h2><br>
<p>In 1879, Levi Valentine built the four-story structure as the central commercial and community building of a new town to be created by Valentine and named "Valentown" (a combination of his parents names "Valentine" & "Town"). Valentines motive was a forthcoming railroad line that was to travel past the building. However, his forward-thinking plan yielded an unfortunate result when the railroad company went bankrupt and did not complete the line. With no demand for a commercial center in the location, "Valentown" eventually failed as an enterprise and was abandoned in the early 1900s.</p><br>
<p>In 1940, local historian J. Sheldon Fisher purchased the property, restored it, and officially opened Valentown as a museum in 1950. The property is owned and operated today by the Victor Historical Society as a local history museum, with artifacts from nineteenth century life in the Fishers, Victor and Rochester, New York area.</p><br>
<p>Most of the buildings interior remains in the same condition and setup as it was when it was originally built. It currently contains a general store, meeting room, bakery, harness shop, cobblers shop, millinery shop, music school, ticket office, grange room and grand ballroom. There are multiple display cases and exhibits including artifacts from the original local insulator industry, Civil War artifacts, clothing & hats galore, farm implements and household utensils, candle making molds, spinning wheels, railroad & trolley memorabilia, blacksmith tools, paintings, old maps, and much more. It also contains a wagon from the 1700s which was used in the American Revolutionary War.</p><br>
<p>In 1997 the Hall was included in the National Register of Historical Places. Fisher remained the owner of Valentown until 1998, when the Victor Historical Society, a non-profit organization, bought the museum, its collection, and approximately 13 acres. The organization also bought the Ichabod Town Homestead built in 1835, the early 1800s schoolhouse, and additional buildings.</p><br>
<h2>Historical significance</h2><br>
<h3>Valentine homestead</h3><br>
<p>Valentown Museum (originally called Valentown Hall) is just one in a cluster of historic 19th century buildings at 13-acre Valentown Square, off Rt. 96 across from Eastview Mall in Victor, New York.</p><br>
<p>In 1879, Levi and Alanson Valentine constructed the 4-story shopping plaza and community center (complete with underground parking) on a busy crossroads homestead owned by their grandfather, Ichabod Town, hoping the property would be a stop on the Pittsburgh, Shawmut, and Northern Railroad. The Valentine homestead and farm remained in the family for much of the 19th century, but by 1892, the former Ichabod Town homestead was occupied by George Pickering and his wife, Jane Baker Pickering. The latter was the first female doctor in Victor and she established her medical office in the historic home.</p><br>
<p>The abode continued to house notable Victor residents in the 20th century. In 1940s, longtime area residents Lillian and J. Sheldon Fisher purchased Valentown Hall to repurpose it as a museum of local history. The couple and their four children lived in cramped quarters on the building’s second floor until 1965, when they acquired the Ichabod Town house, which remained their residence for several years.</p><br>
<p>The landmark 4 story building is a rare example of 19th century architecture that has remained almost unaltered since its original construction in 1879. The inside contains the original Grange meeting room, a Grange run co-op general store and bakery, community meeting room, harness shop, millinery shop, cobblers shop, music school, and 3rd floor Grand Ballroom. During the 1880s through the early 1900&#39;s the hall served as housing for the meetings, events and community gatherings organized by the local residents and the Victor Grange (#322) Patrons of Husbandry.</p><br>
<h3>The Grange</h3><br>
<p>The great farm fraternity known as the Grange had its beginnings through the efforts of the Federal Government in an attempt to bring order and healing to the grievous wounds of warfare and chaos in the South immediately following the Civil War. In 1866, Oliver Hudson Kelley, an employee of the Agricultural Department, was sent by Commissioner of Agriculture Isaac Newton on a mission into the Southern States that the Civil War had ravaged to report on the conditions of their agriculture and needs.</p><br>
<p>The first subordinate Grange organized by Kelley was Fredonia Grange #1 in Chautauqua County, NY, on April 16, 1868. The 1st year State Granges were organized numbered 10, the 2nd year 36 were added, the 3rd year 134 were added and at the end of the 4th year the total number of Granges had reached 1,005. By 1874 new Granges were averaging about 2,000 a month. At the end of the 8th year, Kelley announced that 24,290 charters had been granted to Granges.</p><br>
<p>The Victor Grange (#322) was founded in 1875 when they held their first meeting that same year. Among the 38 Victor Grange member applicants that petitioned for and were awarded a Grange Charter were Valentown&#39;s own Levi Valentine and the Pickering family. In 1880, after the construction of Valentown Hall was complete, the Hall was hired by the Grange to house the Grange meetings plus a place for stabling horses, and furniture was also bought for the Hall.</p><br>
<p>The Mertensia Grange and Victor Grange merged in 1913. Until the merger, the Victor Grange meetings were held in Valentown Hall, which at that time was well kept and made a good place for such work. The Mertensia Grange meetings were held in the schoolhouse and at the home of various members. After the consolidation of the two granges, meetings were held in W. B. Gallup block until quarters became too small and it was necessary to move into the auditorium of Victor Town Hall.</p><br>
<h3>Conversion to Valentown Museum</h3><br>
<p>For 30 years, Valentown Hall served as the local community&#39;s commercial and social center, but was abandoned in the early 1900s. It was privately purchased by J. Sheldon Fisher in 1940, who restored it and opened it as a public museum in 1950. It is now owned and operated by Victor Historical Society (a 501-C3 NFP Organization) and was registered on the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1999. It is now known as the "Historic Valentown Museum".</p><br>
<p>During the early to mid-2000s, the site attracted the interest of several paranormal groups, leading to significant conflict between these groups and the owners of the museum as the latter attempted to maintain a proper emphasis on the historical significance of the site.</p><br>
<p>Today, Valentown Hall operates solely as a historical museum, housing many exhibits with display cases and room settings that depict historic American artifacts and heirlooms that represent the rural life of nineteenth and early twentieth century people who once lived in the Victor area near Rochester, New York.</p><br>
<p>The Gershom Craft House , also known as Pomona Farm, is a historical house in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, across the Delaware River about 2 miles from Trenton, New Jersey.</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>The house is as excellent an example of Federal style architecture as is found in Bucks County, combining the vernacular with Federalist ideals of proportion and decoration. The four main rooms of the house are each approximately 18 ft square by nine feet high. Ninety percent of the woodwork and hardware in the house are original.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Its original owner and builder, Trenton businessman Gershom Craft, built the house and surrounding 84 acre farm as a summer home. Craft planted over 100 different species of fruits on the farm and named it after the Roman goddess of fruit trees, Pomona. Craft was influential in business and politics at the local level, owning a Federalist newspaper and being involved in the Trenton Water Works and Trenton Banking Company.</p><br>
<p>The farm was subdivided in 1911 and annexed to the Borough of Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is one of only two houses in Morrisville on the National Register, the other being Summerseat, host to General George Washington during the days leading up to the Battle of Trenton. The Gershom Craft House now sits on a heavily landscaped.75 acre lot. Also included on the property are a smokehouse, carriage house, and wood frame shop.</p><br>
<p>The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places of the United States in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The historical Winchester Lookout, located in the North Cascades in the USA state of Washington, provides views of the Northern Picket Range, Mount Baker, Mount Shuksan, Mount Larrabee, and Canadian peaks. The steep snowfields usually require an ice-axe well into July. The Twin Lakes road may not be passable to the trailhead which will add 2 mi to the hike. Volunteers from the Mount Baker Club maintain the lookout with 2 work parties per year.</p><br>
<p>The lookout is open to the public for day or overnight use on a first-come first-served basis. Fires are not permitted at all.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Winchester Mountain was named in the early 1900s by prospector Jack Post for the rifle he was carrying. This L-4 cab fire lookout was built in 1935 and staffed until 1966. The lookout was slated for demolition when in 1982 the Mount Baker Club, led by Gary Haufle, worked out a deal with the Forest Service to restore the lookout. The Forest Service provided the materials and the club provided all of the labor.</p><br>
<h3>National Register</h3><br>
<p>The lookout was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1987, and is also on the National Historic Lookout Register.</p><br>
<p>Winchester Mountain Lookout (added 1987 - Structure - #87001188)</p><br>
<h2>Visiting</h2><br>
<p>The lookout is generally inaccessible from early October until mid summer due to snow. If you plan to spend the night in the lookout be aware that it may be occupied when you arrive. There are areas outside the lookout to pitch a tent, or sleep under the stars with no tent. There are 2 bunks in the lookout for overnighters. Propane may be available, provided by the club, but all visitors should arrive prepared with the essentials. A snowfield that lasts late into the summer is behind the lookout and provides a water source. Boil all water.</p><br>
<h3>The Trail</h3><br>
<p>The trailhead for trail #685 to the top of Winchester Mountain is located between the two Twin Lakes. The steep trail, with a 1,300 ft elevation gain, starts in beautiful tall treed forest with fantastic wildflower filled clearings and climbs high into the rough windswept and delicate alpine. There are two very narrow sections of trail with long drops that require sure footing are not for the faint of heart. The trail is 2.1 mi one-way and rated "more difficult" by the USA Forest Service.</p><br>
<p>The lookout is located within the Mount Baker Wilderness area. Wilderness area regulations restrict group size to no more than 12 persons.</p><br>
<h3>The Road</h3><br>
<p>The trail head is accessed by the Twin Lakes Road (Forest Service #3065 in the North Fork Nooksack area) off of the Mt Baker Highway. The first 4.5 mi to the Tomyhoi Lake/Yellow Aster Butte trailhead is well maintained. The remaining 2 mi of road is not maintained and can only be driven at about 5 - by 4x4 vehicles with high clearance. The unmaintained portion of road is often washed out in the early part of the season and is only fixed up by the miners at the Lone Jack Mine, provided they decide to operate the mine that year based on the price of gold.</p><br>
<p>Neal and Dixons Warehouse in Mullins, Marion County, South Carolina, was built circa 1926 for J.S. Neal, C.O. Dixon, and J.H. Dixon, Sr. The virtually unaltered warehouse is a typical example of traditional tobacco warehouse construction. It is also important in the history of tobacco marketing in the area. At the time of its construction Neal and Dixons Warehouse was said to be one of the largest and most modern warehouses in South Carolina. In the 1926 season, the warehouse employed over 800 people.</p><br>
<p>The -story, common bond brick building has a metal-covered gable roof, with a number of skylights. There are stepped parapets on the front and rear elevations. The front windows are six-over-six with concrete lintels and sills. There are eight arched loading bays on the side elevations. Arched drive-throughs are located on the front and rear. The front drive-through was enlarged.</p><br>
<p>It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on August 3, 1984. It is currently home to the Golden Leaf Antique Market.</p><br>
<p>Villa Zorayda  is a house at 83 King Street in St. Augustine, Florida. Built in 1883 by the eccentric Boston millionaire Franklin W. Smith as his winter home, it was inspired by the 12th-century Moorish Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. Smith named it "Villa Zorayda", after one of the princesses in Washington Irvings Tales of the Alhambra. The building and part of Franklin Smiths art and antique collection were sold to Abraham Mussallem, a rug and antiquities merchant originally from Syria, in 1913. On September 23, 1993, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. The Villa Zorayda Museum is still owned by the Mussallem family and contains the original art and antique collection assembled by Franklin Smith and Abraham Mussallem.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Franklin W. Smith was an amateur architect Smith&#39;s concrete mix, which used crushed coquina shells as an aggregate, and his method of pouring it in successive levels, was adopted by Henry Morrison Flagler, a Standard Oil partner and Florida developer, for his nearby hotels and churches on an even grander scale. Villa Zorayda could also be considered the first example of fantasy architecture in Florida.</p><br>
<p>Smith was an early member of the Republican Party, and danced with his wife at Abraham Lincoln&#39;s inaugural ball in 1861. He was also a founder of the Boston YMCA, and was involved in many reform efforts and schemes for public improvement in the course of his long life. He is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One block east of Villa Zorayda is the largest building Smith constructed in St. Augustine, the Casa Monica Hotel (later purchased by Henry Flagler and renamed the Cordova Hotel).</p><br>
<p>In addition to its intended purpose as a private residence, the Villa Zorayda has been used as a restaurant, a nightclub and gambling casino, and a hotel. The building underwent renovations beginning in 2003 and reopened to the public in 2008. Audio tours are available in English, Spanish, and French. Audio tours provide an extensive overview of the history of the building, the buildings role in St. Augustines history, and the entire antique and art collection inside. The museum is open daily</p><br>
<h2>The collection</h2><br>
<p>The Villa Zorayda Museum contains intricate interior details, including most notably work in cast plaster with ground alabaster matching that of the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. These alabaster and plaster reliefs are referred to as traceries or arabesques and are replicas of walls in the Alhambra Palace. The saying, "There is no conqueror but God", the same phrase reproduced in the tracery of the Alhambra, is inscribed in Arabic script above the front entrance. The architecture of the building is accompanied by fine detail including hand painted wood panels and tiles, intricately designed fireplaces and doorways, and geometrically shaped windows and stained glass. The collection also includes hand-pierced brass lamps from Damascus and other parts of the Middle East, Oriental rugs, sculptures, carved furniture, decorative tiles, and Egyptian artifacts.</p><br>
<p>Whitehall is a historic home located at Aiken, South Carolina. It was constructed about 1928 for Robert R. McCormick, one of the owners of the Chicago Tribune.</p><br>
<p>The house was designed by Willis Irvin of Augusta, who won a gold medal for Domestic Work at the 1929 Southern Architectural Exhibition with its design. The one-story, brick, U-shaped house was built on the foundation of an earlier, two-story house that had been destroyed by a fire. It is believed that some of the ornate interior woodwork came from the home of John C. Calhoun’s daughter. Whitehall gets its name from the old Whitehall estate on the ruins of which this house was constructed.</p><br>
<p>Whitehall is a Georgian Revival residence. Each of the three sections has a gabled roof. The two projecting wings are pedimented and have a boxed cornice with block modillions, round vents and Doric pilasters at the corners. The central section features a pedimented Doric portico sheltering a central entrance with a semicircular fanlight and sidelights. A Doric entablature extends across the central section. Fenestration is regular six over six with dentiled architraves. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1984.</p><br>
<p>The residential area now surrounding this house was once part of the estate of Robert R. McCormick.</p><br>
<p>The Munn Park Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Lakeland, Florida. It is named in honor of the city&#39;s founder, Abraham Munn. The district is bounded by East Bay Street, North Florida Avenue, East Orange Street, and East Main Street. It contains 48 historic buildings and 1 object.</p><br>
<p>The central feature of the district is Munn Park. On June 3, 1910, the Daughters of the Confederacy erected a Confederate monument in the center of the park. It was removed March 22, 2019.</p><br>
<p>The Orange City Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Orange City, Florida. The district is roughly bounded by Banana, Carpenter, French and Orange Avenues. It contains 211 historic buildings and 3 structures.</p><br>
<p>A notable part of the historic district is the 1876 Heritage Inn. Since 1876, the 1876 Heritage Inn has been known as a remnant of the Orange City Historic District. The historic inn is the oldest operating hotel in Volusia County. The hotel was originally built as a resort hotel and for a long time was the only one in the area. The 1876 Heritage Inn has served as a place for the local townies to celebrate the holiday across the decades and now is still serving its guests who are looking for that antique feel.</p><br>
<p>The Stetson University Campus Historic District in DeLand, Florida was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 14, 1991. The district is bounded by Michigan Avenue, North Florida Avenue, West University Avenue and a line South from North Hayden Avenue. It contains 10 historic buildings and one historic structure.</p><br>
<p>Elizabeth Hall is Stetson Universitys signature building, a stately building of patterned brick rising three stories, with a four-story central brick pavilion topped by a snowy white cupola. In the early days the tower contained a water tank, which supplied the campus with water until city water became available. In 1915 the Eloise bell chimes replaced the water tank, but they were moved in 1934. The first major building on campus built by Stetsons early benefactor, Philadelphia hat manufacturer John B. Stetson, it is named for his wife, Elizabeth. The south wing contains a 786-seat chapel, with a magnificent German-made Beckerath 2,700-pipe manual organ surrounded by stained glass windows. The chapel is dedicated to Stetsons son Ben, who died at the age of 6. Elizabeth Hall was the first campus building to be wired for electricity during construction. Total construction cost for the 1892 central portion and two 1897 wings was $125,000 - more than the combined cost of all other Florida higher education buildings to that date. The chapel remains Stetsons main concert hall, and is often used by lecturers as well. Those appearing on its stage have included: William Jennings Bryan, Basil Rathbone, Robert Frost, Jimmy Carter, Andres Segovia, Ralph Nader, Desmond Tutu, Julian Bond, and Buckminster Fuller. Stetson&#39;s School of Music also stages about 100 concerts on its stage each year, and brings a variety of visiting musicians as well, adding greatly to the cultural offerings of the community. Elizabeth Hall was renovated in 1991 and 2001, and is in excellent condition.</p><br>
<p>Saint Mark&#39;s Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church located at 1625 Locust Street in Rittenhouse Square in Center City Philadelphia. It is part of the Diocese of Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>19th century</h3><br>
<p>The church was founded in the mid-19th century as part of the Oxford Movement revival in the Anglican Church. The building was constructed by John Notman in the Gothic Revival style between 1847 and 1849, based on an original design by English architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter. The tower was designed by Notman, and completed in 1865 by George Hewitt.</p><br>
<h3>20th century</h3><br>
<p>The main entrance, with polychromed figurers depicting "Christ in Majesty", are part of the portal designed by Milton Bennett Medary of the Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary firm in 1923.</p><br>
<p>The Lady Chapel was designed by Cope and Stewardson in the late decorated Gothic style. It was built in 1900; the ceiling is the first known example in the US of a stone vault. Both construction of the chapel and its furnishings were donated by Rodman Wanamaker in memory of his late wife. Because of its architectural quality and significance, the building has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL).</p><br>
<p>The church contains several ornaments by Charles Eamer Kempe; the Lady Chapel was originally decorated entirely according to Kempes designs. When it was later redecorated, the altar was moved to the head of the north aisle to become the St. Johns Altar. The polychromed figures were moved throughout the church, while the original stained glass remains in place.</p><br>
<p>The church also has several Kempe frontals, representing a significant proportion of the surviving embroideries from that firm, some of which are still in occasional use. The Lady Chapel now contains a world-renowned silver altar with nearly 150 individually sculpted saints and scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary. It is humorously said of this altar that it is "The only place where one can worship both God and Mammon at the same time."</p><br>
<p>The tower is one of about 50 in North America hung for change ringing, with a ring of eight bells. The bells, which were cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London in 1876 and 1878, were restored for change-ringing in 1999.</p><br>
<p>The Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, op. 948 (built 1936-1937) at the front of the church was designed and voiced by G. Donald Harrison. It is an early example of Harrison&#39;s American Classic style. The church also contains a string organ given by Rodman Wanamaker and installed by Wanamaker Organ. The screen organ, which resides in a carved case situated between the Choir and Lady Chapel, dates from the 1902 Austin organ, which was voiced by British organ builder Carleton Michell.</p><br>
<h3>21st century</h3><br>
<p>In 2004, the Organ Historical Society rescinded its 1982 historical organ citation after the organ was expanded with digital voices and a new console built by Cornel Zimmer Organ Builders.</p><br>
<p>During 2017 and 2018, the digital and all of the Zimmer pipe additions (except for the Trompette-en-chamade) in the rear gallery were removed and replaced with vintage Aeolian-Skinner pipework, chiefly from the 1956 organ of St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York. The current assistant organist and choirmaster is Thomas Gaynor, and the music program is under interim leadership. Notable former organists and choirmasters at St. Mark&#39;s include Wesley A. Day, Donald Nally, Scott Dettra, Diane Meredith Belcher, Matthew Glandorf, and Robert McCormick.</p><br>
<p>In the summer of 2008, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania voted to allow Saint Marks to adopt the Church of St. James the Less as a mission of St. Marks. A middle school was opened on the property in September 2011.</p><br>
<p>The church maintains a daily Mass schedule, and runs a food cupboard and soup kitchen. The Reverend Sean E. Mullen served as the 14th Rector of the parish from 2006 to April 2024.</p><br>
<h2>Leadership</h2><br>
<h3>Vestry</h3><br>
<p>The current vestry is composed of 12 members of the congregation.</p><br>
<h3>Rectors</h3><br>
<p>Joseph Pierre Bell Wilmer (1849-1861)</p><br>
<p>Edward Abiel Washburn (1862-1865)</p><br>
<p>Walter Mitchell (1866-1868)</p><br>
<p>Eugene Augustus Hoffman (1869-1879)</p><br>
<p>Isaac Lea Nicholson (1879-1891)</p><br>
<p>Alfred Garnett Mortimer (1891-1912)</p><br>
<p>Elliot White (1913-1920)</p><br>
<p>Frank Lawrence Vernon (1920-1944)</p><br>
<p>William H. Dunphy (1944-1951)</p><br>
<p>Emmett Parker Paige (1951-1971)</p><br>
<p>Michael Becker (1971-1981)</p><br>
<p>Charles Owen Moore (1982-1995)</p><br>
<p>Richard Alton (1997-2005)</p><br>
<p>Sean Mullen (2006-2024)</p><br>
<p>Burns Square Historic District is a historic district located in Sarasota, Florida, United States. The area runs from Ringling Boulevard to Mound Avenue along South Pineapple and South Orange Avenues. Burns Square is bound by Laurel Park Historic District to the east, Palm Avenue residential neighborhood to the west, and Hudson Bayou to the south.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1925, Owen Burns developed and built the Burns Court subdivision in the area. Plans for it were designed by architect Thomas Reed Martin. The Burns Court Historic District was given historic designation by the National Park Service in 1984. The cottages of Burns Court subdivision were located at 400-446 Burns Court and 418, 426, and 446 South Pineapple Avenue. This historic street is located one to three blocks to the northwest of the triangular Pineapple Apartments site.</p><br>
<p>Between 1925 and 1929, the landscape of this district changed drastically. In 1925, the Sanborn Insurance Map of Sarasota showed no structures on the triangular property at South Orange and South Pineapple Avenues. Across the street on South Orange Avenue, the only structure was a single-family residence and its garage. The Seaboard Air Line Railway went from Lemon Avenue down Pineapple, and by 1929, the neighborhood was developed. In its December 15, 1926 edition, the Herald Tribune showed photographs of its new business home that opened on October 4, 1925, complete with advertising and business offices, a pressroom, and linotype and composing rooms. Also, a two-page segment ran with the headline, "The Ringling-Burns Interests Have Shown Their Faith". In addition to photographs of the El Vernona Hotel, The Broadway Apartments, and The Colson Hotel for "the colored population and colored tourists". The surrounding area became known as Herald Square after the Sarasota Herald building was completed by Owen Burns across Orange Avenue that same year.</p><br>
<p>Owen Burns built the triangular Pineapple Apartments at a cost of $75,000. The design for the building began in the New York offices of architect Dwight James Baum. In 1924, Baum discovered Sarasota and, after meeting Owen Burns, determined that he wanted to recreate the architecture he had seen in Europe and the Mediterranean. The building had seven apartments on the second floor. Stores occupied the first floor, including Tee Gee, a five-and-dime type shop, and Freeman&#39;s Drugs, a drugstore operated by Clarence and Nellie Freeman.</p><br>
<p>In 1950, Paul Rudolph, from the Sarasota School of Architecture, designed a modern addition to the triangular building containing 18 one-bedroom apartments, with additional retail space on the ground floor. The 1960 City Directory reflects that by this time the Sarasota Herald-Tribune had moved to 801 South Tamiami Trail, and Privett&#39;s Drugs was at 1605 Third Street with a new owner.</p><br>
<p>In 1986, Denise Kowal bought the trianglular building and its 1950s addition to save them from demolition by speculators who wanted to build a high-rise on the property. She made extensive interior and exterior renovations. A cupola, wrought iron balconies, awnings, and tile address signs were also added. Three of the original studio apartments were converted to a single apartment that Kowal occupied with her two sons in 1996. In 1997, the residence was featured in the Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation annual Historic Homes Tour.</p><br>
<p>In 1999, the area was renamed to "Burns Square Historic District" by the area stakeholders, replacing Herald Square, as an honor to Owen Burns and the history of this trianglularly shaped district.</p><br>
<p>The Hermitage–Whitney Historic District is a USA historic district.</p><br>
<p>The Hermitage Artist Retreat is situated along Manasota Key, a barrier island on the shores of Englewood, Florida. Its nine-acre beachfront campus includes five historic buildings and three structures.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in October 2002.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Throughout its more than a century of life, the property at 6660 Manasota Key Road has served many different purposes in the surrounding community.</p><br>
<h3>Earliest settlers</h3><br>
<p>What is now a peaceful, beachside “escape-to-create” residence for global artists began as a simple homestead for a family of immigrants building a new life. In 1907, the land was purchased by Carl Johansen, a Swedish immigrant and sawmill owner. Johansen made a living for his family by rafting his lumber across Lemon Bay. After the family&#39;s departure in 1916, the land passed through the hands of several owners.</p><br>
<h3>Nudist colony</h3><br>
<p>The 1930s saw the property&#39;s most notorious period of ownership. Dubbed The Sea Island Sanctuary, the short-lived nudist colony charged a monthly membership rate of $45. A brochure ca. 1936 advertised:</p><br>
<p>“The isolation of our location permits the practice of nudism 24 hours a day if desired; also one may stroll nude for miles along the shores of the gulf. We have the friendship of the authorities and the good will of the community. What more could be desired of a nudist resort? This coupled with the excellent food, plenty of warm sunshine and congenial companionship, is the ultimate.”</p><br>
<h3>Subsequent owners</h3><br>
<p>The 1940s saw the expansion of the property. A guest house was added by Louise Plummer in 1937, while a separate retreat adjacent to Hermitage property was built by Alfred Whitney. The two parcels were later combined by Otto Thurston Alexander in 1947.</p><br>
<p>Writer Ruth Swayze and her daughter Carroll Swayze, an artist, leased the Hermitage from 1975 to 1986. During this time, the two led a community effort to preserve the property from beach erosion. Much of the credit for the historic buildings’ survival today is given to these two dedicated women.</p><br>
<p>In 1988 the property was sold to Sarasota County Parks and Recreation by Ryder Home & Groves. The county intended to repurpose it for use as a parking lot for the nearby public beach. However, concerns were raised by the community and the historic structures were saved from demolition.</p><br>
<h3>Restoration</h3><br>
<p>The community-led campaign to preserve the Hermitages historical structures continued throughout the 1990s. In 1999 a Comprehensive Community Cultural Plan was created by the Sarasota County Arts Council (today the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County), which identified the sites potential as an artist&#39;s retreat. Sarasota architect Bob Town undertook the renovation of the historic buildings under the funding and leadership of the Arts Council. Today, the property is leased from Sarasota County for a symbolic $1/year. Care is overseen by the Sarasota County Parks and Recreation Department.</p><br>
<p>Additional funding was also secured from local arts-related community organizations and private donors.</p><br>
<p>The Hermitage&#39;s first executive director was Bruce Rodgers.</p><br>
<h2>The Hermitage</h2><br>
<p>Today, The Hermitage survives as a dedicated place for artists from all over the globe to seek inspiration and practice their craft. Disciplines include visual arts, music, theater, literature, and creative areas.</p><br>
<p>Artists are selected by the Hermitage&#39;s Curatorial Council, an advisory panel of prominent artists in different disciplines. There is no pressure for artists to complete their intended projects. Hermitage Fellows have included nine Pulitzer Prize winners, along with multiple Tony, Emmy, Grammy and MacArthur Fellowship award winners.</p><br>
<p>The Tampa Heights Historic District is a USA historic district in Tampa, Florida. It is bounded by Adalee Street, I-275, 7th Avenue and North Tampa Avenue, encompasses approximately 200 acre, and contains 289 historic buildings. On August 4, 1995, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. The district includes Lee Elementary School of Technology World Studies, the first brick school in Hillsborough County, Florida.</p><br>
<p>The Calhoun Street Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Tallahassee, Florida. The district is on Calhoun Street between US 90 and SR 61. It contains 16 historic buildings. The district is considered to be one of the oldest standing residential neighborhoods in Tallahassee, dating to the 1840s. Houses on Calhoun Street were primarily built in the periods of 1841-1860 and 1879-1912, at which time the street was nicknamed the "Gold Dust" street for its prosperous residents.</p><br>
<p>The Chaires Community Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Chaires, Florida. The district runs roughly along Chaires Cross Road, Road to the Lake, and Hancock Street. It contains 15 historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>With the exception of a brick Romanesque Revival Chaires Elementary School, the buildings in the district are of wooden vernacular construction. The school, built in 1929, was designed by Tallahassee architect Alvin R. Moore. Moore was also the architect of the Chipley City Hall, built in 1928.</p><br>
<p>The Park Avenue Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Tallahassee, Florida. The district runs along Park Avenue and Call Street. It contains 27 historic buildings.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Park avenue once marked the northern boundary of Tallahassee. Outside of this boundary ran a 200 ft dirt clearing designed to protect the city from Indian attacks. During the 19th century, the district was valued as a premier location in the city. Residences, businesses, government buildings, and churches were built along the street. The dirt clearings that had previously served as a barrier were converted into parks beginning in the 1880s. They were named in the late 1930s.</p><br>
<h3>Notable buildings</h3><br>
<p>The oldest home in the district is The Columns, built by William "Money" Williams in 1830. Today it serves as the headquarters of the James Madison Institute. The Murphy House, c. 1838, now houses antique stores. The William V. Knott House, c. 1843, houses an admission free house museum. Both houses may have been built by a free Black contractor named George Proctor.</p><br>
<p>Other notable buildings include First Presbyterian Church, the oldest remaining church building in Tallahassee, the David S. Walker Library, and the LeMoyne Art Foundation.</p><br>
<h3>Old City Cemetery</h3><br>
<p>The Old City Cemetery sits at the western end of the district at the corner of Park Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. It is the oldest public burying ground in Tallahassee. The cemetery was racially segregated until 1937 when African Americans were completely barred from the cemetery. A special section was also set aside for the Jewish community due to a religious requirement for specially consecrated ground.</p><br>
<p>One large notable grave marker belongs to Mrs Elizabeth (Bessie) Budd Graham (died 1889) also called "The Witchs Grave". The gray French granite obelisk is estimated to weigh more than fifteen tons in an elaborate Victorian design. The grave marker has a number of unusual characteristics including facing West and cryptic epitaph made up of lines from Edgar Allan Poes poem Lenore. Despite rumors of witchcraft there is "nothing whatsoever has come to light to warrant insinuations about her having been a witch—no document or even folklore from her time. There is nothing but nonsense, and most of that is apparent fakelore and social-media talklore"</p><br>
<p>The El Cid Historic District is a USA historic district  located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The district is bounded by Flamingo Drive, South Flagler Drive, Dyer Road and South Dixie Highway. It contains 281 historic buildings.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Benjamin Lainhart became the first permanent resident of the western shore of Lake Worth in 1875, building a cabin in what is now the El Cid neighborhood near present-day Barcelona Road with help from his cousin, William Lainhart. For thousands of years, the Everglades had isolated the area from the rest of Florida. There is no evidence of permanent settlement in the area by the indigenous Jeaga, Tequesta or the Seminole Indian Tribes.</p><br>
<p>In 1876, Lainhart homesteaded land that includes the entire historic district north of Belvedere Road. Soon afterward, Elizabeth Wilder (Moore) settled on the Lake just to the south of Lainhart. In 1883, she officially homesteaded land that includes the entire historic district south of Belvedere Road. The road, of course, was built decades later. Arriving pioneers purchased pieces of the Lainhart and Wilder homesteads and, by 1910, had divided the two properties into 22 parcels.</p><br>
<p>Lainhart started the first commercial pineapple operation in the area, and pineapples soon dominated local agriculture. By the turn of the century, George Matham&#39;s Florida Pineapple Company covered most of the historic district north of Sunset Road with pineapple fields. Competition from Cuba and disease, however, ruined the pineapple business early in the new century.</p><br>
<p>In 1894, Henry Flaglers railroad arrived and the Town of West Palm Beach incorporated. The Towns population doubled in the 1900s and quadrupled during the next decade, when a few houses were built in the historic district. The El Cid Neighborhood was primarily a product of the 1920s Land Boom, when the Town&#39;s population doubled again.</p><br>
<p>During the 1920s, Pittsburgh socialite Jay Phipps, the son of Andrew Carnegie&#39;s partner in USA Steel, assembled the old pineapple fields and other property to develop the historic district. Between 1923 and 1926, independent builders sold expensive Mediterranean Revival and Mission-style homes on most of the available lots. Phipps named this development of predominantly Spanish-style homes El Cid after the celebrated Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar (1040–1099), who led Castilians and Iberian Moors to conquer Valencia in 1094. Moors called him “Cid” an Arabic term meaning “lord.”</p><br>
<p>The neighborhoods proximity to downtown and the western shore of Lake Worth attracted affluent business, political and social leaders who dominated the communitys development in the 1920s and 1930s. The early collapse of the banks in Florida, followed by the Depression, limited further development. After World War II, there was a burst of infill housing construction. Unfortunately, the movement to suburbia in the 1960s diminished the area&#39;s prosperity. But the downturn did not last long.</p><br>
<p>The El Cid Historic District is listed on the local, State, and National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Flamingo Park Historic Residential District is a USA historic district  located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The district is bounded by Park Place, Parker Avenue, Belvedere Road, and Florida Avenue. It contains 458 historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>It is served by the Howard Park Community Center, which provides services for the neighborhood as well as activities for other West Palm Beach residents. Flamingo Park is located conveniently close to downtown Clematis and City Place.</p><br>
<p>Flamingo Park&#39;s tree-lined streets are kept up by City of West Palm Beach employees and a neighborhood resident association, which recognizes a house every month for its visual improvement. The neighborhood strives to keep up its historic roots.</p><br>
<p>The Mango Promenade Historic District is a USA historic district  located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The district is bounded by South Dixie Highway, Austin Lane, Coconut Lane, and Cranesnest Way. It contains 125 historic buildings.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1875, Benjamin Lanehart became one of the first non-indigenous residents along the western shore of the Lake Worth Lagoon, settling near the north end of the present-day El Cid Historic District. Lanehart&#39;s homestead, primary used for producing pineapples, extended from modern-day Okeechobee Boulevard southward to Belvedere Road by the following year. This land encompassed the Mango Promenade Historic District. However, local pioneer pineapple growers went out of business by the early 20th century due to pineapple diseases and increasing competition from Cuba. The oldest contributing and surviving structure &ndash; 318 Cranesnest Way &ndash; dates back to approximately 1910. Several other surviving homes in the district were built later in the 1910s.</p><br>
<p>The initial platting of the Mango Promenade Historic District occurred in 1913, at which time "the area began to change from a collection of large parcels into a pedestrian oriented neighborhood of single-family homes.", according to the district&#39;s National Register of Historic Places (NRPH) nomination form. Bror J. Carlberg, a West Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce charter member, filed that plat on November 18, 1913, in an area stretching from Poinsettia Street (South Dixie Highway) and Olive Street (South Olive Avenue) along Vallette Way. Carlberg extended the plat on March 31, 1914, adding Wildermere Road, and again on August 31 of that year, expanding Vallette Way east of Olive Street. Frederick M. Delavan, Minnie Josephine Anderson, and Bertha Falkenstein followed suit on October 2, 1914, filing a plat that included Sophia Drive and Victoria Road. Another plat was filed on February 27, 1917 by William Kuehner and F. L. Crane and encompassed the vicinity of Cranesnest Way. Palm Beach Realty Service, Inc. filed a plat on October 29, 1919, which included Croton Way.</p><br>
<p>Another plat was filed by the Matthams Park Corporation on May 15, 1924, which led to the development of Austin Lane and Tuxedo Lane, as well as a pedestrian walkway referred to as Orange Court. By 1926, about 89% of homes within the Mango Promenade Historic District had been built. Thereafter, the Great Depression almost completely halted further local construction, until President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the Banking Act and Homeowners Refinancing Act. The Baldwin-Nichols Subdivision &ndash; Queens Court &ndash; became the final plat filed in the district in July 1936.</p><br>
<p>The Palm Beach Post noted that by the 1980s, the neighborhood had "only a reputation for an abundance of rundown houses plagued by crime and owned by absentee landlords." However, significant revitalization had occurred by the mid-1990s. Consequently, city commissioners designated the neighborhood as a local historic district in 1995, while it was later listed in the NRHP on July 8, 1999.</p><br>
<p>A bungalow at 1605 South Olive Avenue, constructed in 1919, fell into disrepair. Its owner, Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA), obtained a permit from the city to demolish the dwelling and did so on January 21, 2008. An attorney for PBA claimed that full-scale preservation work would cost approximately $500,000. However, the West Palm Beach Historic Preservation Board accused PBA of making only superficial repairs on the structure while it was still standing and essentially neglected the home to justify its demolition. The board requested that a special magistrate investigate the demolition of the home, as PBA may have violated the "demolition by neglect" clause of West Palm Beach&#39;s preservation law, which includes a maximum fine of $15,000. In lieu of paying the fine, PBA agreed during negotiations with special magistrate Gary Brandenburg to spend the same amount to repaint the seven other historic residences in the district owned by the university. Residents of the Mango Promenade Historic District have also, at times, objected to the expansion of the Norton Museum of Art at least back to 2001, with the museum acquiring all homes on the north side of Cranesnest Way from 1992 until then.</p><br>
<h2>Flamingo Business District and Flamingo Park</h2><br>
<p>The Mango Promenade Historic District also includes a section of the Flamingo Business District and one contributing site, Flamingo Park, both adjacent to South Dixie Highway. Royal Palm Realty Company president W. Harold Wilson platted a subdivision called Flamingo Park on May 11, 1921. Much of this subdivision became the Flamingo Park Historic Residential District, but the eastern edge is now part of the Mango Promenade Historic District. In 1951, the business district was defined as stretching from Okeechobee Boulevard to Belvedere Road. Workplaces of the Flamingo Business District listed within the Mango Promenade Historic District are located between the 1600 and 1900 blocks of South Dixie Highway. Of the nine contributing commercial structures, seven are of masonry vernacular and the other two are of Mediterranean revival styles of architecture, with all constructed from around 1920 until 1940.</p><br>
<p>Chris and Melanie Hill, owners of Kofski Antiques in Palm Beach, spent approximately $300,000 between 2003 and early 2004 to restore the Dove Building, a masonry vernacular structure built in 1925 at 1910 South Dixie Highway. However, in February 2004, the building shifted, severing a waterpipe and causing a 1 ft crack to form in the façade. Due to significant damage, city constructed workers suggested that the building may have to be demolished, which occurred on March 20.</p><br>
<p>In 1884, George L. Marsteller purchased an 80 acre parcel of land for $100, part of which covers the site now occupied by the municipal Flamingo Park. From 1902 to 1921, the site served as Lakeside Cemetery, a burial place for African Americans, and has been a municipal park since 1921. The Lakeside Cemetery Association purchased land for a cemetery for $300 in 1902. The city unsuccessfully attempted to seize the land in 1913 to sell it to Henry Flagler for $1,200. Records indicated that approximately 100 people were buried in the cemetery between 1902 and 1913, with no evidence of the relocation of these bodies after the cemetery closed in 1921.</p><br>
<p>The Northwest Historic District is a USA historic district in West Palm Beach, Florida on the northwestern side of the downtown area. It was designated a historic district on January 22, 1992. Its first Non-Native American settlements date back to the late 19th Century. After Henry Flagler announced plans to extend the Florida East Coast Railway to Southeastern Florida, blacks from northern Florida, Georgia, and the Bahamas moved to this area in search of work. West Palm Beach became incorporated in 1894, making it the oldest municipality in Palm Beach County.</p><br>
<p>During many decades, the Northwest neighborhood hosted the local segregated black community that prospered and added their own identity and culture to the city.</p><br>
<p>The district is bounded by Tamarind Avenue, 11th Street, Rosemary Avenue, and 3rd Street.</p><br>
<p>It contains 316 historic buildings, including remarkable churches and houses that represent a variety of styles from the late 19th- and early 20th- century in the South like the Bungalow Craftsman style, the Bahamian Vernacular style, the Shotgun, and American Foursquare style.</p><br>
<p>The West Palm Beach Community Development Agency has targeted the area, and is restructuring Tamarind Avenue and 7th Streets. They are also restoring the Sunset Lounge, called the "Cotton Club of the South", one of the few remaining venues on the Chitlin&#39; Circuit.</p><br>
<p>The Milton Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Milton, Florida. The district is along US 90 at the Blackwater River, bounded by Berryhill, Willing, Hill, Canal, Margaret, & Susan Streets. It contains 117 historic buildings.</p><br>
<h2>Fire in 2009</h2><br>
<p>On the night of January 6 a fire occurred in the district and spread along US 90 between Canal Street and Willing Street. It was brought under control, and caused an estimated two million dollars in damage.</p><br>
<p>The St Augustine Town Plan Historic District is a USA National Historic Landmark District encompassing the colonial heart of the city. It substantially encompasses the street plan of the city as contained within the bounds of walls  built between the 16th and early 19th centuries. The district is bounded by Cordova, Orange, and St. Francis Streets, and Matanzas Bay. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970, although its boundaries were not formally defined until 1986.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>St. Augustine, founded by Spain in 1565, is the oldest permanent European settlement on the mainland of North America, north of Mexico. Its long colonial history extends to 1822, when Spanish East Florida was annexed to the United States as part of the Florida Territory. The city cores street plan, with narrow streets, dates to the first period of Spanish control, which ended in 1763 with the cession of Florida to Great Britain. Britain returned Florida to Spain in 1784. Roughly half of the areas buildings were built before 1925, with a substantially large number in either Spanish Colonial or Moorish Revival styles.</p><br>
<h2>Landmarks</h2><br>
<p>Some of the most distinctive of the citys landmarks are located in the district, and have their origins in the Spanish settlement. Construction of the Castillo de San Marcos, located at the northeastern end of the district, began with the communitys founding, and the central plaza was also an early defining feature. The plaza is now faced by the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, built during the second Spanish period in 1793–94, and by a 1930s post office that was designed to strongly resemble the original Spanish governors palace, which it replaced. Further south in the district stand a cluster of some of the citys oldest surviving residences, including the González–Alvarez House ( the Oldest House, the oldest surviving house in the city) and the Llambias House.</p><br>
<h2>Other contributing properties</h2><br>
<p>Benet Store</p><br>
<p>Blacksmith Shop</p><br>
<p>Florida Heritage House (Wakeman House)</p><br>
<p>Gallegos House</p><br>
<p>Gómez House</p><br>
<p>Gonzáles and De Hita Houses</p><br>
<p>Luciano de Herrera House</p><br>
<p>Oliveros House</p><br>
<p>Pellicer-De Burgo House</p><br>
<p>Ponce de Leon Hotel</p><br>
<p>Ribera House</p><br>
<p>Rodríguez House</p><br>
<p>Salcedo House & Kitchen</p><br>
<p>Santoyo House</p><br>
<p>Sims Silversmith Shop</p><br>
<p>Spanish Military Hospital Museum</p><br>
<p>Triay House</p><br>
<p>Wells Print Shop</p><br>
<p>William Watson House</p><br>
<p>The Abbott Tract Historic District is a 33 acre historic district in St. Augustine, Florida. It is bounded by Matanzas Bay, Pine, San Marco, and Shenandoah Avenues. On July 21, 1983, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. It contains 124 contributing buildings.</p><br>
<p>It is a 17 block area.</p><br>
<p>The Abbott Tract is a section of historic St. Augustine that dates to 1860 when Lucy Abbott, a young woman in her 20s, arrived in St. Augustine. She began purchasing land north of the Castillo de San Marcos, and by the 1870s, the astute businesswoman owned a large tract of land north of the city. She built nine structures in the area which still stand — the first house dates from 1861 and the last several from between 1885 and 1894. The Abbott Tract saw rapid development until 1904 when 126 houses lined the streets. The area&#39;s development was primarily conceived, designed and developed for residential use.</p><br>
<p>The St. Lucie Village Historic District is a historic district located in St. Lucie Village, Florida. The district runs from 2505 through 3305 North Indian River Drive. Out of the 50 structures lining the Indian River Drive, 35 are of historical interest with the contributing structures ranging from Frame Vernacular to Late Victorian architecture. On December 1, 1989, the historic district was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural and historical significance.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The residential neighborhood exists as a remnant of the surrounding communities of Fort Capron which was built in accordance with the 3rd Seminole War during the 1850s. The fort served as housing for many men throughout the third seminole war and paved the way for the establishment of St. Lucie village after the establishment of the armed occupations act. A stone monument currently occupies the site of Fort Capron at 3015 North Indian River Drive. The east to west thoroughfare was to have been the entrance to a bridge that would span the Indian River, however while under construction the bridge was destroyed by the Hurricane of 1928. The thoroughfare was named Chamberlin Boulevard after Mrs. Hattie Chamberlin of Kansas City, Missouri who planted a row of Washingtonia palms in the street&#39;s median during the Florida land boom of the 1920s.</p><br>
<p>The Naples Historic District is a USA historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, located in Naples, Florida. The 500 acre district is bounded by Ninth Avenue S, 3rd Street, Thirteenth Avenue S, and the Gulf of Mexico. It contains 65 historic houses, two historic commercial buildings, and 26 non-contributing buildings. The historic development was from 1887 to 1937.</p><br>
<p>The oldest buildings are "simple, frame vernacular cottages which exhibit small hints of Queen Anne and Stick style influences" such as The Haldeman House, on the beach at Twelfth Avenue South.</p><br>
<p>The contributing building addresses are:</p><br>
<p>Broad Avenue South #s: 38, 50, 53, 75, 88, 91, 107, 110, 131, 151, 165, 180, 187, 207, 239, 245</p><br>
<p>Tenth Avenue South #s: 32, 112, 132, 144, 149, 163, 215, 255, 263, 264, 273, 290</p><br>
<p>Gulf Shore Boulevard #s: 926, 1037, 1111, 1120, 1144</p><br>
<p>Second Street South #s: 1180, 1188</p><br>
<p>Third Street South #s: 1148, 1177</p><br>
<p>Eleventh Avenue South #s: 12, 15, 44, 88, 111, 123, 157, 175, 205, 210, 223, 230, 231, 244, 255, 256, 269, 272, 281, 287</p><br>
<p>Ninth Avenue South #s: 40, 62</p><br>
<p>Twelfth Avenue South #s: 50, 71, 95, 111, 137</p><br>
<p>Thirteenth Avenue South #s: 40, 55, 76.</p><br>
<p>The Goodbread–Black Farm Historic District is a USA historic district  located north of Lake City, Florida. The district is off Corinth Road, bounded by Suwannee Road to the north, US 41 to the west, and US 441 to the east. It contains two historic buildings and two structures. The Goodbread family established the homestead in 1868 and the Black family joined through marriage. The family continues to own and operate it. Lassie Goodbread-Black was the certified family member of the Century Pioneer Family Farm Program, established by the state of Florida in 1985 to honor families who have maintained at least 100 years of continuous family farm ownership.</p><br>
<p>She was also named a Great Floridian by the State of Florida.</p><br>
<p>The Boca Chita Key Historic District is a USA historic district within the Biscayne National Park in Miami-Dade County, Homestead, Florida. Located on the northwest section of Boca Chita Key, delimited by Biscayne Bay in the north and west and a half ruined stone wall on its southern side, it contains three historic buildings and the Boca Chita Lighthouse. On 1 August 1997, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural, historical and recreational values.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Boca Chita Key Historic District covers an area of 110 acre It is bounded on the southern and western border by the Biscayne Bay and the remnant of a stone wall.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Mark C. Honeywell, a wealthy industrialist and his wife who owned the island off their house in the Miami beach, built the structures as part of his development plan after he bought the island in 1937, and built up the structures between 1937 and 1940. however, the building built between 1937 and 1939 do not exist now. The Honeywells built it as their holiday resort. They built many structures which included a chapel, a lighthouse, a pavilion for holding picnic, a generator room, and also a garage. An arch bridge was also built across an existing canal. The August Geiger Firm were the architects and builders of the structures, which were built in modern architectural style with use of limestone, concrete and asphalt. The retreat was a popular venue for holding parties when Honeywells and their guests crossed over to the island from the Miami beach in luxury vessels. On such occasions, a cannon located near the lighthouse on the harbour was fired as a welcome gesture to the guests.</p><br>
<p>After his wifes death, Honeywells interest in the island waned. He got married again to Eugenia Hubbard and then sold the island to Florence Emerman in 1942.</p><br>
<p>The structures were built with Miami oolite limestone, and even in the existing structures the external faces have a quarry finish, typical of the area.</p><br>
<h2>Historic structures</h2><br>
<p>Some of the historic structures are the lighthouse, the chapel and the open air picnic pavilion. Also notable are the stone wall and the cannon.</p><br>
<h3>Lighthouse</h3><br>
<p>The island&#39;s 65-foot lighthouse was built by Mark C. Honeywell in 1938. The dome of the lighthouse was also under repairs since July 2013 (damaged panels) and was expected to be ready by end of August 2013. The repairs to the lighthouse involved up-gradation with Hurricane-proof glass for the dome, apart from repairs and providing new vents for ventilation. Painting of the entire structure was also on the anvil.</p><br>
<p>As the lighthouse is not functional it can be visited (during September to May and some days during the summer months) only when the park staff or volunteers are available there. The top deck of the lighthouse provides scenic views of the bay, ocean, Miami, Key Biscayne, and the sky line of the Miami Beach.</p><br>
<h3>The chapel</h3><br>
<p>The chapel is concrete structure of 12 by size built with uncoursed stone. It has a concave shaped roof with a steep slope The roof covering is made of asphalt shingles. Entrance doors are provided on the walls on northern and eastern sides. The southern door is flanked by a low level wall which is curved. Two identical openings are provided on the walls.</p><br>
<h3>Picnic Pavilion</h3><br>
<p>The picnic pavilion is an open-air structure which is located across the lighthouse. It is founded on a concrete raft as base which measures 15 by. Above the concrete rafts ten square piers are raised along the longer length of the pavilion. The cornice and frieze are supported by the piers and above this is the roof in a hip shape covered with asphalt shingles.</p><br>
<h3>Cannon</h3><br>
<p>A cannon is also one of the historic objects. IT is located on the northeastern part of the key near the lighthouse. The gun&#39;s trunnions are fitted on either side of the cannon over the base which is an inclined with indentures. The cannon is rusted.</p><br>
<h3>Stone wall</h3><br>
<p>The stone wall was built with limestone on reinforced cement concrete foundation. The Honeywells built it to enclose the structures that were originally built in the Boca Chita area. The wall was built in several stretches. The first stretch was for 400 ft from the Biscayne Bay to the south of the picnic. It then turned for a length of 35 ft in curved alignment from t where it was extended to the west for further 309 ft. The next orientation of the wall was to then turned north for a length 155 ft and ending close to the engine house. Initially the wall had seven gate at different locations of which there only three are extant; two gates, each of 19 ft width, have high gate posts. The third gate 4 ft in width has an arched opening. Hurricane Andrew destroyed the eastern two-thirds part of this wall, stone gate house and gate posts. The remaining one third of the wall has the arched opening.</p><br>
<p>The Palmetto Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district, bounded by Twenty-first Avenue, Seventh Street, Fifth Avenue, and the Manatee River in Palmetto, Florida. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The district includes the Palmetto Historical Park and the various historical buildings and museums it contains. It also includes the 1930-built building of the Palmetto Womens Club, which was listed on the National Register earlier in 1986. And it includes the 1914-built Carnegie library whose construction was a major accomplishment of the 1900-founded womens club.</p><br>
<p>In 1985, the 156 acre area included 292 buildings, 208 of which were deemed contributing buildings. The 84 non-contributing ones are not terribly instrusive, as they "generally respect the setback, scale and proportions of the contributing buildings."</p><br>
<p>The Pigeon Key Historic District is a USA historic district  located on Pigeon Key in Florida. The district is off USA 1 at mile marker 45. It contains 11 historic buildings and 3 structures. Although the old Seven Mile Bridge crosses over the island, at approximately mile marker 45, west of Knight&#39;s Key,  and just east of Moser Channel, which is the deepest section of the seven-mile span, it and its exit ramp to the island were closed in 2008 and not reopened until 2022. While the bridge was closed, access was by ferry or private watercraft only, but in 2014 FDOT approved a $77 million plan to restore it. The old bridge was restored and reopened in 2022.</p><br>
<p>The island is named "Cayo Paloma" on many old Spanish charts.</p><br>
<p>The island is said to be named for large flocks of white-crowned pigeons (Columba leucocephala Linnaeus) which once roosted there. During the building of Henry Flagler&#39;s Overseas Railroad Key West Extension, a major construction depot was located there, the jumping off point for construction of the Seven Mile Bridge. A number of buildings from the Flagler era remain on the island. They are now part of the Pigeon Key Historic District.</p><br>
<p>A rare three-way bridge, now partially abandoned, is located there.</p><br>
<h2>Popular culture</h2><br>
<p>This place was featured during the 18th-season finale as the Finish Line of the hit-reality series, The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business.</p><br>
<p>The Mary Nohl Art Environment  is a residence in the Milwaukee suburb of Fox Point, Wisconsin. The property, which is filled with folk art created by artist Mary Nohl , is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Marys father Leo, a Milwaukee attorney, and his wife Emma bought the lot along Lake Michigan in 1924, and the family enjoyed summers there in a prefab cottage through the 1920s. In 1940 the parents expanded the cottage into a year-round home, adding the house between the cottage and the garage. Shortly after, Mary moved back to Milwaukee and moved into the house with her parents. After a couple years of teaching art in Milwaukee she resigned, and settled in to producing art at her pottery studio in Whitefish Bay, and at her jewelry studio in her parents home.</p><br>
<p>After the death of her parents, a sizable inheritance left Mary Nohl the chance to create artworks. She used concrete and found objects such as driftwood, wire and glass to build sculptures. In addition, the exterior and interior of the house are colorfully decorated. Hundreds of works have been cataloged.</p><br>
<p>Following Nohl&#39;s death, the embellished home and sculpture garden were given to the Kohler Foundation for preservation. In 2012, it was transferred to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. After a fruitless, decade-long struggle with the residents of Fox Point to allow limited access by the public, the foundation decided to move the house and its art to a site in Sheboygan County. The house was to be dismantled, starting in the summer of 2014, and rebuilt, at a cost of between one and two million dollars, but the plan was recently canceled. As of April 2015, the house will remain in Fox Point and is expected to be restored.</p><br>
<p>In addition to her home and artwork, her estate of over $11 million was left to the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, which administers the Mary Nohl Foundation to provide arts education for children, and the Mary Nohl Fellowship artists&#39; scholarships among other activities. A biography, Mary Nohl - Inside & Outside, written and designed by Barbara Manger and Janine Smith, respectively, was published in 2008.</p><br>
<h2>Further reading</h2><br>
<p>The Zephyrhills Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Zephyrhills, Florida. It is bounded by South Avenue, 9th Avenue, 7th Street and 11th Street, and contains 126 contributing buildings on 84 acre. On September 27, 2001, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. The district includes the Capt. Harold B. Jeffries House which was built in 1911 and was the home of city founder, Capt. Jeffries.</p><br>
<p>It is a residential and commercial area.</p><br>
<p>It includes the Zephyrhills Womans Club, which houses the local womens civic organization founded in early days of the town. It was built as part of Works Project Administration projects in the 1930s.</p><br>
<p>It includes the City Hall, also built as a WPA project, built in Art Deco style in 1940. It has a Mission-inspired parapet and corner battlements.</p><br>
<p>The Hollywood Boulevard Historic Business District is a USA historic district  located in Hollywood, Florida. The district runs along Hollywood Boulevard, between 21st Avenue and Young Circle. It contains 34 historic buildings and two historic sites. The sites are Young Circle Park and Anniversary Park. Planning for the historic district began in 1995 at the approach of the 70th anniversary of the city.</p><br>
<h2>The Great Southern Hotel</h2><br>
<p>The US Department of the Interior identified the Great Southern Hotel as the most notable structure in the area. The hotel was featured in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy. The building has been vacant since 1991 and has become dilapidated. It has been owned by local developer Chip Abele since 2002 and now with Peter Jago and the entire GCFRC. Proposals for a building that would incorporate and preserve the hotel have been discussed since 2005 a 19-story mixed use development is slated for construction. The planned development includes a Hilton hotel and will be named Young Circle Commons.</p><br>
<p>The Middleburg Historic District is a USA historic district located near Black Creek in Middleburg, Florida. Designated as such on March 9, 1990, the District encompasses 3881 through 3895 Main Street, 2145 Wharf Street, and 2125 Palmetto Street. The Middleburg Historic District contains five historic buildings:</p><br>
<p>The Clark-Chalker House (on Main Street)</p><br>
<p>Frosard W. Budington House (on Main Street)</p><br>
<p>Haskell-Long House (on Main Street)</p><br>
<p>George Randolph Frisbee Jr. House (on Palmetto Street)</p><br>
<p>Edinfield House (on Wharf Street, formerly known as Thompson Street)</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Federal Military Road (Coleraine, GA to Tampa Bay, FL)</h3><br>
<p>In the 1830s, the Federal Military Road, of which Main Street was part, provided access to Fort Heileman during the Second Seminole War) and connected Garey&#39;s Ferry (the Historic District) to Whitesville (located approximately near the intersection of present-day Florida State Road 21 and County Road 218). Constructed between 1824 and 1827, the road ran south from Colerain, Georgia to Tampa, Florida. Intended to provide the area with military infrastructure and to increase development and settlement in the area, this was one of several federal roads in early Florida and should not be confused with the Bellamy Road or a separate federal road which ran from Pensacola to Saint Augustine, both of which were constructed in the same time frame.</p><br>
<h3>American Civil War</h3><br>
<p>On October 23, 1864, during the American Civil War, the 4th Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry engaged local Confederates in a skirmish from their base at the Magnolia Springs hotel. Moving into Middleburg the next day, October 24, 1864, the 4th Massachusetts raided and set fire to downtown Middleburg on Main Street and Thompson (now Wharf) Street, destroying Samuel B. Thompsons cotton warehouses and docks, as well as a hotel. The 2nd Florida Cavalry, under command of Captain J.J. Dickison, retaliated by firing on the Massachusetts regiment, leading the latter to retreat across Black Creek and burn the ferry bridge behind them. As the Massachusetts regiment rushed back to Magnolia Springs, Dickisons regiment detoured four miles through Whitesville and caught the Massachusetts regiment at Jeremiah Halseys Plantation, engaging in a skirmish that resulted in twelve Union deaths and Confederate victory. This skirmish is known officially as the Battle of Halseys Plantation, but has also been referred to as the Battle of Big Gum Creek. The exact location of Halsey&#39;s Plantation is not known, but it was near the site that is currently Shadowlawn Elementary School on County Road 218.</p><br>
<p>Among the repeated skirmishes between the 4th Massachusetts and 2nd Florida cavalries was a two-hour engagement whereby Dickison&#39;s troops rescued cattle that had been seized by Union troops, which local history refers to as the Battle of the Tiger Head.</p><br>
<h3>Other historic communities</h3><br>
<h3>Whitesville</h3><br>
<p>Before Middleburg was consolidated into its current town limits, the area comprised two distinct settlements upon each prong of Black Creek, within miles of each other. Garey&#39;s Ferry, located upon the North Prong of Black Creek, was situated upon Main Street, near the site of the former Fort Heilman, and currently the site of the Main Street Boat Ramp, Memorial Park, and the physical Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Situated on the South Prong of Black Creek was the settlement of Whitesville (briefly called "Webster"), which was begun by Ozias Budington, and was located south of the intersection of SR21 (Blanding Blvd.) and CR218, in what is today the Black Creek Park North neighborhood. No buildings from the original Whitesville settlement remain, but the Budington cemetery is located on private land on Halperns Way, while other named streets in the community (e.g. Whitesville Landing Court, Budington Drive) allude to the village that once existed there.</p><br>
<h3>Hill Top</h3><br>
<p>Hill Top is another historic community located in Middleburg. The site of Middleburgs historic black community, Hill Top was first settled by homesteaders, including Grant Forman (1868-1951), in the 1890s. Today, the community is situated around Forman Circle, and includes churches, homes, and a one-room schoolhouse According to "Embedded in Clay," Forman fled to South Carolina after his house was burned by a white mob. Frosard Budington, a leader of Whitesville, covered the cost of Formans land taxes until such time as it was safe for Forman to return to Hill Top.</p><br>
<h2>Gallery of Historic Homes</h2><br>
<p>The Fort White Public School Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Fort White, Florida. The district is near the intersection of East Dorch and North Bryant Streets. It contains 3 historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>The original Fort White High School was constructed during 1915 in the masonry vernacular. The building included an Italianate tower and an auditorium was added in 1936. Separate elementary school classrooms were completed in 1938.</p><br>
<p>The MacFarlane Homestead Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Coral Gables, Florida. The district is bounded by Jefferson Street, Frow Avenue, Brooker Street and Grand Avenue. It contains 32 historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>The district is named after Flora McFarlane (the "Mac" in the official district name is apparently an error), the area&#39;s first solo female homesteader and its first schoolteacher. McFarlane, born in New Jersey to British parents, settled 160 acres in the area beginning on March 16, 1891. Her home site, located where present-day Douglas Road and Day Avenue meet, no longer exists.</p><br>
<p>In 1925, Flora McFarlane sold the 20 acres that today constitute the historic district to Coral Gables founder George Merrick&#39;s company, which turned it into a city subdivision. Many Bahamian immigrant laborers, particularly Afro-Bahamians, subsequently built homes there.</p><br>
<p>The South Brooksville Avenue Historic District is a USA Historic District  located in Brooksville, Florida. The district is on South Brooksville Avenue, from Liberty Street to Early Avenue. It contains 17 historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>Historic homes on South Brooksville Avenue include:</p><br>
<p>Coogler House at 133 S Brooksville Avenue</p><br>
<p>Frazee House at 302 S Brooksville Avenue</p><br>
<p>Maillis House at 312 South Brooksville Avenue</p><br>
<p>The Sebring Downtown Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Sebring, Florida. The district is at Circle Drive and Ridgewood Drive from Mango Street to Magnolia Avenue. It contains 22 historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>The district surrounds "Circle Park", a central, circular park around which the historic district was master planned.</p><br>
<p>In addition to the Multiple Property Submission (MPS), there are a number of other National Register of Historic Places designated buildings in downtown Sebring, including Central Station, Kenilworth Lodge, the Highlands County Courthouse, Edward Hainz House, the Paul L. Vinson House, the H. Orvel Sebring House, and the Santa Rosa Hotel. Notable but non contributing assets include the Children&#39;s Museum of the Highlands and the Highlands Museum of the Arts.</p><br>
<p>The Monticello Historic District is a USA Historic District  located in Monticello, Florida. The district includes an irregular area along Madison, Jefferson, Dogwood, and Washington Streets and contains 41 historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>Contributing properties in the district include:</p><br>
<p>Christ Episcopal Church (Monticello, Florida)</p><br>
<p>Jefferson County Courthouse (Florida)</p><br>
<p>The Lake Eola Heights Historic District is a USA historic district  located in the eastern part of Downtown Orlando, Florida. The district is roughly bounded by Hillcrest Street, North Hyer Avenue, Ridgewood Street and North Magnolia Avenue. It contains 487 historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>Citrus grower Jacob Summerlin, Orlandos first city council president, purchased 200 acres in the area during the late 19th century. The Great Freeze of 1894-95 brought Summerlins citrus farm to an end, and the property was subdivided for housing. Architectural styles include Farmhouse, Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Mediterranean Revival, Mission Revival, Art Deco, and Minimal Traditional</p><br>
<p>In 1989 the City of Orlando designated the neighborhood a local historic district in response to a petition by the Lake Eola Heights Historic Neighborhood Association. Three years later the neighborhood was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Winter Garden Downtown Historic District is a USA historic district in Winter Garden, Florida. It is bounded by Woodland, Tremaine, Henderson, and Lakeview Streets, encompasses approximately 100 acre, and contains 26 historic buildings. Among the 26 buildings are the Winter Garden Heritage Museum, Garden Theatre, Tony&#39;s Liquors, the Dillard & Boyd Building, and many more. The oldest confirmed of these are the Dillard & Boyd Building and 36 W. Plant Street, both dating to 1912 . On August 1, 1996, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Downtown St. Petersburg Historic District is a USA historic district  located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The district is bounded by 5th Avenue N, Beach Drive NE, Central Avenue Central Avenue, and 9th Street N. It contains 367 historic buildings and 7 objects.</p><br>
<p>St. Petersburg Chess Clubhouse, St. Petersburg, Florida 03.jpgSt. Petersburg Chess Clubhouse</p><br>
<p>St. Petersburg Coliseum- 01.jpgSt. Petersburg Coliseum</p><br>
<p>Snell Arcade, 405 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, Florida.jpgSnell Arcade</p><br>
<p>First United Methodist Church, St. Petersburg, Florida.jpgFirst United Methodist Church</p><br>
<p>St. Pete Princess Martha pano-tall01.jpgPrincess Martha Hotel</p><br>
<p>Alexander Hotel, St. Petersburg, Florida.jpgAlexander Hotel</p><br>
<p>St. Petersburg Lawn Bowling Club02.jpgSt Petersburg Lawn Bowling Clubhouse</p><br>
<p>The Kenwood Historic District  is a district located in St. Petersburg, Florida USA It was designated on August 4, 2003, and is located immediately west of downtown, bounded by 9th Avenue North, 1st Avenue North, 19th Street North  and 34th Street North. It contains 2,203 historic buildings. The Grand Central adjoins the district at its southern boundary.</p><br>
<p>The Kenwood Historic District is a 375-acre residential area best known for its historic bungalows. It consists mostly of one-story and two-story single-family homes constructed between 1912 and 1945. Historic outbuildings, such as garages and garage apartments, are also common in the neighborhood. There are a variety of residential architectural styles represented in the district, including Frame and Masonry Vernacular, Craftsman Bungalow, Minimal Traditional, Tudor Revival, Mediterranean Revival, Colonial Revival, Ranch, Prairie, American Foursquare, Dutch Colonial Revival, Mission, and International. However, while many styles are evident, bungalows constitute more than 50 per cent of the homes. Not all of these homes were built in their current locations. Many of the craftsman/bungalow-style homes were relocated to the area in the 1930s from other neighborhoods in the city, helping to cement Historic Kenwood&#39;s bungalow identity. St. Petersburg High School (1926), listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in the heart of Historic Kenwood along 5th Avenue North. Six churches, including two brand new churches: and The Foundry, as well as numerous commercial buildings, can be found within the district.</p><br>
<p>In addition to the large number of historic buildings remaining in the neighborhood, many of the historic landscape and streetscape elements remain. The majority of the avenues, which run in an east–west direction in the district, continue to be made of brick. Hexagonal paves can still be found comprising many of the sidewalks. The high granite curbs are also still evident along many of the streets, which are lined with large oak trees, as well as jacaranda, palms, and pine trees. Historic Kenwood is located on a plateau about 50 feet above sea level, making it much higher than other neighborhoods in the city.</p><br>
<p>Another feature of Historic Kenwood is Seminole Park. This historic park is rectangular and is bounded by 3rd Avenue North, Burlington Avenue North, 30th Street North, and 29th Street North. The park was donated by Charles R. Hall, one of the City&#39;s first developers and an initial developer of Historic Kenwood. The park features many types of trees, grassy areas, sidewalks, playground equipment, and a modern pavilion in the center constructed in the Craftsman style.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Historic Kenwood developed as a working and middle-class neighborhood in the early twentieth century. The neighborhood was one of the earliest to be developed outside of downtown. It was first platted in 1912 and developed rapidly during the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s, during which time St. Petersburg became a favorite vacation destination. While a few houses were constructed in the 1910s, development reached its peak in the 1920s, due in large part to its location just west of downtown, which could be easily accessed by automobile or streetcar. The streetcar system once ran down Central Avenue and was quite popular until finally being phased out by 1947.</p><br>
<h3>Decline and revitalization</h3><br>
<p>The neighborhood fell into neglect beginning in the 1950s. Interstate 275 was built in the 1970s, forming Historic Kenwoods eastern boundary. USA 19 (34th Street), the western boundary, became more commercial during this time. The traditional "mom and pop" businesses on the southern boundary along Central Avenue declined. Beginning in the early 1990s, urban pioneers began a neighborhood revival in both Historic Kenwood and the Grand Central District which continues today. The LGBT community in particular has played a notable role in the revitalization of the neighborhood. Many investors and homeowners were a part of the LGBT community, and have transformed the tree-lined streets into a stable, well-landscaped neighborhood with a strong civic voice. The district remains home to many gay residents and gay-friendly businesses. The annual St. Pete Pride celebration, the largest in the state, also used to take place within the district until it was moved downtown to along the waterfront in 2017. Many restorations of these historic homes and businesses have been made since the 1990s. Some of these restoration efforts include the removal of non-historic vinyl and aluminum siding, as well as the reopening of many front porches that were once enclosed. Today, events such as monthly porch parties, the annual BungalowFest, Founders Day, and St. Pete Pride attract many to the neighborhood.</p><br>
