<p>The Miami City Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Miami, Florida, United States. It is located at 1800 Northeast 2nd Avenue. It is the only municipal cemetery in Miami-Dade County. On January 4, 1989, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Miami city cemetery was located one-half mile north of the city limits on a narrow wagon track county road. The first burial, not recorded, was of an elderly black man on July 14, 1897. The first recorded burial was a white man named Graham Branscomb, a 24-year-old Englishman who died on July 20, 1897, from consumption. The city of Miami cemetery is subdivided with whites on the east end and the blacks population on the west end.</p><br>
<p>Blacks provided the primary labor force for building of Miami but were confined by clauses in land deeds to the north west section of Miami now known as Overtown. In 1915, the Beth David congregation began a Jewish section. Two other prominent sections are the circles: the first to Julia Tuttle, the "Mother of Miami," buried in 1898; the second, a memorial to Civil War veterans erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Sixty-six Confederate and twenty-seven Union veterans are buried here. Other sections are dedicated to Catholics, American Legionnaires, Spanish–American War veterans, and miscellaneous veterans along the north and south fence lines. Among the 9,000 burials are pioneer families such as the Burdines, Peacocks, and Dr. James Jackson. This site has the only known five oolitic (limestone) gravestones worldwide. Unique tropical plants make it a tropical oasis.</p><br>
<p>The Miami City Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries where the owners of the plot actually hold its deed. Approximately 1,000 open plots remain within the cemetery, but there are strict criteria for burial. A decedent must be either the deedholder or able to prove familial relationship to the owner. Friends of the family are not allowed. Currently, ten to twenty burials occur every year.</p><br>
<p>In 1997 Enid Pinkney and Penny Lambeth began a restoration project of the cemetery. It has been a major transformation.</p><br>
<h2>Notable burials</h2><br>
<p>Mary Abbott (1857—1904) – Pioneer in Women&#39;s Olympic Competitions, Author</p><br>
<p>Redmond B. Gautier Sr. (1877-1944) - Judge, 15th Mayor of the City of Miami</p><br>
<p>Julia Tuttle (1848–1898) – The "Mother of Miami."</p><br>
<p>John Sewell (1867–1938) – 3rd Mayor of the City of Miami.</p><br>
<p>John W. Watson (1859-1942) - Legislator, 6th and 8th Mayor of the City of Miami.</p><br>
<p>The Greenwood Cemetery  is a historic cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. An African-American cemetery, Greenwood is located on Old Bainbridge Road, which originally the main route out of Tallahassee to the northwest. On June 5, 2003, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. Professional football player Willie Galimore is buried there.</p><br>
<p>Approximately 1,500 memorials are documented at the cemetery.</p><br>
<p>The Schultz Building, formerly the Atlantic National Bank Annex, is a historic building in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It was built between 1925 and 1926 for the Atlantic National Bank as an annex to the Atlantic National Bank Building, located immediately behind it. It stands at 118 West Adams Street, and was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places in 1997 as part of the Downtown Jacksonville Multiple Property Submission.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Atlantic National Bank, established in 1903, had built the Atlantic National Bank Building (now 121 Atlantic Center) on 121 West Forsyth Street in 1909. By 1925 the bank had grown such that it required additional space. To accommodate their needs, the bank built the Annex directly behind the headquarters at 118 West Adams Street.</p><br>
<p>The Annex was designed by Jacksonville architects Marsh and Saxelbye and constructed by New York City firm George A. Fuller Co. between 1925 and 1926. Though it had a different architect than the headquarters, its facade is very similar to the older building&#39;s, with white terra cotta and decorative elements such as cartouches, a balustrade, and a dentiled cornice. The building stands ten stories high and cost around $400,000 to build.</p><br>
<p>The Atlantic National Bank merged with First Union in 1985, and both buildings subsequently changed hands. The Annexs lower facade was altered. In the 1990s it was recognized as one of Jacksonvilles most significant historic buildings, and was included in the Downtown Jacksonville Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register of Historic Places. It was added to the National Register on November 7, 1997.</p><br>
<p>The Gulf Stream Hotel is a historic hotel in Lake Worth Beach, Florida. It is located at 1 Lake Avenue. On January 11, 1983, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Originally built in 1923, the hotel was mostly owned by the families of Gen. Richard C Marshall and Col. H.Cabel Maddox. From 1941 to 1971, it was managed by Ben Pease. After Pease retired, William R. Donnell, along with his wife Ellen, son Rick, and daughters Beth and Carol ran the operations until 1992.</p><br>
<p>A book was written about the classic hotel in 1976 titled "The Gulfstream Hotel Story" by Glenn Ingram. Ingram was a career CPA from Chicago who spent many winters at The Gulfstream with his wife Nelle.</p><br>
<p>Ceebraid-Signal Corp Lake Worth purchased the hotel in 2005 for $12.9 million. It was the target of a foreclosure lawsuit.</p><br>
<p>The Vineta Hotel  is a historic hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. It is located at 363 Cocoanut Row. On August 21, 1986, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Previously known as "The Chesterfield Palm Beach" when under the ownership of The Travel Corporation, The property is to be renamed back to one of its original names "The Vineta Hotel" under the new ownership of the Oetker Collection. Its expected to reopen in late 2023 following a light refurbishment.</p><br>
<p>The Dixie Court Hotel was a historic hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida. It was designed by Harvey & Clarke and was built in 1926.</p><br>
<p>The hotel was sold in 1943.</p><br>
<p>On August 21, 1986, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The building was destroyed in 1990 for the development of the Palm Beach County Courthouse complex. It was located at 301 North Dixie Highway.</p><br>
<p>The Polk Hotel  is a historic hotel in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It is located at 800&ndash;810 Hinson Avenue in Haines City, Florida.</p><br>
<p>On March 17, 1994, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The "Old Polk Hotel", as it is widely known among local residents, is now home to Landmark Baptist College, a ministry of Landmark Baptist Church. It is also the home of WLVF Gospel 90.3 FM, a Gospel/Bluegrass FM radio station, also affiliated with Landmark Baptist Church.</p><br>
<p>The Ormond Hotel  was a historic hotel in Ormond Beach, Florida, United States. It was located at 15 East Granada Boulevard.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Built by John Anderson and J. D. Price, the hotel opened on January 1, 1888. By spring of 1889, the Florida East Coast Railway extended its service from Jacksonville to Daytona, and railroad magnate Henry Flagler bought The Ormond Hotel and enlarged it to handle 600 guests. It became one in a series of his hotels positioned along the line to accommodate his passengers, including The Ponce De León Hotel in St. Augustine, The Royal Poinciana Hotel and The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, and The Royal Palm Hotel in Miami. In 1914, John D. Rockefeller arrived at The Ormond Hotel for the winter season, and rented an entire floor for his staff and himself. After four seasons at the hotel, he bought The Casements, a nearby estate also beside the Halifax River.</p><br>
<p>On November 24, 1980, The Ormond Hotel was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. In 1992, the structure was razed to the ground to make way for a condominium. The original cupola now stands in Fortunato Park, directly west of the site of the former hotel.</p><br>
<p>The Breakers Palm Beach is a historic, Renaissance Revival style luxury hotel with 534 rooms. It is located at 1 South County Road in Palm Beach, Florida. During the 1895–96 winter season, business tycoon Henry Flagler opened the first Breakers resort, then the only oceanfront lodging south of Daytona Beach, to accommodate additional tourists due to the popularity of his Royal Poinciana Hotel. Known as the Palm Beach Inn upon its original opening, it was renamed The Breakers in 1901 after guests requested rooms "over by the breakers". While the Royal Poinciana Hotel permanently closed in the 1930s due to the Great Depression, The Breakers became a primary resort in Palm Beach, hosting many famous guests throughout the years. The current structure is the third incarnation of the hotel, having opened in December 1926 following two earlier structures on the same site that burned down in 1903 and 1925.</p><br>
<p>Since 1973, The Breakers has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the hotel and grounds occupy 140 acre and employ over 2,300 people. The Breakers has also received high acclaim from organizations and media agencies such as the American Automobile Association, American Institute of Architects, Forbes Travel Guide, and the USA News & World Report.</p><br>
<h2>Early history</h2><br>
<p>After experiencing success in the first few years of operation of the nearby Royal Poinciana Hotel, business tycoon Henry Flagler sought to accommodate more travelers on his Florida East Coast Railway and began construction on a second hotel in Palm Beach in 1895. This hotel, originally known as the Wayside Inn and later the Palm Beach Inn, was a Georgian Revival-style building. While some sources indicate that the Palm Beach Inn opened on January 16, 1896, a New-York Tribune advertisement in December 1895 indicates that the hotel opened before then. Regardless, the Palm Beach Inn reached full occupancy for most of its first season. Unlike the Royal Poinciana Hotel, which sat along the Lake Worth Lagoon, the Palm Beach Inn was an oceanfront hotel, the first of its kind south of Daytona Beach. This led to the construction of a 1,000 foot (300 m)-pier at the hotel and the opening of the original Port of Palm Beach, which allowed guests to travel to Havana, Nassau, and Key West via steamboat.</p><br>
<p>The Palm Beach Inn underwent an expansion in 1901, at which time Flagler renamed it The Breakers due to guests requesting rooms "over by the breakers". cottages, a casino, a saltwater bath,</p><br>
<p>However, during the fourth expansion of The Breakers on June 9, 1903, fire broke out in the casino kitchen, which became visible as far away as Fort Pierce and Miami. Efforts by the East Coast and West Palm Beach fire departments proved futile, with the hotel, a cottage, the casino, and several nearby stores burning down. Dynamite used on the verandas on the northside of the hotel prevented the fire from spreading much farther, while the Gretna Breeze noted that the Royal Poinciana Hotel "caught in half a dozen places, but superhuman efforts prevented its destruction." Losses from the fire totaled approximately $730,000 (1903 USD).</p><br>
<p>Within two weeks of the 1903 fire, Flagler announced his intentions to rebuild the hotel. This new structure was a four-story, wood frame, Colonial-style building containing 425 rooms and suites. The Breakers re-opened on February 1, 1904. Rooms started at $4 per night, including three meals a day (in 2018, rooms started at $1,050 per night). Beriah Wilkins, an editor for The Washington Post, and Mary Caroline Blair, Duchess of Sutherland, became among the first guests to register at the hotel. Other notable guests arriving in subsequent years included Andrew Carnegie, William Thomas Grant, William Randolph Hearst, J. P. Morgan, J. C. Penney, and members of the Astor, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt families. Seagull Cottage, the oldest home in Palm Beach, was moved to the north side of The Breakers in 1913 and became one of the hotels cottages. In January of the same year, Flagler suffered a serious fall at his residence, Whitehall. He spent the next few months at The Breakers Nautilus Cottage, but succumbed to his injuries there on May 20.</p><br>
<p>Since Flagler forbade motorized vehicles on the property, patrons were delivered between the two hotels in wheeled chairs powered by employees.</p><br>
<h2>Pre-Negro leagues, Winter League baseball team</h2><br>
<p>In the winter of 1915–1916, the Breakers Hotel hired the services of Cyclone Joe Williams and many fellow team members of the Lincoln Giants pre-Negro leagues baseball team to take on another pre-Negro leagues baseball team made up of Indianapolis ABCs players hosted by the Royal Poinciana Hotel. The games hosted Negro league baseball stars of the day, including Ben Taylor, C.I. Taylor, Candy Jim Taylor, John Donaldson, Ashby Dunbar, Jim Jeffries, Jimmie Lyons, Bill Francis, Blainey Hall, Dick Wallace, Louis Santop, and Spot Poles. One newspaper column claimed that "Astors, Vanderbilts, Morgans, and hundreds of others, who never see a ball game outside of Palm Beach... (are) rooting hard for their favorite team.</p><br>
<h2>1925 fire to World War II</h2><br>
<p>Twelve years after Flagler&#39;s death, The Breakers caught fire again on March 18, 1925, attributed to an electric curling iron that had been left on in a room occupied by the wife of Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson. The hotel had more than 400 guests at the time, including Titanic survivor Margaret Brown, actress Billie Burke, and General Foods owner Marjorie Merriweather Post, People staying at the hotel tossed their expensive possessions out the window, but most of these items were stolen or lost. Approximately 10,000 spectators watched the flames burn buildings in Palm Beach.</p><br>
<p>Although the fire departments of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Lake Worth, Additionally, embers blowing across the island ignited fires at many other buildings, destroying Edward R. Bradley&#39;s beach club, Damage totals from the fire ranged from $2.5 million to as much as $7 million. Some newspapers reported multiple deaths as a direct result of the fire, but according to The Palm Beach Post, Breakers manager John Greene was unaware of any injuries or deaths.</p><br>
<p>In the immediate aftermath of the fire, the Royal Poinciana Hotel accommodated approximately 450 guests and 300 employees of The Breakers and the Palm Beach Hotel, while many other of the now-homeless guests and staffers found shelter at the residences of friends or the Rosa May Apartments. On March 22, four days after the fire, Florida East Coast Hotel vice president H. E. Bemis announced the company&#39;s intentions of rebuilding The Breakers, with plans to abandon the wooden construction for fireproof concrete. The architectural firm hired by the Flagler heirs, Schultze and Weaver, modeled the 550-room replacement building after the Villa Medici in Rome, Italy. The firm worked with New York-based Turner Construction Company, hired on December 4, and a well-known local Palm Beach contractor, Eugene Hammond, who built the first theater in West Palm Beach and worked on the Palm Beach estate built for Rodman Wanamaker by Addison Mizner (which would become a Kennedy winter retreat in 1933).</p><br>
<p>In January 1926, construction began on the new Breakers hotel, which required over 1,200 workers. Overall, rebuilding the hotel cost approximately $7 million. The lobby ceiling was painted by 72 artisans, including Alexander Bonanno, a classically trained New York City artist who taught at Cooper Union. The Breakers reopened on December 29, 1926, to considerable acclaim. This hotel influenced the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba. In addition to the Florentine dining room, a new feature of the 1926 hotel, a second dining room opened two years later, known as The Circle, which The Palm Beach Post described in 1996 as "Perhaps the most breathtaking room at The Breakers". In September 1928, the Okeechobee hurricane ravaged the Australian pine walkway linking The Breakers and the Royal Poinciana Hotel. The former lost most of its roof, windows, and the pier, while the north and south wings suffered water damage. Additionally, The Miami News reported 4 ft of standing water inside the building and sand being deposited as high as the third floor. However, The Breakers opened for business on December 10, earlier than the previous winter season by several days.</p><br>
<p>During the summer of 1942, Florida East Coast Hotel company officials considered keeping The Breakers closed for the upcoming season due to blackout orders in response to World War II, before announcing that the hotel would open on December 24. However, on December 11, United States District Judge John W. Holland issued an order granting possession of The Breakers to the United States Army, who planned to use the building as a temporary hospital facility. The order also included The Breakers pools and casino, but excluded the cottages and golf course. On November 8, 1943, the USA Army named the facility the Ream General Hospital as a tribute to Major William R. Ream, a flight surgeon who died during World War I as a result of a plane crash. The USA Army transformed the ballroom into a recreation hall, the Coconut Grove room into a dental clinic, the south loggia into an officers lounge, and the mezzanine section into operating rooms, while also creating a maternity ward, where more than a dozen babies were born. At its peak, the Ream General Hospital included 400 staffers and approximately 750 patients, many of whom suffered injuries during the North African campaign. An agreement filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on September 26, 1944, stated that Ream General Hospital would be returned to civilian use on December 10, with the Florida East Coast Hotel company receiving $800,000 in compensation. Thereafter, Palm Beach architect and engineer John Volk and two Miami firms quickly restored The Breakers, allowing some guests to check-in as early as December 24 but not fully re-opening until January 7, 1945.</p><br>
<h2>Subsequent years</h2><br>
<p>The Flagler System, owners and operators of The Breakers, announced in April 1969 the addition of the new Breakers West Golf Club along Okeechobee Boulevard and State Road 7, approximately 10 mi west of the hotel. The Flagler System sold some of the land to the Mayacoo Lakes Country Club Inc. in 1972. Around the mid-1980s, homes began being constructed within the Breakers West Golf Club. A 2008 profile of the Breakers West Golf Club in The Palm Beach Post indicated the existence of 548 homes spread across "670 acres with tall pines and old Florida vegetation.", along with two golf courses and country clubs.</p><br>
<p>During the same announcement in April 1969, Flagler System also stated their plans to add 174 rooms to the hotel and create The Breakers Beach Club on the former site of the casino, which closed in 1968. In 1970, The Breakers added an air conditioning system throughout the building. The hotel remained opened throughout the entire year for the first time in 1971, averaging approximately 50 guests per day that summer. The Breakers Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places NRHP in 1973. The 105 acre listed area included 15 contributing buildings &ndash; the hotel and its 14 cottages &ndash; and one other contributing object. Despite the NRHP designation, workers demolished all cottages on the north side of the hotel to clear space for the Two Breakers Row condominiums in 1984. However, Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach chair Earl E. T. Smith prevented demolition of the Seagull Cottage, with the organization spending more than $500,000 to relocate the cottage to near the Royal Poinciana Chapel and render restoration work prior to re-opening it to the public in late 1985.</p><br>
<p>On April 18, 2012, the AIA&#39;s Florida Chapter ranked the hotel seventh on its list of "Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places". Today, the hotel and grounds occupy 140 acres (57 hectares) beside the Atlantic Ocean.</p><br>
<h2>Awards</h2><br>
<p>The Breakers is currently a AAA five diamond rated resort and has maintained this rating since 1996.</p><br>
<p>USA News & World Report: Best Hotels in the USA & Florida</p><br>
<p>Forbes Travel Guide: The Breakers Palm Beach, Four-Stars & The Spa at The Breakers, Five-Stars</p><br>
<p>In June 2024, Americas Great Resorts added the hotel to its Top Picks as a landmark property.</p><br>
<p>The Dixie Walesbilt Hotel  is a historic hotel in Lake Wales, Florida, United States located at 5 Park Avenue West and/or 115 North 1st Street. The Walesbilt Hotel was renamed the Hotel Grand by the New York owner Victor Khubani during the 1980s. The structure was built in 1926 after a stock-sale campaign in the local business community. It opened on January 14, 1927, two years before Edward Bok&#39;s famous Bok Tower was completed nearby. Original owners included then Governor Martin of Florida and silent screen star Thomas Meighan along with a consortium of other actors/actresses including Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson and Clara Bow as well as famous Hollywood attorney Nathan Burkan and Hollywood Producer Victor Heerman.</p><br>
<p>The interior of the building was even more ornate than the exterior. It featured shopping arcades, Italian-made ceilings and column capitals, a drinking fountain by Ernest A. Batchelder, Georgia Pink and Vermont Verde antique marble floors by Georgia Marble Company, a wrought iron balustrade, and a central mezzanine. Construction is of steel-reinforced poured concrete in post-and-beam method, without bearing walls. The building suffered only superficial damage during the hurricanes of 2004.</p><br>
<p>On August 31, 1990, the hotel was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>In 1995 it was sold at auction and closed. The interior was partially dismantled for reconstruction, which was never completed. In February 2010, a redevelopment agreement was proposed between the City of Lake Wales and a private sector developer led by Ray Brown to return the hotel to its original finishes and repurpose the building as 19,500 square foot Boutique Hotel with commercial space.</p><br>
<p>The Vinoy Hotel  is an historic Mediterranean Revival-style hotel opened in 1925 as the Vinoy Park Hotel. It is located in St. Petersburg, Florida at 501 Fifth Avenue Northeast, on the bayfront area of downtown, overlooking the Vinoy Yacht Basin. The hotel is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Vinoy Park Hotel was built in 1925 by oil tycoon Aymer Vinoy Laughner. Construction began on February 5 and took 10 months to complete, with a grand opening on December 31. It was a seasonal hotel, open from around December to March. Celebrities ranging from Babe Ruth, Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge and James Stewart are known to have stayed there.</p><br>
<p>With the onset of World War II, the hotel closed on July 3, 1942 and was taken over by the USA Army for use as a training school. The hotel reopened in December 1944. It was then sold in 1945 to Charles Alberding for $700,000. It continued to prosper for the next couple of decades but fell out of favor and into decline and disrepair by the end of the 1960s. In 1974, the Vinoy Park closed and most of its contents were sold at auction. On September 11, 1978, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The hotel sat vacant until 1990, when it was bought by the Vinoy Development Corporation, which renovated it at a cost of $93 million. The hotel reopened in 1992 as the Stouffer Vinoy Resort. Stouffer Hotels was bought by Renaissance Hotels the following year, and the hotel became the Renaissance Stouffer Vinoy Resort, and then in 1996 the Renaissance Vinoy Resort.</p><br>
<p>In 2005, the Vinoy earned AAA Four-Diamond status.</p><br>
<p>On April 18, 2012, the AIA&#39;s Florida Chapter placed it on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places.</p><br>
<p>In August 2018, the Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club was sold by RLJ Lodging Trust to SCG Hospitality, owned by Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ owner Bryan Glazer. The sale included a golf club and 74-slip marina as well as the 362-room hotel. The amount of the sale was reported to be $188.5 million. The hotel left the Renaissance brand of Marriott and joined the Autograph Collection brand as The Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, Autograph Collection in April 2023, at the conclusion of major renovations.</p><br>
<h2>Paranormal activity</h2><br>
<p>Over the years, there have been reports of ghost sightings and other supernatural events at the hotel. Some of the reports were by visiting major league baseball players and staff, who stayed at the Vinoy when in town to play the Tampa Bay Rays.</p><br>
<p>One of the reports came from a strength coordinator for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He described seeing a translucent apparition of a man near a desk in his room. Others have noted seeing a man dressed in formal attire walking the halls only to disappear without a trace.</p><br>
<p>The Belleview-Biltmore Resort and Spa was a historic resort hotel located at 25 Belleview Boulevard in the town of Belleair, Florida, United States. The 350,000 ft&sup2; hotel structure was the last remaining grand historic hotel of its period in Florida that existed as a resort, and the only Henry Plant hotel still in operation when it closed in 2009. The building was noted for its architectural features, with its green sloped roof and white wood-sided exterior, and handcrafted woodwork and Tiffany glass inside. Constructed of native Florida heart pine wood, it was the second-largest occupied wooden structure in the United States after 1938; only the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego was larger.</p><br>
<p>The Belleview-Biltmore is situated on the highest point of the Florida coastline with views of the bay and the barrier islands which border the Gulf of Mexico. The hotel was built in the summer of 1896 by railroad tycoon Henry B. Plant and opened January 15, 1897. Originally known as the Belleview Hotel, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 1979 as Belleview-Biltmore Hotel and removed in 2017 following its relocation.</p><br>
<p>When the last member of the Plant family died in 1918 the hotel was sold to John McEntee Bowman founder of the Biltmore hotel chain. He renamed the hotel the Belleview-Biltmore in 1926 during a rebranding of his hotel chain.</p><br>
<p>The hotel closed in 2009 and thereafter the property deteriorated from neglect. Despite the hotel&#39;s historic designation and efforts by preservation groups to save it, various proposals to restore the property as a resort hotel were unsuccessful and the owners began demolition in 2015 for condominiums. A portion of the 1897 structure was saved and relocated on a new foundation and restored as The Belleview Inn, a boutique inn. The Belleview Inn is a member of Historic Hotels of America.</p><br>
<p>The Belleview-Biltmore hosted dignitaries and world leaders through the years, including USA Presidents Barack Obama, George H. W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Duke of Windsor, as well as celebrities such as Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford. The Hotel was featured in a segment on the Weird Travels series on the Travel Channel television network in the USA, which was filmed in March 2004 by Authentic Entertainment.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>1897&ndash;1942</h3><br>
<p>The Belleview Hotel opened on January 15, 1897. It was constructed by Henry B. Plant as a resort destination to boost tourist travel on his railroad line serving the west coast of Florida, which he had acquired in 1893 as part of his expanding Plant System network of railroads. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which absorbed the Plant System lines in 1902, continued to operate the Pinellas Special (trains nos. 95 and 96) train from New York City to a siding on the hotel&#39;s property in the 1920s. John McEntee Bowman purchased the hotel in 1919 and absorbed it into his growing, well-known Bowman-Biltmore Hotels. He renamed the structure the Belleview Biltmore in 1926.</p><br>
<h3>World War II and the post-war years</h3><br>
<p>During World War II, the Belleview Biltmore served as lodging for servicemen who were stationed at Macdill Air Force Base in Tampa.</p><br>
<p>After World War II, the hotel was bought by Bernard F. Powell.</p><br>
<p>In the 1970s and 1980s, the aging hotel began to decline as changing travel patterns and intensified competition from newer beach-front motels caused significant losses.</p><br>
<p>In preparation for his 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue tour, musician Bob Dylan spent much of April rehearsing at the Belleview Biltmore with his troupe. Band members included Roger McGuinn of The Byrds, violinist Scarlet Rivera, and folk queen Joan Baez. Dylan would eventually play two shows on the 22nd in the hotel&#39;s Starlight Ballroom.</p><br>
<p>A Japanese company, Mido Development, purchased the hotel from Powell in 1990-1991, renaming it the Belleview-Mido Resort Hotel. Although Mido made many repairs to the structure, they were heavily criticized for diminishing the resort&#39;s historic appeal by adding a Pagoda-style new lobby and a larger, modern patio. Mido almost bankrupted the hotel in 1994, and the decision was ultimately made to sell the resort to hotelier Salim Jetha in 1997. Mido also neglected maintenance of the structure and the upper three floors were closed off and left in a varying state of disrepair.</p><br>
<h3>21st century</h3><br>
<p>In 2001, attempts were made to restore common areas and guest rooms continuing on to 2004. During the summer of 2004, the hotel suffered glancing blows from hurricanes Jeane and Francis, causing severe damage to an already deteriorated roof, setting the plans to fully restore the building into limbo. Tom Cook Construction Inc. was hired to place protective coverings over the building while plans were made to replace this critical part of the building. In late 2004, DeBartolo Development Group offered to purchase the property from Belleview Biltmore Resort, Ltd., then owned by Urdang and Associates, to demolish the hotel structure and replace it with retail shopping and condominiums. The proposal was withdrawn in January 2005, however, after public outrage over the plan, the developers citing lack of public support. However, in April 2005, published reports said that the DeBartolo group was once again planning to purchase the hotel, and had it under contract with Urdang and Associates, raising concerns among historic preservationists when it was disclosed that DeBartolo had filed a demolition permit application with the Town of Belleair (where the hotel is located) to demolish the Belleview Biltmore.</p><br>
<p>Preservationists argued that measures to protect historic structures should be adopted by Pinellas County or the Town of Belleair, citing hotels elsewhere of similar age which have been successfully restored while offering updated services and amenities, such as the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in Michigan, the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, and the Williamsburg Inn in Williamsburg, Virginia.</p><br>
<p>On March 9, 2007, the St. Petersburg Times reported that Legg Mason had entered into a purchase contract for the hotel, with the intent of preserving it. "Executives with Legg Mason Real Estate Investors would not disclose the proposed purchase price or the closing date, but said in a written statement they had a contract to buy the resort and intend to preserve the 110-year-old hotel," the Times reported. Legg Mason engaged the services of historic preservation architect Richard J. Heisenbottle, FAIA to prepare restoration and re-development plans for the project. In May 2008, the Town of Belleair approved Heisenbottle&#39;s plans to restore and expand the hotel, which included a new spa and underground garages, following purchase of the property by Legg Mason Real Estate Investors (now Latitude Management Real Estate Investors) for $30.3 million.</p><br>
<h3>Closure</h3><br>
<p>On January 29, 2009, it was announced that the resort would close at the end of May for the three-year, $100 million renovation project, reopening in 2012, the hotels managing director said. Following the hotels mid-2009 closing, however, an attorney for owner Latitude Management said that the renovation work has been stalled due to litigation by nearby residents, who object to some aspects of the re-development plans. Meanwhile, the Belleair code board voted on November 2, 2009, to begin fining the owners of the now-closed hotel $250 per day for failure to repair the hotel&#39;s "dilapidated and deteriorated" roof.</p><br>
<p>In 2010, the Legg-Mason plan was withdrawn and other investors came forward. The Ades brothers, from Miami, purchased the vacant hotel and indicated in December 2011, that they planned to demolish the hotel and replace it with condominiums. The city government, according to reports, expressed willingness to approve demolition of the hotel.</p><br>
<p>On January 9, 2012, the owner of the property sought to demolish the hotel to build as many as 180 townhomes on the site.</p><br>
<p>On December 13, 2013, it was reported that another potential investor, Belleview Biltmore Partners LLC, was negotiating the lease and purchase of the hotel and the golf club, hoping to restore the hotel. Managing Partner Richard Heisenbottle said, "We do not subscribe to the theory that the landmark Belleview Biltmore Hotel & Resort is beyond repair and can no longer be restored."</p><br>
<h3>Demolition</h3><br>
<p>In 2014, the Belleair Town Commission approved plans by the current owner, JMC Communities, for a $125 million development to tear down all but the original structures roughly 38,000-square-feet west wing, or 10 percent, after first documenting the hotels history through photographs and written catalogs. A portion would be converted into a boutique inn with salvaged pieces incorporated into the decor. The inn would then be joined by 132 new condos and townhomes, according to the plans.</p><br>
<p>On May 9, 2015, demolition began by JMC, whose principal is developer Mike Cheezem.</p><br>
<p>The Friends of the Belleview Biltmore, an organization fighting to save the historic structure, along with the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, sought an injunction to forestall further demolition. In December, 2015, the Belleair Town Attorney said that all lawsuits had been "voluntarily withdrawn" by the parties, thereby allowing the developer to proceed with continued demolition and construction of new townhomes and condominiums, preserving a portion of the 1897 structure as a small boutique hotel. The building was removed from the National Register of Historic Places in October 2017.</p><br>
<h3>Relocation and Reopening</h3><br>
<p>On December 21, 2016 the preserved segment of the original hotel was placed on hydraulic dollies, rotated 90 degrees and moved 375 feet east of its original location. After the structure was mated to its new foundation the Belleview Biltmore Hotel was taken off the National Register of Historic Places, which it had been on since 1979. The preserved portion of the Belleview is 10% the size of the fully-expanded Belleview-Biltmore, though it represents 70% of the original, 1897 Hotel Belleview.</p><br>
<p>Two years of restoration commenced and the downsized Belleview Inn opened on December 5, 2018. Limitations on commercial development in Belleair prohibit the hotel from operating in the same manner it had previously, and the Inn operates as a limited-amenity boutique hotel.</p><br>
<p>The Belleview Inn continues to operate as Henry Plant&#39;s only Gilded Age resort hotel still welcoming guests, though no longer as a grand Victorian resort.</p><br>
<p>The Carling, formerly known as the Carling Hotel and Hotel Roosevelt, is a historic building in Jacksonville, Florida, United States built in 1925. It is located at 31 West Adams Street in Downtown Jacksonville. As its former names indicates it was originally a hotel, and was used for that purpose until 1964; it currently serves as a residential building.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>The 13-story building originally contained 335 rooms and was designed by noted New York City architects Thompson, Holmes & Converse in 1925 and held in Italian Renaissance style. A newspaper story depicted it as "300 rooms with bath, running ice water, fans and the latest equipment in the rooms. The three lower stories are faced with Indiana limestone above which is a shaft of red brick. The upper stories are trimmed with terra-cotta, and surmounted by a balustrade with limestone coping. The building is of completely fireproof construction." When it opened on September 1, 1926, it was one of Jacksonville&#39;s finest hotels.</p><br>
<p>Placement of the building was unusual at the time because it was situated in the middle of a block, rather than on a corner. It was constructed and managed by Atlanta&#39;s Dinkler Hotel Company, which owned and operated nearly two dozen upscale hotels in the southeastern United States. The facility was named after Carling L. Dinkler, who claimed to be the youngest hotel executive in the USA</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The facility changed its name to the Hotel Roosevelt in 1936 and it was a downtown landmark for over a quarter century. A two-story addition was constructed in 1937 at the rear of the building which permits access from Monroe Street.</p><br>
<p>It was the site of the catastrophic Hotel Roosevelt fire in late December 1963, which claimed 22 lives and caused in excess of $350,000 in damage, forcing the hotel to close in 1964.</p><br>
<p>After being vacant for nearly 20 years, the structure was turned into apartments for retirees called Jacksonville Regency House, but that operation ended in 1989.</p><br>
<p>On February 28, 1991, the site was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places, but the building remained shuttered for almost 14 years. Little or no work was performed on the buildings major components for almost 40 years; the structures infrastructure was outdated with leaks and rot throughout.</p><br>
<h2>Current use</h2><br>
<p>Jacksonville developer Vestcor began a historic preservation of the Carling in 2003 after obtaining a $16.5 million, 1.4% interest, 20-year loan and $5 million in grants, both from the city of Jacksonville.</p><br>
<p>The company restored many architectural features which included Palladian windows, terrazzo floors, and the dual grand marble staircases leading from the lobby to what was the ballroom on the second level. Elevators, HVAC, electrical, plumbing and other infrastructure was modernized and a 237-space parking garage was constructed adjacent to the Carling. The ballroom was converted into a large community club room, a fitness center and a media room. Modern amenities were added while respecting the historic integrity of the structure. The building was renamed The Carling, and its 100 apartments were opened in July 2005 Vestor began leasing space in the Carling&#39;s 15,000 ft&sup2; commercial arcade in October 2007. Since then, a gallery known as "The Art Center Cooperative, Inc." and a barber shop opened in the complex.</p><br>
<p>In late December 2009, Vestcor requested a modification to their loan terms, citing three years of operating losses on the Carling and their other renovated building, 11 East Forsyth. The company asked for three years of interest-only payments plus low interest loans to potential tenants for the mostly empty commercial space in their buildings. Three months later, the city approved the plan for principal deferral but took no action on tenant loans.</p><br>
<p>The Old Union Depot Hotel  was a historic hotel and commercial building in Tampa, Florida, United States. The building was constructed in 1912 at 858 East Zack Street, directly across Nebraska Avenue from Tampa Union Station. On December 11, 2000, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places, however, the building was torn down on May 23, 2010.</p><br>
<p>Built as one of twelve continuous, two-story, brick storefronts around the intersection of Nebraska Avenue and East Zack Street, on the northeastern edge of downtown Tampa, the building had six sides, an unusual design made necessary by the irregular shape of the lot upon which it was built. The hotel and its neighboring businesses generally catered to train passengers arriving at Union Station, which like the hotel, first opened in 1912. Of those dozen commercial buildings, the Union Hotel structure was the last to remain standing. Its standing as a hotel, however, could not last indefinitely, and after a period of time the Union Hotel and Cafe closed. The building was boarded up and sat vacant for a period of many years, during which time it failed to attract any new occupants.</p><br>
<p>On December 11, 2000, the Old Union Depot Hotel building was recognized with a listing in the USA National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It had been hoped that the historic status and accompanying tax incentives would be catalysts towards restoration and preservation of the building, but unfortunately, this would not be the case. After a lengthy period of disuse, and nearly a decade after its NRHP designation, the building suffered a collapse of its roof and was deemed to be hazardous. The city of Tampa condemned the structure and ordered its demolition, which took place on May 23, 2010.</p><br>
<p>The Union Hotel and Cafe began its operations during the era of racial segregation, and functioned as an establishment for "whites only". Train passengers and other travelers who were black were directed about one block west from the hotel along Zack Street to the Jackson House, a rooming house which was one of the only lodging establishments in the city for blacks. The Jackson Rooming House building, incidentally, was built during the same period as the Union Depot Hotel, and is also NRHP-listed.</p><br>
<p>The WellsBuilt Hotel  is a historic hotel in Orlando, Florida, United States, that is now an African-American museum. It is located in the center of Orlando&#39;s historic Parramore district, at 511 West South Street. Dr. William Monroe Wells built the hotel, and a nearby entertainment venue, for African Americans visiting Orlando. During the segregation era, this hotel served as host to several now-famous African-American performers. On February 4, 2000, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Dr. William M. Wells was a prominent African-American physician in Orlando during the first half of the 20th century. One of Orlandos first black doctors, Dr. Wells came to Orlando in 1917. In 1921 he built a hotel for African Americans barred from Floridas segregated hotels. Soon afterward, he built South Street Casino, an entertainment venue he built to host touring black entertainers. The casino served as a community center in which no gambling took place. The hotel and casino became a central icon of the African American music community.</p><br>
<p>Many famous African American performers stayed at the hotel and performed at the Casino. A few include:</p><br>
<p>Ella Fitzgerald</p><br>
<p>Count Basie</p><br>
<p>Ray Charles</p><br>
<p>Cab Calloway</p><br>
<p>Ivory Joe Hunter</p><br>
<p>B.B. King</p><br>
<p>Louis Armstrong</p><br>
<p>Guitar Slim</p><br>
<p>Bo Diddley</p><br>
<p>Many other prominent African Americans visited, including sports legend Jackie Robinson and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.</p><br>
<p>Although the Casino is gone, the original hotel remains and has been converted into a modest museum of African American history.</p><br>
<h2>Wells&#39; Built Museum</h2><br>
<p>The hotel is now the home of the Wells Built Museum, which opened in June 2009. The 6,000 feet museum houses memorabilia of Orlandos African-American community and contains displays on the Civil Rights Movement in Orlando, along with some African art on loan from local collectors.</p><br>
<p>Exhibits include a 1930s period hotel guestroom with authentic furniture, beading and decorations, the South Street Casino, the Chitlin Circuit performance hall that was formerly located next to the hotel, artifacts from Dr. William Monroe Wells, and other elements of Orlandos African American heritage.</p><br>
<p>The museums full name is the Wells Built Museum of African American History and Culture.</p><br>
<p>The Old School House is a historic landmark located on the University of Tampa campus in Tampa, Florida, United States. Built in 1858, it is one of Tampa&#39;s oldest standing buildings, and has been relocated twice from its original site. On December 4, 1974, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its cultural and historical significance.</p><br>
<p>Since 1931, the School House has been supported by the DeSoto Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Today, the building stands as a testament to Tampa&#39;s rich history and architectural heritage, and is open for viewing by appointment and during semi-annual open house events.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Old School House, originally built on the west bank of the Hillsborough River, what is now known as Plant Park, was constructed in early 1858 by General Jesse Carter as a selective school for girls. In 1886, Henry B. Plant purchased The Old School House and transformed it into a space that served multiple functions for the Tampa Bay Hotel, including as a tool shed, workshop, and pharmacy, until the hotel&#39;s closure in 1930.</p><br>
<p>In 1931, the School House was donated to the Daughters of the American Revolution who relocated it from the west bank to its present location. On February 22, 1983, a plaque summarizing the School Houses history was unveiled on George Washingtons birthday, and the building was opened to the public.</p><br>
<p>The Caroline Brevard Grammar School  is a historic school in Tallahassee, Florida. It is located at 727 South Calhoun Street and was designed by architect, William Augustus Edwards. On December 17, 1987, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>It is currently being used by the Leon County School District to house services of community-wide interest. As of June 2016 the following offices were located in the Bloxham Building:</p><br>
<p>AmeriCorps Tallahassee</p><br>
<p>Families in Transition</p><br>
<p>Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resource System (FDLRS)</p><br>
<p>Foundation for Leon County Schools</p><br>
<p>Home Education</p><br>
<p>Records Department</p><br>
<p>School Choice & Reassignment</p><br>
<p>University Intern and Field Experience Office</p><br>
<p>Virtual School, Leon County (LCVS)</p><br>
<p>Whole Child Leon</p><br>
<p>El Jardin is a house located at 3747 Main Highway in Miami, Florida. It is listed on the USA National Register of Historic Places. El Jardin is now home to Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami, Florida. It was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places on August 30, 1974.</p><br>
<p>Built in 1918 along a ridge of oolitic limestone, El Jardin expresses the broad training of its architect, Richard Kiehnel of Kiehnel and Elliott, and the experience of its owner, John Bindley, then president of Pittsburgh Steel. Kiehnel, in a September 1928 article for Tropical Home and Garden, referred to the house as a “progenitor of the Modern Mediterranean style home.” Kiehnel relocated to Miami from Pittsburgh and became the architect for many landmark buildings, including the Coral Gables Congregational Church, Miami Senior High, and the Coral Gables Elementary School.</p><br>
<p>The First Coconut Grove Schoolhouse is a historic school located in Coconut Grove, Florida. The school originally resided at 2916 Grand Avenue in Miami. The structure was built in 1887 by Coconut Grove pioneer Charles Peacock. Peacock reportedly constructed the house using wood gathered from ships wrecked in nearby Key Biscayne.</p><br>
<p>The building originally served as a community gathering place, with Sunday School as its main purpose.</p><br>
<p>In 1889, the one-room schoolhouse became the very first public school for area children. The building&#39;s owner, Charles Peacock, was paid rent in the amount of $12.00 for the first seven-month school year. Ten children from the Frow, Pent, and Peacock pioneer families, were its first attendees.</p><br>
<p>The first meetings of the Miami-Dade County School Board can be traced back to this period, with the First Coconut Grove Schoolhouse located in School District Number Three. The first teacher hired by the Miami-Dade County School Board to instruct pioneer children of Coconut Grove, Flora McFarlane, was contracted in November 1889.</p><br>
<p>The schoolhouse also retains historical significance since the first meetings of the Woman&#39;s Club of Coconut Grove were held on site. In February 1891, Flora McFarlane and Coconut Grove pioneers Isabella Peacock, Euphemia Frow, Mary Munroe, and Louisa Newbold held began their work of organizing numerous social, civic, and educational projects.</p><br>
<p>In 1902, Charles Peacock sold the First Coconut Grove Schoolhouse for $400.00. The property remained in possession of the new owner until it was sold again in 1944. The building was then purchased by Ryder Systems, refurbished, and relocated to the Plymouth Congregational Church property in 1970. The schoolhouse remains on church property at 3429 Devon Road, Miami, Florida, 33133.</p><br>
<p>On January 21, 1975, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Ransom Everglades School "Pagoda" is a historic school building at 3575 Main Highway in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida. On July 25, 1973, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places as the Ransom School "Pagoda".</p><br>
<p>The Pagoda was built in 1902 as the principal structure for a school first known as Pine Knot Camp by the Buffalo, New York, architects Green and Wicks. It has been described as looking "about as Chinese as a hamburger". Later the name of the school was changed to the Adirondack-Florida School, then Ransom School, and finally Ransom Everglades after merging with The Everglades School for Girls in 1974.</p><br>
<p>The GM Technical Center was inaugurated in 1956 as General Motors&#39;s primary design and engineering center, located in Warren, Michigan.</p><br>
<p>In 2000 the center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and fourteen years later it was designated a National Historic Landmark, primarily for its architecture.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>At the concerted effort of General Motors&#39; Vice President of Styling, Harley Earl, the corporation selected architect Eero Saarinen as the architect for the "Tech Center," with construction beginning in 1949. The original campus was completed in 1955 and ceremonially opened by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 16, 1956. The facility cost the company approximately US$100 million at the time—over US$1 billion in 2023 dollars.</p><br>
<p>In the following decades, the number of buildings at the Tech Center increased with the massive Vehicle Engineering Center (VEC), several wind tunnels, a battery development area, and most recently a pre-production operations (PPO) building. This growth was spurred by increasing saturation of technology in its vehicles—and by General Motors&#39; continuing centralization of engineering.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The "Tech Center" is a 710-acre campus located in Warren, Michigan and includes 38 buildings designed to accommodate over 21,000 employees. The site is bounded by Van Dyke Avenue on the east, by Mound Road on the west, by Chicago Road on the north, and by 12 Mile Road on the south. The Tech Center is divided by a north-south railroad right-of-way: the western half includes research, design, and advanced engineering activities while the eastern half includes more planning, current engineering, pre-production, and service activities.</p><br>
<p>The site offers an advanced technology business atmosphere emphasizing flexibility, efficiency, innovation, quality, safety, and security. It includes 11 mi of roads and 1.1 mi of tunnels, 2 water towers as well as 2 reflecting pools one of which is at least 22 acre.</p><br>
<h3>West Area</h3><br>
<p>Research & Development (42.5152&deg; latitude, -83.0432&deg; longitude)</p><br>
<p>The Metallurgy Building</p><br>
<p>The Administration Building and exhibition hall</p><br>
<p>Design Center (42.5095&deg; latitude, -83.0419&deg; longitude)</p><br>
<p>The Pool</p><br>
<p>Sloan Engineering Buildings (North, Central, and South)</p><br>
<p>The Central Cafeteria (42.5120&deg; latitude, -83.0389&deg; longitude)</p><br>
<p>Manufacturing Centers</p><br>
<p>Manufacturing A Building</p><br>
<p>Manufacturing B Building</p><br>
<p>Wind Tunnels</p><br>
<p>Aero Lab</p><br>
<p>Climatic Wind Tunnel</p><br>
<h3>East Area</h3><br>
<p>Cadillac Headquarters</p><br>
<p>CCO Building (formerly Chevrolet Headquarters)</p><br>
<p>Cole Engineering Center (formerly VEC-Vehicle Engineering Center)</p><br>
<p>Estes Engineering Center (formerly AEC-Advanced Engineering Center, which was previously Powertrain Engineering)</p><br>
<p>Pre-production Operations (PPO)</p><br>
<p>Training Center</p><br>
<p>Service Engineering Center</p><br>
<p>After-sales Engineering</p><br>
<h2>Design significance</h2><br>
<p>The Tech Center was the first major independent project of Eero Saarinen after leaving his father&#39;s firm, and proved to be foundational to his later success.</p><br>
<p>Saarinen collaborated with design consultants and artists, including Alexander Girard and Cranbrook designers Harry Bertoia, Maija Grotell, and Florence Knoll. The design integrates not only Saarinen&#39;s architecture, but also planning; civil design; landscape architecture (by Thomas Church); interior design and fine arts. Artworks include works by Harry Bertoia, Alexander Calder (the fountain at the north end of the main reflecting pond), Antoine Pevsner (sculpture, The Flight of the Bird, aka Bird in Flight, at the south end of the same reflecting pond, outside the Styling Administration Building) as well as paintings by Charles Sheeler and Jimmy Ernst.</p><br>
<p>The architectural style and collaborative methods of development Saarinen practiced were used successfully in other large-scale corporate campus projects for clients including Bell Labs, IBM, and the John Deere World Headquarters. His design for the Tech Center received architectural acknowledgements beginning in 1956, when it was described as "one of the great 20th Century compositions born out of the sense of civic responsibility of a great corporation" by Max Abramovitz, and it was described as an "Industrial Versailles" by Architectural Forum. Its architectural importance was cited as the primary reason for the center&#39;s 2014 National Historic Landmark designation. The American Institute of Architects honored it in 1986 as the most outstanding architectural project of its era.</p><br>
<p>The Bay Haven School is a historic school in Sarasota, Florida, United States. It is located at 2901 West Tamiami Circle.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Bay Haven School would open in 1926 with M. Leo Elliott being the architect and was built for $77,000 being designed in a Mediterranean Revival style. The school was built at the advice of city planner John Nolen who recommended that two schools be built in the outlying residential areas of the city located in the north and south. It would be racially integrated in 1962 being the first elementary school in the county to do so along with the first to have a Kindergarten in it starting in 1964.</p><br>
<p>On April 23, 1984, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Hilton Leech House and Amagansett Art School is a historic school in Sarasota, Florida. Named for artist Hilton Leech , it is located at 1666 Hillview Street. On June 22, 1995, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Leech taught painting at the Ringling School of Art from 1931 until 1936 and again from 1939 until 1945. After World War II he opened his own school the Amagansett Art School at 1666 Hillview Street in Sarasota. Leech painted watercolor murals at the Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and United States Courthouse, a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The mural is titled Allegory of Chattanooga (1937). He also painted Removal of the County Seat from Daphne to Bay Minette (1939) at the USA Post Office in Bay Minette, Alabama from a commission by the Treasury Department&#39;s Section of Painting and Sculpture.</p><br>
<h2>Other works</h2><br>
<p>Montauk Harbor (circa 1940)</p><br>
<p>Historic Turkey Creek High School is a historic school in Plant City, Florida, United States. Originally built in 1927, the building is now used by the Turkey Creek Middle School.</p><br>
<p>It began as a log cabin in 1873 on Turkey Creek Road near Trapnell Road. In 1903, the school moved to a new two-story building on the southwest corner of Highway 60 and Turkey Creek Road, and was consolidated with Pleasant Grove School and Bledsoe School. The first class of the new school graduated in 1908, with three students receiving their diplomas. In 1972, the high school ceased operation, while the junior high continued until its conversion to a middle school in 1995. The school is now located at 5005 Turkey Creek Road South, just north of Highway 60.</p><br>
<p>On March 2, 2001, it was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Agriculture</h2><br>
<p>The history of Turkey Creek and Plant City is inextricably linked to strawberry farming. Many schools in Florida, especially those in eastern Hillsborough County, were known as "strawberry schools" because they operated on a schedule dictated by the winter strawberry growing season. Historically, these schools closed for three months during the strawberry picking season in the winter months, rather than in the summer like most US schools. While this practice ended in 1956 after a series of heated rhetorical attacks by Jock Murray of the Tampa Tribune, Turkey Creek Middle School still closes for the Plant City Strawberry Festival in late winter.</p><br>
<p>The school has a large FFA program and raises almost $20,000 per year from sales of student-grown agricultural products.</p><br>
<p>The Paul Laurence Dunbar School  is a historic school in Fort Myers, Florida. It is located at 1857 High Street. On February 24, 1992, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>It opened in 1927 succeeding Williams Academy and served the African American community in the Dunbar neighborhood. James Robert Dixon was its first principal. In 1963 Dunbar High School was built a mile away.</p><br>
<p>Sanibel Colored School, also known as Sanibel School, is a USA National Registered Historic school located in Sanibel, Florida. Starting all the way from 1914, schooling in Sanibel started from a Baptist church that James Johnson built on Sanibel Island. Thirteen years later, Johnson gave black families the opportunity to use the church for schooling for the children which later resulted in the Lee County Board of Public Instruction buying it for a little over $1,000. Schooling with them was a little bit different from regular schooling, because they only needed seven children in order to operate school with grades 1-8. With the population in Sanibel being 90 people, it was a little hard to keep up with the school because children were 9th-12th graders. A little after, it got to the point where the school had to close their doors. In the year of 1962, the Lee County School Board put the schools up for sale.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Sanibel Island</h3><br>
<p>Sanibel Island is a small island, only about 12 miles long and 3 miles wide. It is the neighbor of Captiva Island. They are both located on the west coast of Florida. The Calusa Indians were the first to inhabit the island before the Spaniards took over the island to find valuables, such as gold. The Indians died off because of the Spanish bringing disease over to the island. The island was completely isolated, which meant no electricity or running water. The island became a great place to farm until hurricanes would flood most of the island and ruin the fields. Blacks and whites left the island or went to Captiva or the mainland to find more work. Most whites resorted back to Florida, therefore, African Americans started building their own communities and the Sanibel Colored School. Once the school closed during World War II (1940-1946), black children barely went to school until the integrated Sanibel Elementary was opened in 1963.</p><br>
<p>During the 2000s, there was a decline in the African American population on Sanibel and Captiva islands due to the rising cost of living. The founding black families were the only African Americans left on the island.</p><br>
<h3>Gavin-Walker Family</h3><br>
<p>The first black family to arrive on Sanibel about 100 years ago and closely followed by the second family. In 1917, Isaiah and Hannah Gavin moved to Sanibel from Wakulla County which was near Tallahassee. A few years later, Harry Walker, SR. and his wife, Pearl Alice Walker, moved to the island from Georgia. Both families would later combine into the Gavin-Walker family and culminated twenty children, fifteen of which are still alive today. It would be years before these initial settlers would have their very own space for education. The black families were in search of a building to use for schooling in Sanibel given that no other school was available to them in their town. James Johnson, who constructed the Baptist Church in Sanibel, opened the doors for black families to use as a school in as early as 1924 although was not formally introduced to families until 1927. The families no longer had to travel to Dunbar in order to receive schooling for their children.</p><br>
<p>Velma and Eugene Gavin held a family reunion that most of the siblings attended. Eugenes parents, Edmund and Elnora, were pioneers in Southwest Florida, first on Captiva, then in the 1930s, Sanibel. Eugene is the fifth child of Edmund and Elnora. Eugenes father was described as being tough on discipline but a loving man, being honored as grand marshal in the citys 10-year anniversary parade. The family was very self-reliant and used many farming methods including raising livestock, fruits and vegetables, palms and pine to cook and to build. For their income, the Gavin family would sell beach shells. The Gavins are now recognized as Sanibel royalty.</p><br>
<h3>Layout of School</h3><br>
<p>It was quite simple. It was a single roomed school house, with many rows of desks inside. The desk were wooden and had some metal to support the children that sat in them. There was wooden floors, and the teacher as well had a wooden desk and a wooden chair to sit in. There was a black chalkboard behind the teacher&#39;s desk, and on top of the desk was a globe and other essentials that the teacher may have needed. An American flag was alongside of the chalkboard as well.</p><br>
<p>The Sanibel School House, a one-room classroom, which eventually would expand to two rooms. It featured a wood stove and oven that was used to feed the children and keep warm in the winter, and the rows of students were organized by grade level. Whichever desk was closest to the fireplace oversaw keeping the fire lit and warm for the cold days. It would be used as a church in the years 1910-1919 on Sundays. Though the school was segregated, petitions between white and black families to end segregation in schools, the first school in Lee County. Grades 1-4 learned in the original room and grades 5-8 spent their time in the expanded room. Teachers weren&#39;t paid well at the time, one of the first teachers, Nancy McCann was paid $2.50 per child per semester. In 1964 the schoolhouse was vacated, by 1965 it was turned into a theater.</p><br>
<h3>Sanibel School and Integration</h3><br>
<p>In 1963, the new school of Sanibel was built, but it was still segregated so students had to travel to Dunbar. Before they decided to segregate, teachers went around asking the white parents would they be ok with letting the kids ride the bus with them. The parents said yes, and one year later in 1964, the kids were riding to school together. “The Sanibel School became the first in Lee County and one of the first in Florida or the South to integrate — one year ahead of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and five years before Lee County was forced to integrate all its schools by a 1969 court order”.</p><br>
<p>Edison Park Creative and Expressive Arts Elementary School is an elementary school in Fort Myers, Florida. The school has drama, music education and dance programs. It is part of the Lee County School District. The historic building, formerly Edison Park School, is located at 2401 Euclid Avenue and was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places on May 5, 1999.</p><br>
<p>This property is part of the Lee County Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.</p><br>
<p>The Fort Myers Beach School  is a historic school in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. It is located at 2751 Oak Street. On July 8, 1999, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>This property is part of the Lee County Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.</p><br>
<p>On September 28, 2022 the school was largely destroyed by Hurricane Ian, though the district had expressed interest in trying to save at least part of the structure. In 2023, more recently constructed buildings that were not considered historic and were heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian were demolished and the original historic structure is being renovated. It has been rebuilt and opened on December 6th 2023.</p><br>
<p>The J. Colin English School  is a historic school in North Fort Myers, Florida, United States. It is located at 120 Pine Island Road. On July 8, 1999, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>This property is part of the Lee County Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register. The school is named for Florida school superintendent J. Colin English.</p><br>
<p>Coral Gables Preparatory Academy, formerly Coral Gables Elementary School, is a public K-8 school in Coral Gables, Florida. A part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, it has its elementary school classes in the Lower Academy, in the former Coral Gables Elementary building, while the middle school classes are in the Upper Academy at the Merrick Educational Center. The school was given its current name in 2010.</p><br>
<p>The lower academy facility is a historic school building designed by the architect Richard Kiehnel of Kiehnel and Elliott. It is located at 105 Minorca Avenue. On June 30, 1988, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>20th century</h3><br>
<p>Coral Gables Elementary School opened as Coral Gables Grammar School in October 1923, with 39 pupils and one teacher, Mary Feaster Jackson. The school was financed and built by George Merrick, founder of Coral Gables, with the understanding that the Dade County School Board would repay him $10,000 for the land and $25,000 for the school building.</p><br>
<p>Because Merrick believed that "beautiful things inspire higher ideals in the minds of children," he commissioned the nationally known architectural firm of Kiehnel & Elliott to build a school of Spanish colonial architecture. In recognition of the school&#39;s major role in the architectural and cultural history of Coral Gables, it was made a "City of Coral Gables Landmark" in 1982, and placed then on the National Register of Historic Places. Between 1936 and 1948, Coral Gables Grammar School included grades 7 and 8.</p><br>
<p>In 1923, Coral Gables founder George Merrick, assigned to Mary Feaster Jackson the task of gathering 39 children required to start the elementary school. Upon completion of the third phase in 1926 the school had grown to 1,000 students.</p><br>
<p>Abigail Gilday served as its first principal until 1945. She began her teaching career at the Old Central School in 1920. She became the principal of Coral Gables Elementary in 1927, following the short tenures of J.A. O&#39;Steen, 1923–1924, and W. A. Carter, 1924–1927. In 1934, Coral Gables Elementary School became the first school in the country to sponsor a Cub Scouts Troop, and later that year launched the Boy Patrol Program. During the school year of 1938–1939, the "Youth in a Modern Community" program designed by the PTA, gave students an opportunity to take part in fundraising events and community planning activities. Abigail Gilday served eighteen years as principal of the newly established school.</p><br>
<p>In 1945, Bertha Webb became the second principal of the school and remained as principal for 16 years to 1961. During this time the students, educators, and parents at Coral Gables Elementary initiated a war bond drive. More than $300,000 worth of war bonds and stamps were sold and purchased by the school children. In return, the children were awarded a prize by the USA Department of the Treasury for being first in the nation for the collection of bonds and stamps.</p><br>
<p>Jack Jaimeison became the third principal of the school from 1961 to 1971. During his decade-long tenure, Jaimeison led the way through some of the most controversial and transformative years in the school&#39;s history. Under his leadership the school launched the first Science Fair and focused heavily on technology, science and community projects but it was the integration process that began in 1970 that defined his role and legacy in the school. In South Florida desegregation began as early as 1960; it reached Coral Gables Elementary school in 1971. The effort to desegregate Coral Gables Elementary school began in 1970, when Federal Judge C. Clyde Atkins, a Coral Gables resident issued a ruling that called for the immediate integration of all school in Miami-Dade County. The following year, "all white schools" were paired with "all black schools" included in the pairing was Coral Gables Elementary and Carver Elementary. Under the plan, the first and second grades would be held at Carver and the third through sixth at Coral Gables Elementary. At first, the pairing was a controversial and divisive issue for the parents of both schools. Jaimeison responded by organizing PTA meetings for parents to voice their support or opposition to the program. As a result, the pairing program was adjusted to accommodate recommendations and through a series of efforts by parents and community leaders the partnership succeeded and the schools began the pairing program in the fall of 1971. Mr. Jaimeison retired the same year the plan went into effect.</p><br>
<p>George E. Bowker became the fourth principal of Coral Gables Elementary in 1971 and remained as principal until his retirement in 1991. He was born in Jersey City, N.J. and in 1945 at the age of 17 joined the USA Navy and served in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, Mr. Bowker returned to New York where he pursued a degree in education at NYU. Bowker joined the school as principal in 1971 and remained as principal until his retirement in 1991. In 1982, the school was named a Historic Landmark in Coral Gables with the Coral Gables Preservation Board. On June 30, 1988, the school was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. In 1983, the school celebrated its 60th anniversary and dedicated the Eunice Peacock Merrick Garden designed by Charles, A. Alden. During his tenure Mr. Bowker presided over the integration process where students went to Carver Elementary for First and Second grade and returned to Coral Gables for the remainder of their elementary years. In 1989, the school was awarded the Golden School Award for Volunteerism, an honor which it still holds today.</p><br>
<p>In 1991, Dr. Melanie Revman Fox became the fifth principal of Coral Gables Elementary and served as principal from 1991 to 2003. In 1992, with the devastation of Hurricane Andrew, the school became the home for many misplaced Homestead families and children. The school continued to be paired with Carver Elementary for desegregation and in 1994, with the addition of F.S. 1002.31 Controlled Choice Options the school district changed the desegregation model into one of "controlled choice." Coral Gables Elementary was paired with Carver Elementary and Sunset Elementary to offer the "Controlled Choice" option to parents. This open enrollment concept paired 3 schools throughout the district. A student needed to live within the area of any of the three schools where parents could opt to have their child attend through a lottery system. Controlled open enrollment-parental choice options meant a public education delivery system that allowed the school district to make student school assignments using parents’ indicated preferential school choice, adhere to federal desegregation requirements, provide a lottery procedure to determine student assignment, establish an appeals process for hardship cases, maintain socio-economic, demographic, and racial balance.</p><br>
<p>In 1993, the school was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence and in 1999 the school was rated an A school.</p><br>
<h3>21st century</h3><br>
<p>In 2003, Graciela Cheli Cerra became the sixth principal and first Hispanic principal of the school, to her retirement in 2018. During her tenure, the school received several awards of excellence, including the Platinum Award for the A designation, the Sterling Challenge Award, The Five Star School Award, and several Awards of Excellence. In the summer of 2010, Coral Gables Elementary expanded its program to include grades K-8. Under the leadership of Cerra, the school took over the grounds of another school four blocks away, completely retrofitting and expanding the building to accommodate the new grade designation. The name change was met with challenges and several community meetings took place to accommodate recommendations from parents and community leaders. Officially on January 12, 2011, at the school board meeting, Coral Gables Elementary became Coral Gables Preparatory Academy with agenda item C-72 unanimously passing.</p><br>
<p>The school celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2013, and in partnership with the Coral Gables Museum, an exhibit on Inspiring High Ideals: Celebrating Ninety Years of History at Coral Gables Elementary School, 1923-2013 was on display from October 25, 2013 – February 2, 2014.</p><br>
<p>In 2016, the school at 105 Minorca became the Lower Academy housing grades Pre-K through 4th and the school at 39 Zamora Avenue became the Upper Academy housing grades 5th through 8th. As of 2017, Coral Gables Elementary continued to be the last school within the district to still adhere to Controlled Choice. Due to the continued demands of parents to make the school a neighborhood school, the school board disbanded School Choice for the 2016–2017 school year.</p><br>
<p>Coral Gables Preparatory Academy is now a neighborhood school and continues to be an A school. Because of her dedication to the school and the community Principal Cerra was awarded several Proclamations from the School Board and the City of Coral Gables.</p><br>
<p>The school has received the following awards:</p><br>
<p>Five Star School Award, 2007–2008 school year</p><br>
<p>Proclamation from Miami Dade County Public Schools for being in the top 4% of all of the elementary schools in the state of Florida</p><br>
<p>Platinum Award 2003, present for the "A" designation</p><br>
<p>Florida Sterling Council – Sterling Challenge, June 2005</p><br>
<p>Golden School Award for Volunteerism, 1989–present</p><br>
<p>The Schoolhouse Children&#39;s Museum & Learning Center is located in a historic school building, the Boynton School , at 129 East Ocean Avenue in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida.</p><br>
<h2>The school</h2><br>
<p>The school was built in 1913, replacing a one-room school on the same site. Designer was West Palm Beach architect William Maughlin. It has two floors and six classrooms, and housed 12 grades. It was Boynton Beach&#39;s only school for 14 years. This was a "whites only" school until the integration of Florida schools in the 1960s.</p><br>
<p>In 1927 a high school was built next door, and this building became an elementary school. Electricity and indoor plumbing were installed at that time.</p><br>
<p>In 1990 the Boynton Elementary School closed, though the building continued to be used for community programs. On March 7, 1994, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>In the 1990s the former school was the cornerstone of a revival of downtown Boynton Beach. In 1998-99 the building underwent a $14 million restoration funded by the City of Boynton Beach and the Florida Division of Historical Resources of the Florida Department of State.</p><br>
<p>A historical marker was erected in 2008.</p><br>
<h2>The museum</h2><br>
<p>Since 2001 the former school is the home of the Schoolhouse Children&#39;s Museum & Learning Center.</p><br>
<p>"Its mission is to encourage families to learn the history of Boynton Beach and Palm Beach County through interactive exhibitions and programs." It features hands-on, interactive exhibits about history, maritime history, marine life, local and regional history, and period home, general store, and school life displays. "Our exhibits provide an interactive glimpse of life for early Florida Pioneers – before the days of computers, cell phones, televisions or even cars."</p><br>
<p>The Chiles Academy is a public charter school located in</p><br>
<p>Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. It is part of the Volusia County Schools district.</p><br>
<p>The school was originally built in 1926 as the Cypress Street Elementary School. Initially, the school consisted of a two-story block and stucco building with two brick wings. The school&#39;s name was changed in 1954 to Bonner Elementary School to honor its first and longest-serving principal, Evelyn Bonner, who headed the school from 1927 to 1959. Before her tenure at Cypress Street Elementary, Ms. Bonner taught at Campbell Elementary for 16 years. Following her retirement, Ms. Bonner continued to visit the school almost daily until her death in 1977 at the age of 85. Bonner Elementary School was one of several Volusia County schools closed in 2008. The building currently houses Chiles Academy, a charter high school for teen parents and their children.</p><br>
<p>On December 2, 1996, the school was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. The property is part of the Daytona Beach Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.</p><br>
<p>The Barberville Central High School  is a historic school in Barberville, Florida, United States. It is located at 1776 Lightfoot Lane. On February 3, 1993, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Pioneer Settlement for Creative Arts</h2><br>
<p>Barberville Pioneer Settlement</p><br>
<p>The Pioneer Settlement for Creative Arts is an open air village is located on the grounds of the Barberville Central High School. Since 1982 the museum has moved many historic structures to the grounds including:</p><br>
<p>Pierson Railroad Depot (c. 1885)</p><br>
<p>Astor Bridgekeeper&#39;s House (c. 1926)</p><br>
<p>Turpentine Comm./Store (c. early 1900s)</p><br>
<p>Turpentine Still (c. 1924)</p><br>
<p>Pottery Shed (c. 1920s)</p><br>
<p>Lewis Log Cabin (c. 1875)</p><br>
<p>Midway United Methodist Church (c. 1890)</p><br>
<p>Huntington Post Office (c. 1885)</p><br>
<p>Quarters House (c. 1920s)</p><br>
<p>Pastime touring boat (c. 1910)</p><br>
<p>The Joseph Underhill House (c.1879) The oldest known brick residence in Volusia County. Currently undergoing stabilization/restoration.</p><br>
<p>Other structures have been built on site to demonstrate historical trades including a print shop, wheelwright shop and carriage house, a woodwright shop, and a blacksmith shop.</p><br>
<p>The Old Central Grammar School  is a historic school in Haines City, Florida. Built in 1925, it was designed by architect Edward Columbus Hosford in the Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Revival style.</p><br>
<p>On March 17, 1994, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. After being used for several years as a community theatre, the building is now part of Daniel Jenkins Academy of Technology, a middle school in the Polk County Public Schools district.</p><br>
<p>The Silver Palm Schoolhouse is an historic school in the Silver Palm Historic District within the unincorporated community of Redland, Florida, United States. It is located at Silver Palm Drive and Newton Road. On July 2, 1987, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Built in 1904 by local residents, the two-story structure was the first and largest of seven rural schools that were built in the Redlands. The first floor was used for school while the second floor for church and public gatherings.</p><br>
<p>Before the school board would allocate a teacher, the area&#39;s residents needed ten students. With only nine school-age children in the vicinity, they scoured until finding a tenth. Eventually, the school was erected and class began. The first teacher was a man named Henry Proctor.</p><br>
<p>It operated as a school until 1916, when it and the other six rural schools were consolidated into the Redland Farm Life School.</p><br>
<p>The Neva King Cooper Educational Center is a historic school in Homestead, Florida. It is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. The school serves students with mental disabilities.</p><br>
<p>The school was built in 1914 as the Homestead Public School and designed by August Geiger. In 1934 it was renamed the Neva King Cooper School. On December 4, 1985, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. The property is part of the Homestead Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.</p><br>
<p>The Osprey School is a historic school built in 1926 in Osprey, Florida. Described as being in a masonry vernacular architectural style, the school is located at 337 North Tamiami Trail. The entrance is flanked by two wings of classrooms. On July 15, 1994, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. The building was designed by noted Tampa architect M. Leo Elliott. It is now part of the Historic Spanish Point museum complex.</p><br>
<p>The Osprey School served the Osprey and Vamo communities from 1927 through June 1976. The land where the school resides is part of the 145-acre homestead of John and Eliza Webb, who settled in Spanish Point in 1867. When it became apparent that the community needed a new school, the land was sold to the school board for $10 on December 28, 1926, by Mabel Webb Johnson and her husband, Ernest. The school was designed by Tampa architect M. Leo Elliot. His plan for the Spanish Colonial Revival-style building recognized the importance of cross-ventilation in a hot and humid climate. The layout, with all the classrooms in a line, took advantage of cross breezes for cooling and an exterior hallway shaded classrooms from the afternoon sun. The one-story, six-classroom school initially served grades one through nine and was constructed by Becchetti and Romersa for $19,000.</p><br>
<p>The school opened in 1927 but, like most Sarasota County schools, had to close for several months in 1933 because of a lack of revenue. During difficult economic times, parental and teacher involvement sustained Osprey School. After World War II, when the county experience renewed economic growth, the school was rewired in 1959 to allow for air conditioning and heating units. Osprey School survived without further improvement until June 1976, when it closed. Students in the area transferred to schools north or south of the community.</p><br>
<p>In 1994, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was used as the School Board’s Teacher Education until 1989. The building remained empty until 1995 when it became the visitor center for Historic Spanish Point, and the Sarasota County library system turned a part of the schoolhouse into the Osprey Public Library in 2011.</p><br>
<p>The John C. Williams House  is a historic home in St. Petersburg, Florida. Originally located at 444 5th Avenue South, it was subsequently purchased by the University of South Florida and moved to 511 Second Street South, on the Bayboro campus. On April 24, 1975, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>This house was built in 1891 and is Queen Ann architecture. Today it serves as the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Developmental Offices.</p><br>
<p>The B. K. Bullard House is a historic house located at 644 South Lakeshore Boulevard in Lake Wales, Florida.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The B.K. Bullard House is a two-story brick residential building located on a large, sloping lot overlooking Lake Wales. The lot is landscaped with palm sand shrubbery throughout. The building has a low-pitched hipped roof with boxed eaves and a central hipped dormer. The roof is covered with ceramic tile.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 1990.</p><br>
<p>The Casa De Josefina  is a historic home near Lake Wales, Florida. It is located two miles southeast of Lake Wales off USA 27. On June 10, 1975, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Architectural description</h2><br>
<p>The house is built of stucco-covered coquina in an eclectic Florida Boom style, a blend of Spanish, Italian, and Gothic, and is E-shaped with a corner tower. A porch at the rear connects the rooms in the three wings. The grounds comprise 18 acres. Irwin Arthur Yarnell, a banker from Minneapolis who helped develop Florida communities including Highland Park, built it for $1.5 million in 1923 and named it for his wife, Josephine; above the front door is a stained-glass window with her name in the grillwork, and there is a sculpture of her profile on a parapet. There were originally gardens including 2,000 species of palms. The house was built by European craftsmen and furnished with antiques bought abroad, and the couple hosted lavish parties there until the Florida bust of 1926 and the stock market crash of 1929 ruined them.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Irwin Yarnell died in 1936; Josephine Yarnell continued to live in the house until her death in 1967. She sold antiques, jewelry, and much of the land. Part of the house served at one point as the Ponce de Leon Hall for Convalescents, and it has also been a boarding house and housed a community center. It was open to the public for tours led by the Yarnell grandchildren in the 1960s. From 1981 it was owned by the Louwsma family, who modified it; it has sometimes been mistaken for a hotel. Contrary to local legends, Josephine Yarnell&#39;s family attests that Josephine never believed the house was haunted, but she never refuted such claims because such nonsense kept out trespassers. The family was amused when people later believed Josephine haunted the house, and one claim was her ghost was seen dusting the house, an idea her family thought creative but completely out of character for Josephine. Jean Louwsma said in the 1980s that she thought it was haunted by Josephine herself.</p><br>
<p>The C. L. Johnson House is a historic house located at 315 East Sessoms Avenue in Lake Wales, Florida. It is locally significant as the former home of one of the four founders of the city, and also as a fine example of a Colonial Revival style house which has experienced minimal alterations.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>It is a two-story Colonial Revival house with a hipped roof. It has a continuous brick foundation that is 5–6 feet above grade, and features a distinctive cross shape design motif; heart pine, simple drop, horizontal board siding; and a deck hipped roof covered with asbestos tile.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 21, 1989.</p><br>
<p>Colters Hell is an area of fumaroles and hot springs on the Shoshone River near Cody in the USA state of Wyoming. The thermal area covers about 1 square miles at the mouth of the Shoshones canyon. Its thermal activity has declined since its description by mountain man John Colter, who parted from the Lewis and Clark Expedition prior to its conclusion, and passed through the region in the winter of 1807–1808. Colter&#39;s account of the features on what was then called the Stinkingwater River has subsequently been confused with the much more extensive and powerful geysers in Yellowstone National Park, which Colter may not have actually visited.</p><br>
<p>Other early descriptions of Colters Hell date back to the trapper Joseph Meek in the year of 1830, as well as to Plenty Coups (Alaxchíia Ahú), a principal chief of the Crow people, who camped with his tribe at the thermal area in 1840. Meek had seen geyser basin in Yellowstone and described Colters Hell in similar terms, implying that there were active geysers at his visit. Today, the area consists of hot springs and steam vents.</p><br>
<p>The notion that Colters Hell referred to one of the geyser basins of Yellowstone first appeared in Hiram M. Chittendens 1895 book Yellowstone National Park. However, Chittenden went on to describe a "tar spring" on the Stinkingwater as well under the same name. Chittendens speculation contradicts the earliest published description of the site, in Washington Irvings account of Captain Benjamin L.E. Bonnevilles journals, of Bonnevilles scouts visit to the location in 1833, the same year that another of Bonnevilles survey parties discovered the geyser basins of Yellowstone along the Firehole River.</p><br>
<p>Colter&#39;s Hell is just to the north of US 14-16-20 on the west side of Cody. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>Barratt&#39;s Chapel is a chapel located to the north of Frederica in Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1780 on land donated by Philip Barratt, owner of Barratt Hall, and a prominent local landowner and political figure. Barratt, who had recently become a Methodist, wanted to build a center for the growing Methodist movement in Delaware.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Barratt&#39;s Chapel is the oldest surviving church building in the United States built by and for Methodists, but it earns its title as the "Cradle of Methodism" because of what happened there in 1784.</p><br>
<p>Methodism began in England as a movement within the Church of England led by John and Charles Wesley. As members of the Methodist Societies emigrated to the American colonies, Methodism took root in the New World.</p><br>
<p>Between 1768 and 1774, John Wesley sent Francis Asbury and seven other Methodist lay preachers to the colonies to minister to the growing societies. When the American Revolutionary War broke out, only Asbury and James Dempster chose to remain in America. Dempster withdrew to a farm in the Mohawk Valley of upstate New York, where he remained for the rest of his life, preaching occasionally in the surrounding area. Asbury became the effective leader of American Methodists.</p><br>
<p>In 1784, with peace returned, John Wesley sent his friend Thomas Coke to America with instructions to find Asbury and to discuss with him the future of American Methodism. Coke came to Barratts Chapel on Sunday, November 14, 1784, expecting to find Asbury. As Wesleys personal emissary, Coke was invited to preach. During the sermon Asbury arrived. Coke came down from the pulpit and embraced him. A star in the floor of the Chapel commemorates this historic meeting. During this service the sacraments of baptism and Holy Communion were administered for the first time by ordained Methodist clergy.</p><br>
<p>Following the service, Coke and Asbury adjourned to the home of Philip Barratt&#39;s widow, across the field from the Chapel. That evening they formulated plans to call all the Methodist preachers together for a meeting in Baltimore on Christmas Day. At this Christmas Conference of 1784, the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized.</p><br>
<p>The Chapel as it appears from the outside today looks very much the way it did when Coke and Asbury met there. The interior of the Chapel has undergone several renovations. The present appearance dates from 1842.</p><br>
<p>Barratt&#39;s Chapel is an officially designated Heritage Landmark of the United Methodist Church. Today it is owned and maintained by the Commission on Archives and History of the Peninsula-Delaware Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Several thousand people visit the Chapel each year. The Commission sponsors two major services each year at the Chapel: the Anniversary Service on the second Sunday of November, commemorating the meeting of Coke and Asbury, and a Christmas Carol Service on a Sunday in December. The Chapel is also used for many weddings, baptisms, funerals, and other special services.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>Barratt&#39;s Chapel Museum</h2><br>
<p>The Barratts Chapel Museum features original furniture, religious books and artifacts about the history of Methodism on the Delmarva Peninsula. There is also a video about the history of Barratts. Guests can tour the original chapel and a reconstructed 18th century vestry. The chapel and museum are open on Saturdays and Sundays.</p><br>
<p>Barratts Chapel, Frederica, Delaware in winter.jpgBarratts Chapel in winter</p><br>
<p>Nineteenth Century Methodist Hymnal in Barratt&#39;s Chapel Museum, Frederica, Delaware.jpgNineteenth Century Methodist Hymnal</p><br>
<p>Nineteenth Saddlebags in Barratt&#39;s Chapel Museum, Frederica, Delaware.jpgNineteenth Century Saddlebags</p><br>
<p>Sunday School Organ in Barratt&#39;s Chapel Museum, Frederica, Delaware.jpgSunday School Organ</p><br>
<p>The Hillview, also known as Hillview Apartments, Historic Hillview Hollywood, The Hudson Apartments, and The Harlan Residences, is a historic building located at 6533 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California, on the corner of Hollywood Blvd and Hudson Ave. Considered Hollywoods first artists high-rise, it was a hotspot during the silent era.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Hillview was founded in 1917 by movie moguls Jesse L. Lasky, co-founder of Paramount Pictures, and his brother-in-law Samuel Goldwyn, co-founder of MGM. Designed by the Tifal brothers in the Mediterranean Revival style, the building was Hollywood&#39;s first apartment complex built specifically to accommodate actors and from 1917 to 1922 was the tallest building in Hollywood. Amenities included a parlor lobby, writing room, ladies waiting room, garbage incinerators, and automatic elevators.</p><br>
<p>During Hollywoods silent era, The Hillview became a local hotspot, with residents that included Viola Dana, Mae Busch, Oliver Hardy, Evelyn Brent, and more. Charlie Chaplin was once the buildings proprietor, and the basement was used as rehearsal space until Rudolph Valentino reputedly converted it to a speakeasy.</p><br>
<p>In 1984, the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Hillview Apartments listed as a contributing property in the district."</p><br>
<p>Tenants resided in The Hillview until 1994, when the building suffered structural damage, first from the Northridge Earthquake and later during construction of the B Line. A building fire caused further damage in 2002, at which point the building was saved from destruction and refurbished. Further renovations were performed in 2006, after which tenants filled the building once again.</p><br>
<p>In October 2009, The Hillviews owner filed for bankruptcy, forcing the building into foreclosure, after which the new owner changed the buildings name to The Hudson Apartments. In July 2010, real estate investment group CIM purchased the building for $13 million.</p><br>
<p>In October 2021, True Urban USA and JCI Development bought The Hillview from Adolfo Suaya for $19.2 million. They then restored the building and renamed it The Harlan Residences.</p><br>
<h2>Filming Location</h2><br>
<p>The Hillview was featured in the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend episode I&#39;m Making up for Lost Time (season 4 episode 4).</p><br>
<p>The Dr. C. B. Wilson House  is a historic home in Sarasota, Florida. On March 22, 1984, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. It originally was located at 235 South Orange Avenue. In 2004, the house was planned to be demolished for the construction of a bank on the site. Funds were raised, and the house was moved to 4012 Honore Avenue inside of Urfer Family Park. Today, the house is open for self-guided tours to the public.</p><br>
<p>The Dr. P. Phillips House  is a historic home in Orlando, Florida. It is located at 135 Lucerne Circle, Northeast. The home was built in 1893, at the behest of Colonel Peleg Peckham . He actually presented it as a wedding present for his daughter. This house was purchased by Dr. Philip Phillips in 1912, a prominent figure in the citrus agricultural industry in Central Florida, where he resided until his death in 1959.</p><br>
<p>On July 10, 1979, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. This historic home is currently utilized as an elegant banquet hall. It is exemplary of the city&#39;s Shingle architectural style.</p><br>
<p>The J. J. Bridges House is a historic house located at 704 South Kuhl Avenue in Orlando, Florida. It is locally significant as the first of the highly academic Colonial Revival style homes built in the city.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The house was designed by John H. & Wilson C. Ely, and built in 1916. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Brokaw-McDougall House is a historic mansion in Tallahassee, Florida. Built in 1856, it is located at 329 North Meridian Road. On July 24, 1972, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The house was begun in 1856 and completed in 1860 by Peres Bonney Brokaw who had moved to Florida from New Jersey in 1850. His daughter eventually inherited the house; the reference to McDougall in the houses name comes from that daughters married name. The house was sold to Florida in 1973 and is used as the offices of the Historic Tallahassee Preservation Board.</p><br>
<p>The John Gilmore Riley House is a historic home in Tallahassee, Florida. It is located at 419 East Jefferson Street. On August 1, 1978, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places. It is now known as the John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Constructed circa 1890, the Riley House is the last physical evidence of a thriving middle-class African-American community that existed in downtown Tallahassee at the turn of the 20th century known as Smokey Hollow. The house, a two-story vernacular wood-framed home, remained in the family until 1970. More than a historical landmark, the house is a noble witness to progress and the ability of its owner to succeed despite the odds. Unlike many other historic facilities in Tallahassee, the Riley House has humble beginnings. There was no dramatic transfer by will; neither did it come with a trust account or other means to help sustain operations or address perpetual needs of maintenance and security.</p><br>
<p>The house was almost destroyed in the 1960s due to eminent domain but was saved through the actions and hard work of local residents and activists. The Riley House was restored in 1981 The museum opened in 1996 with Althemese Barnes as the founding director, Barnes is responsible for creating the group who developed the commemorative shotgun homes of Smokey Hollow in Cascades Park, across the street from the museum. Barnes also interviewed and recorded hundreds of interviews with former residents of Smokey Hollow.</p><br>
<h2>Present</h2><br>
<p>The museum is open to the public Tuesday through Thursday and offers guided tours which includes a tour of the Smokey Hollow Commemorative Park.</p><br>
<p>The museum features an animatronic, speaking figure of Riley, donated by Disney.</p><br>
<p>In 2021, the museum received a grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services to digitize "the voluminous archive at FSU and TCC&#39;s Riley Museum Archives of photos, documents, rare books, oral histories and artifacts that document the history of Black Floridians in Leon and Gadsden counties."</p><br>
<h2>John Gilmore Riley</h2><br>
<p>John G. Riley was a prominent member of the African-American community in Tallahassee. He was born a slave in Tallahassee on September 24, 1857. When slavery ended, Riley pursued his education and became an educator himself. From 1892 to 1926 he was the principal of the Lincoln Academy, which was the first secondary school in Tallahassee open to Black students and one of only three Freedmen schools in the state to offer higher education to formerly enslaved people. This school was later named Lincoln High School.</p><br>
<p>Along with his career in education, Riley was a prominent member of his community. Riley served as Grand High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons of Florida, a fraternal organization. Riley purchased seven major properties in Tallahassee, on one he built his home and rented several properties to other families. Some of his land ended up being the future sites of the Department of Natural Resources, Bryant Building, and the parking lot of the Florida State University Law School.</p><br>
<p>John Gilmore Riley died a millionaire in 1954 at the age of 97.</p><br>
<p>The Thomas V. Porter House is a historic home in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 510 Julia Street, and was designed by New York City architect Henry John Klutho. On May 13, 1976, it was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The mansion was constructed for Thomas V. Porter, a successful businessman in wholesale groceries and, later, a developer. When it was constructed in 1902, the mansion faced Church street at the corner of Julia. This intersection was among the most prominent residential areas of Downtown after the Great Fire of 1901, with the stately home of USA Senator James P. Taliaferro across the street from the Porter residence, and the mansion of Mayor Duncan U. Fletcher (later USA Senator) on the opposite corner.</p><br>
<p>In 1902, Henry J. Klutho, 28, already a pioneer of modern American architecture was selected to design the mansion, which the architect described as "Classic Colonial", as one of his first commissions after the Great Fire of 1901. His Dyal-Upchurch Building and Jacksonville City Hall were also being completed that same year. The highlight of the Porter mansion is the grand two-story portico with six Corinthian columns, a serpentine balcony and a coffered ceiling. The mansard roof originally had a widows walk. Initially the mansion featured an ornate one-story veranda on three sides. This colonnaded veranda was removed when the mansion was purchased in 1925 by the First Christian Church, which moved Porters home around the corner to its present location. The church used the mansion as offices and Sunday school classrooms. They also added a two-story section to the rear of the mansion for additional office space.</p><br>
