Historic Sites
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Alachua Co. Historic Trust Gainesville, Florida
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The Museum complex includes 4 sites: the Matheson Museum, housing the exhibit hall and... |
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Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens Winter Park, Florida
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In 1961, the Albin Polasek Foundation was founded by the sculptor and his wife, and at... |
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Alfred B. Maclay State Gardens Tallahassee, Florida
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These beautiful ornamental gardens were first planted in 1923 by Alfred B. and Louise... |
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Audubon House & Tropical Gardens Key West, Florida
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Famed ornithologist John James Audubon spent much productive time during his 1832 visit... |
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Barnacle, The Miami, Florida
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The distinctive vernacular architecture that prevailed in Miami at the end of the 19th... |
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Bayside Historic District Miami, Florida
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Comprised of four distinct subdivisions, Bayside mirrors the diversity and taste of its... |
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Bonnet House Museum & Gardens Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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The American artist Frederic Clay Bartlett used the Bonnet House as his winter residence... |
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Debary Hall Historic Site DeBary, Florida
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Visitors to Debary Hall will learn about the nineteenth-century tourism that overtook... |
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Dow Museum Of Historic Houses St. Augustine, Florida
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The nine houses in the Dow Museum of Historic Homes, dating from 1790 to 1910, are... |
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Dr. William A. Chapman House Miami, Florida
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Dr. William Chapman, one of Miami's first black physicians, was known for his educational... |
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Dudley Farm Historic State Park Newberry, Florida
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The plantation complex consists of eighteen buildings, including the house in which the... |
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Edison And Ford Winter Estates Fort Myers, Florida
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These estates feature changing special exhibits that explain the history and innovations... |
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Ernest Hemingway Home And Museum Key West, Florida
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Ernest Hemingway finished the final draft of his masterpiece, "A Farewell to Arms,... |
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Halissee Hall Miami, Florida
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The Sewell family’s house was one of Miami’s most prominent homes. Halissee... |
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Hammerstein Historical House Hollywood, Florida
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The house was designed by prominent Hollywood architect Bayard Lukens in 1935 for Vera... |
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Harry P. Leu Gardens Orlando, Florida
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Harry P. Leu Gardens features three miles of paved scenic walkways that take you through... |
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Harry S. Truman Little White House Museum Key West, Florida
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The museum's exhibits range from the microcosmic (the 1948 election) to the macrocosmic (... |
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Henry A. Deland House Museum Deland, Florida
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The DeLand House Museum was built in 1886 for DeLand's first attorney, Arthur George... |
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Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach, Florida
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The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum traces Florida's complex 19th-century development... |
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Hollywood Historical Society Hollywood, Florida
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The Historical Society has over 18,000 items in its collection covering Hollywood's... |
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John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota, Florida
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Initially built to house John Ringling's personal art collection, the John and Maple... |
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Koreshan State Historic Site Estero, Florida
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Throughout its history, Florida has welcomed pioneers of all kinds. Cyrus Reed Teed was... |
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Laura Riding Jackson Home Vero Beach, Florida
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Born in 1901, the enigmatic and reclusive poet Laura Riding Jackson's life spanned nearly... |
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Manatee County Historical Commission Bradenton, Florida
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The commission's responsibilities include: maintaining restored buildings and grounds... |
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Mariah Brown House Miami, Florida
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This one-and-one-half story Frame Vernacular house was constructed by one of Coconut... |
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House And Farm Yard Hawthorne, Florida
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This site was the home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, the author of many major literary... |
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas House Miami, Florida
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Author, activist, and Medal of Freedom honoree Marjory Stoneman Douglas lived and worked... |
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Merrill House Jacksonville, Florida
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In about 1875 James E. Merrill started a small iron works in Jacksonville after learning... |
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Stranahan House Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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A guided tour of Fort Lauderdale's historic Stranahan House is like a journey through... |
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Thomas Center for the Arts Gainesville, Florida
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Originally built as an estate for Major William Reuben Thomas and his family, "Sunkist... |
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Torreya State Park Bristol, Florida
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This expansive and verdant state park features an opulent plantation including Civil War-... |
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Vizcaya Museum And Gardens Miami, Florida
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His tenure at the site, stretching from 1916 to 1925, is today remembered in the museum's... |
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Walter Jones Historical Park Jacksonville, Florida
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Walter Jones Historical Park, with its 1875 farmhouse, 1876 barn and sawmill, and... |
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Waterhouse Residence Museum & The Carpentry Shop Museum Maitland, Florida
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The Waterhouse Residence Museum evokes the glamour and spectacle of Orange County in the... |
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Wesley Mansion And Eden Gardens State Park Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
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This 19th-century home holds an extensive collection of French antiques. The Wesley... |
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Ximenez-Fatio House Museum St. Augustine, Florida
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Welcome to the Ximenez-Fatio House Museum, one of St. Augustine's most authentic historic... |
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Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
