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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2APB_historic-franklin-square_Apalachicola-FL.html
Apalachicola's layout was organized in the mid 1830s by the Apalachicola Land Company. The original plan, patterned after the City of Philadelphia, featured a one-mile square grid with a large central square and smaller squares surrounding it. Eac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WQU_chestnut-street-cemetery-of-early-apalachicola-historical_Apalachicola-FL.html
Chestnut Street Cemetery dates prior to 1831. Interred are some of Apalachicola's founders and molders of her colorful history. Also buried here are many soldiers of the Confederacy and victims of yellow fever and shipwrecks. Seven of the Confeder…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WPV_when-the-river-was-king-historical_Apalachicola-FL.html
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History record the first shipment of cotton to leave this Port, arrived New York, 1822.
Beginning 1836, forty-three, three-storied brick, Cotton Warehouses and Brokerages lined Apalachicola's water front. Their granite-columned facades…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WPU_franklin-county-historical_Apalachicola-FL.html
Named for Benjamin Franklin, the county was created in 1832. Apalachicola, the county seat, which dates back to the times of the Creek Indians, was an important center for cotton trade. The county is noted for agrigulture, timber, livestock and se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WPT_the-dr-alvan-w-chapman-house-historical_Apalachicola-FL.html
This classical Greek Revival style house served as the residence of Dr. Alvan Wentworth Chapman, physician, scientist, and eminent botanist, whose research and writings on the flora of the south received international recognition. Born in 1809 in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJA_the-hanserd-fry-house-historical_Apalachicola-FL.html
Constructed ca. 1845, the Hanserd-Fry House is one of Apalachicola's finest examples of Palladian Greek Revival style architecture. The well-preserved house features a symmetrical porch with Tuscan classical columns typical of the Greek Revival st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHYJ_dr-john-gorrie_Apalachicola-FL.html
Dr. John Gorrie (1803-1855) was an early pioneer in the invention of the artificial manufacture of ice, refrigeration, and air conditioning. He was granted the first U.S. patent for mechanical refrigeration on May 6, 1851 (U.S. Patent No. 8080). D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHYH_trinity-episcopal-church_Apalachicola-FL.html
This original structure of white pine had previously been cut into sections in New York and floated by sailing vessel down the Atlantic Coast and around the Florida keys before it was erected on this site. This parish was first organized in 1836 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHPD_the-raney-house_Apalachicola-FL.html
During the 1830's, when the cotton port of Apalachicola was rapidly expanding. David G. Raney built a rather plain, Federal style house at this site. Around 1850, A two - story portico and other features of the then popular Greek Revival architect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHIW_methodist-episcopal-church-south_Apalachicola-FL.html
First United Methodist Church of Apalachicola was established in 1839 when Reverend Peter Haskew was appointed to serve the St. Joseph and Apalachicola Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The original sanctuary, built and dedicated a…