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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3S_the-gainesville-servicemens-center-thelma-boltin-center_Gainesville-FL.html
The Gainesville Serviceman's CenterThe City of Gainesville purchased the Servicemen's Center lot on December 7th 1942. The Federal Works Agency constructed a $37,000 building with a ballroom, stage, dressing rooms, second floor reading room, three…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3R_old-stage-road_Gainesville-FL.html
The Old Stage Road, one of Alachua County's original highways, passed near here. Dating from the 1820s, it connected the county's two major towns, Newnansville (once the county seat near present day Alachua) and Micanopy to the south. The road ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3Q_serenola-plantation_Gainesville-FL.html
(side 1)In 1857, David Rogerson Williams II (1822-1907) of Darlington Co., SC, purchased 1,000 acres, including this site bordering Paynes Prarie, and developed them as a plantation known as "Serenola." The 1860 census shows 120 slaves lived in 24…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18BD_fort-clarke_Gainesville-FL.html
Near this site was located Fort Clarke, originally a U.S. Army post during the Seminole War, and afterwards a settlement. The name is preserved in nearby Fort Clarke Church. At this site crossed the early settlement and military road connecting th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13FW_city-of-gainesville_Gainesville-FL.html
Designated the County Seat in 1854, and incorporated as a City in 1869, Gainesville takes its name from General Edmund Gaines, captor of Aaron Burr and commander of U.S. Army troops in Florida during the Second Seminole War. The town was the fourt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13CM_east-florida-seminary_Gainesville-FL.html
Founded as the Gainesville Academy before the Civil War and later renamed, the East Florida Seminary served Gainesville's need for higher education until the University of Florida was created by the Florida Legislature in 1905. The Seminary school…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12Q0_first-gainesville-skirmish-battle-of-gainesville_Gainesville-FL.html
First Gainesville SkirmishThe first Civil War gunfire in Gainesville's streets came on February 15, 1864, when a raiding party of 50 men from the 40th Massachusetts Cavalry entered the City to attempt the capture of two trains. The raid was unprod…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11WL_roper-park-old-city-park_Gainesville-FL.html
Roper Park is the original site of the parade grounds and barracks for the East Florida Seminary, a non-sectarian educational institution and a forerunner of the University of Florida, which was located in Gainsville in part due to the presence of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11UN_mt-pleasant-cemetery_Gainesville-FL.html
The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery was established c. 1883 by the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church as a final resting place for its members and other African Americans in the city of Gainesville. Founded in 1867, the church purchased the 5.38-acre p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11MG_mount-pleasant-united-methodist-church_Gainesville-FL.html
Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church was founded on July 16, 1867, with the Reverend Isaac Davis serving as the first pastor. The Board of Trustees of the oldest black congregation in Gainesville purchased the lot on which the present church …