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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E5R_the-st-johns_Jacksonville-FL.html
The St. Johns. A River of Many Names. (side 1) . Discovered by Juan Bono Quexos, 1520 . First named Rio de Corrientes by Spain . Explored by Pedro Menendez . Called Riviere de Mai by France, 1562-4 . San Mateo, Salamototo and Picolata were among …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E3Y_joseph-e-lee_Jacksonville-FL.html
Joseph E. Lee. . (side 1) . Joseph E. Lee, one of Florida's most distinguished adopted sons, was born in Philadelphia in 1849. Shortly after obtaining a law degree from Howard University in 1873, Lee began to practice in Florida as Jacksonville's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29IE_french-huguenots-in-north-america_Jacksonville-FL.html
Side 1:
This marker commemorates the French Huguenot landing near this site on May 1, 1562, and their lives as colonists on the land until 1565. Hoping to escape religious persecution in Western Europe, the Huguenots set sail to this un-colonized…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29FZ_van-zant-house_Jacksonville-FL.html
Musicians Ronnie, Donnie, and Johnny Van Zant spent their formative years growing up in this house with their sisters and parents between the 1950s and 1980s. A serendipitous foul ball hit by Ronnie Van Zant at a nearby park struck future bandmate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20B8_pilot-town-napoleon-bonaparte-broward_Jacksonville-FL.html
(side 1)
Pilot Town
The St. Johns River provided trade access that supported the economy of the Fort George Island plantations. Cotton and sugar from the plantations were transported on the river to trading posts. Early Spanish seamen called t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X2C_second-missionary-baptist-church-of-lavilla-historical_Jacksonville-FL.html
The founders of Second Missionary Baptist Church worshipped at Bethel Baptist Church with their slaves masters in the 1830s. They built their first separate wooden sanctuary in 1848 in the African American neighborhood of LaVilla. The first sanctu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RBY_don-pedro-menendez-de-aviles_Jacksonville-FL.html
September 1565
Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles
Founder of St. Augustine
and
Adelantado of the Floridas
under Phillip II of Spain
voyaged up this river
seeking a waterway to Mexico
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R9X_san-marco_Jacksonville-FL.html
With the opening of the St. John's River Bridge in 1921, South Jacksonville became attractive to developers during the Florida land boom. In 1925, Jacksonville real estate developer Telfair Stockton began work on San Marco, an 80-acre Mediterranea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R88_old-brewster-hospital_Jacksonville-FL.html
Built in 1885 as a private residence, Old Brewster Hospital and Nursing Training School was the first medical facility to serve Jacksonville's African-American community. Located in the LaVilla neighborhood, the hospital opened in 1901 through the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5H_villa-alexandria_Jacksonville-FL.html
Villa Alexandria, built in the 1870s as the winter home of Alexander and Martha Mitchell of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, once stood near here. Martha Mitchell's brother, Harrison Reed, served as Florida Governor from 1868-73 and lived nearby on the south…