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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G5V_palm-lodge_Homestead-FL.html
Palm Lodge was built in 1912 for Colonel Henry Wallace Johnston, a hardware merchant from Lebanon, Kentucky. Col. Johnson planted an avocado grove and experimented with specimens of tropical fruits and flowers. One of his specialties was the culti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FWT_redland-farm-life-school_Homestead-FL.html
Redland Farm Life School was originally constructed in 1916 by the Dade County School Board on land donated by William Anderson. Dr. Hyram Byrd was the impetus for consolidating the one room schools in Goulds, Eureka, Modello, Princeton, Murray Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSL_george-e-merrick_Coral-Gables-FL.html
"I have given my life to the development of our city and to the working out of an ideal."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSJ_haulover-beach-sport-fishing-docks_Miami-Beach-FL.html
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The originally known Lighthouse Dock, once at this site, marked the beginnings of this area's fame as a sportsman's paradise. Folklore and history relate that a man named Baker (c. 1810) "hauled over" fishing boats from the bay…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FSF_biscayne-house-of-refuge_Miami-Beach-FL.html
Near this site stood the Biscayne House of Refuge to save survivors of shipwrecks from the perils of the desolate shore. After every storm, the keeper and his family searched the beach for castaways to furnish them food, clothing, shelter, and a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FLK_coral-gables-congregational-church_Coral-Gables-FL.html
George Merrick, the visionary behind the City of Coral Gables, founded Coral Gables Congregational Church in 1923, to honor his father, Solomon, a Congregational minister. The church was the first public building in Coral Gables. The Mediterranean…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FLF_biltmore-hotel_Coral-Gables-FL.html
Biltmore Hotel
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FI1_the-historic-coconut-grove-cemetery_Miami-FL.html
The Historic Coconut Grove Cemetery was first used as a graveyard for the Grove's Bahamian settlers in 1906. The community's original cemetery was a small lot opened by the city in 1904 on what is now the 3500 block of Charles Avenue. That site wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FHY_charles-avenue_Miami-FL.html
The first black community on the South Florida mainland began here in the late 1880s when Blacks primarily from the Bahamas came via Key West to work at the Peacock Inn. Their first hand experience with tropical plants and bulding materials proved…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F8W_ransom-school_Miami-FL.html
In 1896 Paul C. Ransom first brought students from an Eastern preparatory school to this site, which he named Pine Knot Camp, for a winter term of study and outdoor life. In 1903 it became the Adirondack-Florida School with the fall and spring ter…