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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J0L_atlantic-coast-line-train-depot_Mount-Dora-FL.html
The first railway line was opened in Mount Dora in 1887 by the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Railway (JT&KW) The 29.5 mile branch ran from Sanford to Tavares with a morning and evening stop at the Mount Dora Depot. In 1902, the Atlantic Coast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DQR_john-p-donnelly-house_Mt-Dora-FL.html
John P. Donnelly, a native of Pittsburg, came to Mount Dora in 1879. In 1881, he married Annie McDonald Stone, a prominent landholder in the community. Successful in a number of real estate and business ventures, Donnelly built this imposing Queen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DQK_witherspoon-lodge-of-free-and-accepted-masons-no-111_Mt-Dora-FL.html
The Witherspoon Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 111, is one of Florida's oldest functioning African American lodges. Established in 1898, it followed the tradition of Prince Hall (1735-1807), who opposed racial oppression in Colonial New En…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DQ3_milner-rosenwald-academy_Mt-Dora-FL.html
Milner-Rosenwald Academy served African-American school children from 1926 to 1962. When fire destroyed the old school in 1922, parents and community leaders, led by Mamie Lee Gilbert (1886-1976) and Lula Butler, raised money for a new one. Seed m…