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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29QN_george-allen-avenue_Coral-Gables-FL.html
George Allen, a native of the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, moved to South Florida in 1928 seeking a more productive life style for his family. Allen became employed by George Merrick, the founder of Coral Gables. and rose quickly through th…
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Originally African American residents of Coconut Grove attended integrated religious services at Union Chapel, now known as Plymouth Congregational Church. The African Americans, who were used to a more spirited religious experience, fou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H7E_cocoanut-grove-public-utilities-company_Miami-FL.html
The Cocoanut Grove Public Utilities Company was established in 1916 by William Matheson and his son Hugh to provide local residents with telephone and water services. A ground level storage tank, filled from wells on the site by two diesel engines…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GXA_the-barnacle_Miami-FL.html
The Barnacle is the oldest home in Dade County still standing on its original site. It was built in 1891 by Ralph Middleton Munroe, one of Coconut Grove's most prominent pioneers. He first visited South Florida in 1877 and moved to this area in 18…
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/HM1F8X_fisgard-lighthouse-national-historic-site_Victoria-British-Columbia.html
Fisgard Lighthouse was built in 1860 as the first permanent light on the west coast of Canada. Although administered together with Fort Rodd Hill, it is a separate national historic site. There is no historic connection between the two structures.…
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…