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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3U_blanton-methodist-church_Dade-City-FL.html
This church was built in 1906 by Will Heacock and Tom Jordan on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Blocker. The pioneer congregation which worshipped at Mt. Olive Church on the Dowling Place about a mile away had decided it was too far from "to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3N_trilby-cemetery_Dade-City-FL.html
Serving the community of Trilby—previously known as McLeod Settlement then Macon—the first burials in this cemetery were probably made not long after the McLeod family settled east of here in the 1870s. The earliest marked graves are i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3L_jones-nursing-home_Dade-City-FL.html
Otis E. and Naomi Scott Jones moved to Dade City in the late 1930s and soon became prominent members of the community and St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, where they served as deacon and deaconess. Nearby Naomi Jones Pyracantha Park, which Mrs.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3C_wesley-chapel_Wesley-Chapel-FL.html
(side 1)The pioneer Boyett(e), Gillett(e), Godwin, and Kersey families received land grants in the area in the 1840s. The real influx of settlers, however, began around the War Between the States when the Stanleys and Coopers arrived. Originally c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2U_mount-zion-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Dade-City-FL.html
Organized in the late 1800s at Lake Buddy, this congregation moved into Dade City and became known as Mount Zion AME Church. In 1903, with 29 members, a frame meeting house was built. It was later modified to serve as the parsonage. The present ed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2S_st-marys-episcopal-church_Dade-City-FL.html
Organized in 1891, St. Mary's originally served Anglican settlers at Lake Pasadena. Its first resident priest, the Rev. James Neville-Thompson, was ordained there in 1892. After the "Great Freeze" in 1895 the building fell into disuse, while remna…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2R_ehren-community_Franklin-FL.html
Named by sawmill owners Frederick and Louis Muller, Ehren means "place of honor" in their native German language. Its post office opened Jan. 17, 1890 and closed in 1950. Burned and rebuilt several times, the post office was once listed in Ripley'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2N_dupree-gardens_Land-O-Lakes-FL.html
Developed by Tampa Attorney J. Wm. Dupree, the gardens opened to the public on December 1, 1940. The attraction consisted of 900 acres of flowering trees and plants and included a lodge and a tearoom with gift shop. It also featured electric power…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2M_seven-springs_New-Port-Richey-FL.html
Early residents of this area were Samuel H. Stevenson and his wife, Elizabeth, who believed in the therapeutic benefits of the mineral springs now known as Seven Springs. It became somewhat of a health resort after Stevenson created a pool by inst…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2I_odessa_Odessa-FL.html
Odessa was named by Peter Demens, the developer of the Orange Belt Railway, in 1888. An emigrant from Russia, he named both this community and St. Petersburg for cities in his native land.
The town had approximately 2000 residents at the height…