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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23IH_oliver-baptist-church_Monticello-FL.html
The Olive Baptist Church was begun in 1831, and at that time the property was in the state of Georgia. In 1872 the U.S. Congress designated this land to be a part of Florida. On Tuesday, November 22, 1853, in the Eleventh Annual Session of the Flo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2W_howard-academy-high-school-on-chestnut-street_Monticello-FL.html
Howard Academy High School's Building 1 opened on Chestnut Street in 1936 with one structure containing several classrooms. In 1940, a similar, second building was constructed and financed by the county, parents and The Julius Rosenwald Fund. Rose…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A2G_howard-academy-elementary-and-junior-high-school-later-howard-academy-high-school-second-street_Monticello-FL.html
This historic marker recognizes Howard Academy Elementary/Junior High School, which eventually became Howard Academy High School. In 1957, the first phase of Howard Academy Elementary and Junior High School was constructed on Second Street. The sc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A1G_elizabeth-elementary-school_Monticello-FL.html
The Elizabeth School, a three-room, vernacular shingle-clad building, was a school for Black students on Groover Road in 1938 and was funded by parents and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Miles Edward Groover (1887-1966) and his wife, Dai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166S_ernest-i-thomas-memorial_Monticello-FL.html
In recognition of Platoon Sergeant Ernest I. Thomas U.S.M.C.R. who, on February 23, 1945, led his platoon to raise the first flag on Iwo Jima, the first Japanese territory taken in World War II. On March 3rd, eight days after the first flag raisin…