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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AFI_stetson-university-college-of-law_Gulfport-FL.html
Built as the Hotel Rolyat in 1925, these Mediterranean Revival buildings originally were designed by Paul Reed of the Miami architectural firm of Kiehnel & Elliot for developer Jack Taylor. In 1929, after the collapse of the Florida land boom, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A3O_dunedin-isles-golf-club_Dunedin-FL.html
At the peak of the 1920s "land boom," Dunedin Isles Golf Club was built to attract new residents to the City of Dunedin. Scotsman Donald Ross, one of the world's foremost golf course architects, visited the site and designed the golf course which …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19N7_first-public-school_Clearwater-FL.html
Near this site was located the first public supported school within the present limits of the City of Clearwater. Known as the Taylor Schoolhouse, erected in 1854. The surnames of the pupils included Taylor, Turner, McMullen, Henderson, Johnson, W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14EP_pass-a-grille_St-Pete-Beach-FL.html
For 10,000 years, Indians hunted the prairies and fished the watersof what later became Pass-A-Grille. The last group of NativeAmericans to settle in the Pinellas County area were the Tocobagasaround 1000-1700 A.D. This are was first visited by Eu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10IU_rose-cemetery_Tarpon-Springs-FL.html
Rose Cemetery, also known as Rose Hill Cemetery, established in the early 1900s as a segregated cemetery, is the oldest African-American cemetery in Pinellas County. Located on approximately five acres of land, the cemetery reflects the social his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10IJ_tarpon-springs-sponge-industry_Tarpon-Springs-FL.html
Marker Front:The Gulf waters off the west coast of Florida north of Tampa Bay comprise one of the few areas of the world where the species of natural sponges suitable for commercial use are found. The natural sponge industry in Tarpon Springs date…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY4Q_s-h-kress-and-co-building_St-Petersburg-FL.html
This property has beenplaced on the
NationalRegister ofHistoric Places
By the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
Built 1927 ?♦? Restored 2000
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY4P_soreno-hotel_St-Petersburg-FL.html
In 1923 construction began on Soren Lund's "Million Dollar" Mediterranean Revival hotel. Prominent features were its clay-tiled roof, rough textured stucco, baroque-type arched entrance and sqraffito decorations. It encompassed the north half of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY3B_the-americans-creed-in-grateful-remembrance_Dunedin-FL.html
(Front side)The American's CreedI believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY38_harbor-oaks-historic-district_Clearwater-FL.html
Harbor Oaks was Clearwater's first planned residential development. Dean Alvord, a major developer in New York state, opened Harbor Oaks in 1914. Bringing modern planning concepts to the Pinellas County area, the development offered innovative fea…