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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B9K_lawton-house_Oviedo-FL.html
Oviedo pioneer J. H. Lee Sr. built the Lawton House in 1890 on South Central avenue near the old downtown crossroads. In 1910, Mr. Lee sold the home to his newly wed daughter Charlotte "Lottie" Lee and her husband Thomas Willington Lawto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-deb87_fort-concord_Casselberry-FL.html
During the interbellum periods of the Seminole Wars, local militia in the Casselberry area built forts to protect settlers from Seminole attacks. Aaron Jernigan, the original settler of Orlando, helped tp construct a small blockhouse with local se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X5M_evergreen-cemetery-historical_Casselberry-FL.html
(side 1) The history of the cemetery dates back to 1890 when Laura and William Brawner donated 16 acres of land for the establishment of a cemetery for black slaves. It was named Evergreen. During this time, blacks and whites were not allowed to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WMX_bookertown-historical_Sanford-FL.html
Side 1The first African-Americans arrived in this area in 1885 as laborers for two railroads, the Orange Belt Railway and the Jacksonville, Tampa, and Key West Railroad. Many of these workers helped construct the J. T. & K. W. Railroad bridge over…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5P_fort-reid-1836_Sanford-FL.html
Established as a commissary and soldiers camp for Fort Mellon
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R33_early-hospitals-in-sanford_Sanford-FL.html
(side 1) Plant System Hospital The first hospital in Seminole County was operated by the Plant System Railroad, providing medical care for railroad employees and the community in the 1890's. It was located at West 9th Street in Sanford. In 190…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R32_belair-historical_Lake-Mary-FL.html
(side 1) Belair, located between Crystal Lake and what later became known as Belair Station, a signal stop on the South Florida Railroad, was a 400 acre portion of the original 12,000 acre grant acquired by General Henry S. Sanford in 1870. Wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R31_upsala-swedish-community_Sanford-FL.html
This site was the center of the earliest and largest Swedish community in Florida. Located here were the Scandinavian Society Lutheran Church; its cemetery; and a meeting house, which also served as a school until 1904. In May 1871 thirty-three…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R30_first-presbyterian-church-of-lake-mary_Lake-Mary-FL.html
(side 1) In 1894, under the leadership of Rev. J.F. Sundell, a group of Lake Mary's founding fathers joined to form a community church. Gathering signatures of other early residents, a petition was signed and submitted by Reverend Sundell to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R2Z_mayfair-country-club_Sanford-FL.html
(front) The Mayfair Country Club is a portion of a 20,000 acre tract of land purchased in 1848 for $40.00 by General Joseph Finegan, who later became the commander of the Confederate forces in their victory at Olustee, Florida. In 1870 Henry Sa…
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