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WARNING - This trail may pass through one or more neighborhoods which, although full of history, may now be unsafe for individuals on foot, or which may make you feel unsafe there. Hikers have been approached by individuals who have asked for handouts or who have inquired (not always in a friendly manner) why the hikers are in their neighborhood. Drugs and other inappropriate items have been found by hikers in some neighborhoods. It is suggested that you drive the hike routes first to see if you will feel comfortable walking them and, if you don't think it's a good place for you walk, you might want to consider (1) traveling with a large group, (2) doing the route on bicycles, or (3) choosing another hike route. The degree of comfort will vary with the individual and with the time and season of the hike, so you need to make the determination using your best judgment. If you hike the trail, you accept all risks involved.
(From Interstate 75, drive east and north on SR 52, east on Meridian Ave. (CR 41), north on 12th St. and east on Magnolia Ave. to park on the north side of Price Park.)(0.0 miles so far)
Before this tract was a park, it was the site of the home of Frank Price. The tennis courts date to 1910, and the brick and poured concrete fence was constructed by James Knox Ward in about 1915.
When this Mediterranean style building was constructed during the 1920s, it was known as the Meridian Apartments. It was owned by Mr. Muller, a supervisor at the city water works.
A.A. Boone built this home in about 1900. A more recent resident has been J. Emmett Evans, Sr., listed in Forbes magazine as one of the 400 wealthiest people in America.
Storekeeper F.S. Daiger built this home in about 1910, perhaps with a design by Artemus Roberts. In 1919, it became the home of the Jackson family, including Dr. Thomas F. Jackson, in whose honor the former Jackson Memorial Hospital was named.
This home was built in about 1898, and still has a "gingerbread" porch. Later owners included Charles and Helen Tear.
Hettie Spencer was the postmaster of Dade City at times between 1897 and 1936. This late Victorian Gothic style home was built for her in 1904. A portion of it came from a house moved from Lake Pasadena in about 1890. The hedge was planted here in about 1912.
This was built in 1906 as the home of Christopher A. and Lucy Lock, and incorporated an earlier structure that had been moved here from Lake Pasadena. It has a Dutch Colonial Revival gambrel roof, pine floors and unusual casement windows. It was later restored as the Azalea House, a bed and breakfast establishment.
This house was built for Laura Spencer Porter, who was a major stockholder in the Bank of Pasco County. She and Frank Price were chiefly responsible for the bank's reopening after the stock market crash. It was the only bank in Pasco County to survive both it and the collapse of the Florida Boom in 1926. All of the bank's depositors received back all of their money.
This church was organized on the west side of Lake Pasadena on October 10, 1891, to serve the Anglican settlers there, and constructed a sanctuary in 1892. It first resident priest was Rev. James Nevelle-Thompson. They moved from their first building to the Lock house in Dade City after 1894, and in 1909 they moved their old Victorian Revival style building here on a lot they bought for $300.
In 1921, they added a sacristy and in 1927 a chancel. The Leach Parish Hall was built in 1938 out of native rock. The stained glass windows came from Rev. Weddell's abandoned Thonotosassa church. In 1959, Freeman Hall was built. The church was enlarged in 1975.
Builder L.M. Eck constructed this home in 1910 with a hip roof and unusual sash windows. He sold it in 1911 for $750.00.
Its floor plan is called dog-trot because there are three rooms in a row on the north side, a single room on the south side, and an open space in between, the "dog trot".
When the two-story portion of this structure was built as the county jail in 1893, there was a sheriff's residence in an east wing and a gallows on the west side. The building was later converted to offices. It is the oldest brick building in town.
Howard Griffin built this home in about 1900. The large porches are original. A more recent owner was Evelyn Horton Reppard.
This home, built in about 1923, has had later owners including the Kahler family and Robert L. Sumner.
This house was built in about 1925 and was the residence of the Cosner family. Later owners have included Joshua R. and Alice L. Groover.
This church was established as a mission in 1913 and a small church building was erected that year. It was enlarged four years later. A new church was built during the 1970s.
This building was erected of stucco and concrete block in about 1923 for use by the Highlands Motor Company, owned by John S. Burks. It was one of the first service stations in the county. Later, it was converted into a residence.
This U-shaped brick school was built in 1923 with an ornate style, perhaps under the direction of architect Artemus Roberts. Initially called Dade City Grammar School, it was renamed after a school superintendent who died in 1973.
This was the home of Lucy T. Myers, and was built in about 1925 of hollow glazed terra cotta brick.
This was built as a WPA project in the 1930s with native rock. The annual Pasco County Fair was held here during the late 1930s and early 1940s. J. Willard Lamb served as the manager of the market from 1949 until it closed in 1952.
Lamb and his wife, Agnes, ran an egg market in the building until 1968. It has since been used by the city as an equipment yard.
This church was founded on August 12, 1896, on land donated by W.I. Porter. Rev. Henry Williams served as the founder and first pastor. The present building was erected in 1920 by the congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church while Rev. C.J. Sith was its pastor.
The first school for the black children of Dade City was located here in a three-room building owned by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. One of the teachers was Rev. J.D. Moore. When the classes got too large, they moved to a new school named after Rev. Moore.
The Oak Grove Baptist Church first used the pond near this intersection for its baptisms. Since then, other congregations, both black and white, have also used it for that purpose.
A school for black children, known as Moore Academy, stood here from the late 1920s until the 1950s. Julius Rosenwald, the president of Sears, Roebuck & Co., provided funds for the construction of the school as a part of a $22.5 million project to provide education for black communities from 1913 to 1948.
Rev. J.D. Moore donated this land, and the school was named in his honor. He also taught and ran the school for a few years. The building burned down in 1933, and there was a rumor that, after the end of Prohibition, someone was denied a liquor license because of the exitence of this school too close to his planned proposed place of business.
A community group raised funds to buy furnishings and materials and continued the school in a new building on the same site, built by the school board. In 1954, it moved to the site of the present Moore-Mickens School, and the Moore Academy building was demolished.
In about 1842, James Gibbons established his homestead here, with Whitehouse Rd. being its southern boundary. In 1845, the first Fort Dade post office was established here. James' widow, Mary, married William Kendrick in 1845, and they had a two-story split-board house and trading post near here, which formed the beginning of the community.
In 1936, the Pasco Packing Association began this industrial complex. Five men started it as a fresh fruit cooperative, and built on five acres here owned by L.C. Hawes, Sr. He deeded it to the cooperative, and it has later expanded to about 100 acres. Lykes Brothers, Inc. acquired stock in the organization in 1949 and eventually took it over. It was renamed Lykes Pasco Packing Company in 1968, and Lykes Pasco, Inc. in 1987.
This facility was begun in 1961 and was located at the Pasco County Fairgrounds. It was moved here and opened in 1975. It includes the main museum building, a 35-ton 1913 model Porter steam locomotive used to haul logs to the Cummer Sons Cypress Co. sawmill in Lacoochee, the Enterprise Methodist Church, the Trilby Depot (built in 1925), the Mabel Jordan Barn and Memorial Gazebo, the Fred Bromley Shoe Shop, and the Lacoochee Schoolhouse.
The two-story house with the three front dormers was built during the Civil War and was the home of John Overstreet. It is the oldest surviving structure in Pasco County.
This cemetery was established by the Oak Grove Baptist Church under the supervision of Rev. R.E. Bell. The earliest graves date from the early 1870s. On December 7, 1901, it was deeded to the city and became known as the Dade City Cemetery.
During World War II, tents pitched in an open field at this location accommodated up to 200 German prisoners of war. Most had been captured in North Africa. Washrooms, a mess hall, and a kitchen were in a woden barracks building. The area also had wooden watchtowers and searchlights at the corners, and was surrounded by two barbed-wire fences.
The prisoners were put to work making bricks at the McDonald Mine near Brooksville, boxes at the Cummer Sons Cypress Company near Lacoochee, and warehouses at the Pasco Packing Association citrus processing plant.
Henry and Luversa Sikes came here from Georgia in 1913. Henry, a turpentine worker, died in an industrial accident soon after. This house was built in 1916 by Mr. Tomack, and Luversa bought this property from her employer, Christopher A. Lock.
This was the first Protestant church in the county to be constructed of masonry, and was completed in 1918. The congregation originally was called Freedtown and lived south of Lake Pasadena, and moved to Dade City after the freezes of 1894 and 1895. The stained glass windows date from 1920, while Rev. W.H.A. Pickett was the pastor and this sanctuary was built.
The Dade City Hotel which had been located here burned down in 1907. In 1912, this structure was built of wood and poured concrete. It was being built by its owner, Mr. Gerowe, but he was killed when he fell from a second-story window. His widow sold the unfinished building to Edwin J. and Lola Gasque who completed it and named it after a combination of their first names.
The architectural style is considered Neoclassical, with the Doric columns. The mansard roof was covered with metal fishscale shingles. This was the leading hotel of Dade City, and was the meeting place of local civic organizations. It was also popular with Northerners who would winter here.
It suffered from competition from motels after World War II and closed its hotel business in about 1950, leaving the Gasques as its only residents into the 1960s. Their daughter, Mrs. Myrtice Varn, lived here alone for a long time.
Florida East Coast University occupied the building from 1969 to 1971. That school closed after questions were raised about the legitimacy of its degree program. Robert and Marlene Sumner bought the building in 1975 and converted it to the Edwinola Restaurant, which operated until about 1980. Later in that decade, an eight-story annex alloed it to be transformed into a retirement home.
This was developed as a park in 1912. It was called Edwinola Park and, later, Four Seasons Park.
Pasco County was created out of Hernando County on June 2, 1887, and was named in honor of Samuel Pasco, Chairman of the 1885 Florida Constitutional Convention. In 1889, a wooden courthouse was built here by H.W. Coleman and W.N. Ferguson.
Here, Coleman and Hill operated a wholesale grocery business in a masonry building. It later became part of the Coleman & Ferguson Funeral Home, belonging to the Anderson family.
Later known as the Centennial Building, this was originally built in 1923 at 301 E. Meridian Ave. Inside was the Coleman & Ferguson General Merchandise Store. Previously, Henry W. Coleman and William N. Ferguson had bought the lot for $100.00 and built their first store in ten days, opening on December 1, 1884. Later, this wooden building was moved here and 7th St. and later belonged to the Coleman & Ferguson Funeral Home.
This bank building was completed in 1919. The bank closed in 1926 and this was remodeled ten years later as a variety store. Later, it was an Army-Navy store, and then a travel agency.
This bank was started in 1889 and was "the old reliable" bank because it was the only one in the area to survive the mid-1920s collapse. After the 1929 stock market crash, it reorganized with a 15-year plan to pay off its depositors. The former building on this site was erected in 1890-91, and was torn down in 1989. Its replacement was built with the same style and is used by First Union National Bank.
Messrs. Garner and Daiger built the wood frame Garner and Daiger Variety Store here in the early 1900s. It was replaced by a brick one built by Daiger, then sold to Dr. Charles F. Touchton in 1922, and he used it for a drug store and medical office. The Touchton Drug Store operated in it until 1957.
This two-story building formerly had accordion folding doors along the entire front wall so customers could enter directly from the sidewalk. Clerks also waited on customers at their cars through the 1930s. Later, the downstairs was used for a clothing store.
This is the oldest masonry commercial building in the county, built in about 1900. It began as a hardware store downstairs and offices upstairs. For a time, the second floor was a medical clinic.
J. Clarence Griffin built this in 1905 with a design by Artemus Roberts. Since serving as a drug store, it has housed clothing and gift shops. For a time, it was the central office of the Pasco County Telephone Company, organized in 1903 by W.J. Ellsworth.
This domed brick courthouse was designed by Artemus Roberts. It has a Beaux Arts Classical Revival style and was built in 1909 by Mutual Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky, for $34,860. In 1912, L.M. Eck installed the first sidewalks around it. There were columned porticos on the east and west sides, but they were destroyed by later additions.
W.E. Embry moved here from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1897 and began growing tobacco on about 100 acres. At this intersection was his company warehouse, built in 1908. After W.E., the company was run by his son, E.B. "Boone" Embry. In 1912, George Massey took over as manager. The damage done by the 1921 hurricane put the company out of business.
The former warehouse was later known as the Massey Building. It was acquired by First Union National Bank and torn down in 1989.
M.L. Gilbert built one of this city's finest hotels on this site. It provided housing for workers of Sunnybrook Tobacco Co. For years, it was run by the family of M.D. Cochran. The last remaining evidence of it is a concrete slab here with the name "Osceola", which was a part of its walkway.
This was built in 1916 to serve as the City Hall. The city commission occupied the second floor, and the rear portion of the first floor housed the city jail and the fire department. Later, it was converted to a gift shop, and then served as the newspaper office.
Dade City is a combination of three old settlements. They were Herndon, Hatton (settled in about 1882 by N.G. Rowe), and Fort Dade (settled by Newton A. Carter before 1869). Dade City was formed by James A. Hendley in 1886.
This building was construced in about 1925 of natural rock and masonry for use as a six-story hotel. It was taken over the city for unpaid taxes and finished in the 1930s as the City Hall. It was named the George C. Dayton Municipal Building in 1987 for a long-time city attorney.
The railroad station for Fort Dade was built in 1885 about a mile north of present Dade City, at White House field. The following year, Seaboard Railroad built one on 8th St., between Meridian and Church Aves.
This building was erected in about 1915, and originally was the Huckabay Grocery Store operated by Woots Huckabay.
W. Neal erected this building in 1920 for use as a sundry store. In the 1940s and 1950s, the Valencia Restaurant was located here. The building was later owned by Don and Sandra Jean Hediger, and operated as the Crest Restaurant.
O.N. Williams built this as a clothing store in 1919. Later managers included his sons, Virgil and J.R.A. Williams. It became a department store and popular restaurant.
The Florida Telephone Company, founded by Otto Wettstein, erected this Mediterranean Revival building in 1924 to house its main switchboard and offices. It had cloth awnings and decorative stucco work on the front side.
In about 1912, J.A. Peek ordered this home from the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogue and put it together here. It later served as the Hodges Family Funeral Home. Stylistically, it is English Country Tudor.
This home dates to about 1898, and its style is typical for that period. It was built by William Shofner.
This Victorian style house was built by the Guymon family in about 1910. In 1978, it was converted to the Milton Funeral Home, owned by Raleigh and Mildred Milton.
This house was built during the 1920s and was the residence of the Mills family, and later of Frances Touchton.
From the 1920s until after World War II, this Mediterranean style building housed the main theater in Dade City. It was built in 1926 with a reinforced poured superstructure by A. Garcia and I.M. Austin of Port Chester, New York. During the Florida Boom period, it was planned to also construct a 100-room hotel across 5th St. as part of a complex called Crescent Park, but the collapse of the boom eliminated that.
The theater, which sat about 900, featured Vaudeville shows, local talent, and silent and sound movies. It was owned by Floyd Theaters until 1950, when the movie house was relocated to 7th St. This building was then purchased by a Buick dealership. From 1969 to 1971, it was the home of the library of East Coast University (1969-71). By 2004, it was the Crescent Enrichment Center.
This house was built by late 1894 and was used as the winter home of Gus Cooper of Kentucky. At the time, it was a small clapboard building with the framework visible on the exterior of the walls.
In 1912, the house was bought by George and Daisy Massey, who brought together two other houses on this lot to form the present larger home. Stucco was added and the roofline redesigned in 1925, changing its appearance to that of an English cottage. Three sleeping porches were added in 1954, and were subsequently enclosed by glass.
This stucco and frame house was built in the 1920s for circuit court clerk Arthur J. Burnside.
The Dade City Woman's Club was formed in 1910 with Sallie Embry as its first president. The present clubhouse was built in 1926 for $23,000 on land donated by I.M. Austin.
This building was erected in 1913 as the sanctuary of the St. Rita Catholic Church. A bell tower was added in 1920. In 1976, the Garden Club moved it to this site and renovated it.
Florida rock was used to construct this house with a rustic style in 1925. Recent owners include James M. and Linda S. Courier.
This house features a Dutch-style gambrel roof. It was the residence of the Gilstrap family, and later of W.R. and Theresa Branas.
This house was constructed in about 1912, and was the home of I.W. "Ike" Hudson, one of the eleven children of Isaac and Amanda Hudson, the founders of the community that bears their name. Ike was the Pasco County Sheriff for many years and died at the age of 102 in 1972.
This house was built in about 1912. Recent owners include Howard and Eileen B. Swonger.
This house was built during the 1890s. Recent owners include James W. and Lillie Revell.
Portions of an earlier building were incorporated into this house, built in about 1890. In one wall, square-headed nails are used with stripboard siding, indicating a likely construction date prior to 1870. It was owned later by the Maffett family and Johnny D. and Natalie Deshong.
A wooden school building was built here during the 1890s. It shared its buildings with the Central Florida Normal College.
The former building was replaced in 1913-14 by this structure, built by the L.M. Eck Company. Upstairs orginally was the school auditorium, which has since been divided into classrooms and offices. It was also modified by removing large attic garret windows, an exposed stairway, and a two-story columned porch. This building served as the high school, then as an annex to the middle school, and an adult education center.
This thoroughfare was known as College St. because of the presence of the Central Florida Normal College for teachers at the corner of 14th St. It was established in 1887 by Prof. Carr. The college was discontinued about the time of World War I, and later this was renamed Church Ave. because of the four historic churches on it.
In 1899, the city council paid R.L. Seay $2.35 to use sawdust to smooth over the ruts in the street. In about 1924, it was first paved with brick. In 1983, it was declared a historic district from 8th St. to Fort King Rd. because of its historic architecture.
In the late 1890s, the Hack family built this house with virtually the same plan as their previous one in St. Joseph. Later owners include Thomas and Betty Hanson.
This home was built in about 1915, and for many years was the home of Rev. M.L. Gilbert, who served as the pastor of Bethel Primitive Baptist Church for more than 30 years and died in 1951. Thereafter, his grandson, Rex Gilbert, occupied and remodeled it. Later owners include the Eaton family and Joseph and Judith Morris.
This home was built in the style of many Florida homes of the 1910s and 1920s, and was the residence of Mrs. Hamilton, the daughter of Rev. M.L. Gilbert. Later owners included Walter and Patricia German.
This church was organized about two miles north of Dade City in July of 1888. This building was the Indian Lake schoolhouse, built in about 1885, and was purchased by the congregation in 1896 for $10.00. They moved it here in 1910. It has been substantially expanded and modified.
This farmhouse style dwelling was built between 1908 and 1911. Beginning in 1921, it was the home of Eustis and Kate Brown Futch. The cypress shingles used for the roof were made by her father, H.A. Brown, at his Hearts-Richland mill.
Retired Presbyterian pastor Rev. R.N. Abraham built this home in 1922-23. After he moved to another city in 1926, Dr. Thomas F. Jackson moved his two-room hospital here from 7th St. He operated it here until about 1935. Later owners have remodeled to give the home a more Victorian style look.
This was the home of Isabella McGeachey, who remodeled it and sold it to the J.T. Futch family in 1917. In 1922, the Hunt house at 602 W. Church Ave. caught fire, and to save this one J.T. Futch kept the roof wet with a garden hose until the fire department arrived. Despite a wind which blew burning shingles to this lot, it was saved.
This church was organized on January 13, 1889, by evangelist L.H. Wilson. Its first regular pastor was Rev. Arthur Rowbotham, who served from 1894 to 1899. This Victorian Revival style church building was erected, making it the oldest surviving intact church in Dade City. It was first located nearer the corner, but was moved to its present spot in 1950.
In the 1890s, this house was built in a plantation style, and became the residence of Dr. R.D. Sistrunk. Later owner Earl L. McKinney renovated the home and added the portico and fence.
In 1887, Harvey W. and Gillie Ann Lane sold this land to John Raymond, who soon erected this Victorian style home. It is wood frame covered with stucco, with a hip roof and gable dormer, wide verandas, and a decorative paling pattern in the balustrade. The Raymond estate sold it to Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Brown in 1939.
The Oak Grove Baptist Church was organized in Fort Dade prior to 1870, and its cemetery later became Dade City Municipal Cemetery.
On November 14, 1891, ten families organized the College Street Baptist Church, which held its early meetings in the schoolhouse on this street. During the following year, its first church building was erected here. It was destroyed by fire in 1899. It was rebuilt here in 1900 and burned in 1905.
Oak Grove Baptist Church dissolved in 1895 and its members joined College Street Baptist Church.
In 1945, College St. was renamed Church Ave. and the church was renamed First Baptist Church. The 1900 church as torn down and a new one was built during the 1950s.
On this site was the two-story residence of the O'Neal family, which burned down.
Mayor James Knox Ward's son, James Ward, was a contractor and built this brick house for himself in 1925-26. His estate sold it in 1959 to Neva Larkin Johnson, and it was later owned by Judy Strickland Lee and W. Elam, Jr.
This Dutch Colonial style home was built for the Knights in 1901. After they were married in 1922, Ervin and Orabel Futch moved into an apartment within the house, and later bought the whole building. The Edwards family owned it from 1942 until 1977, and later owners included the Cooper and Riddaugh families.
This house was built in about 1918 for the Tipton family. It was later occupied by the Pruitt family, and much later by Robert and Cynthia Mead.
This house was built in about 1887, and was the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Platt. They sold it for $1,200 in 1894 to the Methodist Church, which used it for over ten years as a parsonage. In 1905, it was sold to the Jasper C. Carter family for $1,500. Fifty years later, the Carter estate sold it to Stanley Cochrane, who remodeled and modernized it.
Robert Ross built this house between 1881 and 1884. For the next 40 years it had several owners, including Baldwin Subdivision, Henry W. Coleman, J.A. Hendley, Albert C. Collins, Edwin and Lola Gasque, Mr. Britt, I.W. Hudson, Simeon F. Huckabay, Mr. Casper, Mr. Roberts, and William M. Larkin. It began with three rooms, a middle hall, and a side back porch. Subsequent owners added gables, rooms and ornamentation.
William Larkin bred cattle, and this property was the home of the first Santa Gertrudis bull east of the Mississippi River. Named Red Rex, he was shipped here in 1941 from the King Ranch in Texas, where the breed was developed. After he was accidentally poisoned, another bull named Pancho took his place and was the ancestor of many of the Santa Gertrudis herds in the eastern half of the country.
James E. Lee and his family moved here from Dawson, Georgia, in October of 1881. In 1889, he erected a church building and portions of it, including the stained glass windows, have been incorporated into the present structure. The congregation had been organized in 1886.
This church is built of heart pine and cypress, and was moved to its present position from its original location on another portion of the same lot. Electric lights were installed in 1910, and a brick sidewalk was laid the following years. There was a parsonage located next door, but it was later moved to W. Howard Ave.
This building was erected in the early 1900s and was the home of the Brummer family. Mrs. Brummer served meals and took in boarders. It was remodeled after the Dudley family purchased it in 1925-26, and was named the Gray Moss Inn. It is built in the Mediterranean Revival style.
It hosted the only U.S. president to visit Pasco County when Calvin Coolidge had lunch here.
This home was built in 1893. One of its owners was Catherine McIntosh, an employee of the circuit court clerk. She also was the society editor of the Dade City Banner.
This house was built in about 1910. Later owners include Charles A. and Virginia L. McIntosh.
This was the first public water system in the county, built in 1924. The concrete block and stucco building was constructed by E.V. Camp & Associates with a Mediterranean Revival style.
In the early 1900s, this was the site of a blacksmith shop owned by James Knox Ward. In 1919, this stuccoed concrete block building was erected for use as a meeting mall. The American Legion post is named in honor of Gordon M. Crothers, who was killed in France during World War I.
This structure was built in the 1890s and was the home of James Knox Ward and his family, who moved to Dade City in 1896. Beginning in 1900, he was paid $1 per month for the city to store its fire equipment here. Mrs. Ward took in boarders and served meals here. Mr. Ward had a blacksmith shop, served on the town council, and was mayor from 1903 to 1905.
This tree was planted in about 1920 and has become a local landmark.
A History of Hernando County, by Richard J. Stanaback (Daniels Publishers 1976)
East Pasco's Heritage, by Eleanor Dunson (First Baptist Church of Dade City 1976)
Florida Bed & Breakfast Guide, by Valerie C. Bondy (Queen of Hearts Publications 1995)
Florida Historic Stained Glass Survey: Sites of Historic Windows in Public Facilities in the State of Florida, by Robert O. Jones (Florida Members of the Stained Glass Association of America 1995)
Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, (University of Florida Press 1989)
The Historic Places of Pasco County, by James J. Horgan, Alice F. Hall and Edward J. Herrman (Ralard Printers, Inc. 1992)
History of the First South Florida Missionary Baptist Association (1888-1988), by Altermese Smith Bentley (The Mickler House 1988)
The Illustrated Guide to the Florida West Coast, by M.C. Bob Leonard (Purple Islands Production 1992)
Wish You Were Here: A Grand Tour of Early Florida Via Old Post Cards, by Hampton Dunn (Byron Kennedy and Company 1981)
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