Instructions:
1....Print this file.
2....At its end, click on "rules" to see a copy of the trail rules, print it, and then click where indicated at the end of the 3-page rules and patch order form to get back to the list of Florida trails.
3....If you want a hand-drawn map showing the locations of all of the sites, send a self-adressed stamped envelope to Steve Rajtar, 1614 Bimini Dr., Orlando, FL 32806.
4....Hike the trail and order whatever patches you like (optional).
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.
In June of 1920, Callie C. Reddick sold three acres to the Board of Public Instruction for $500, to be used as a school site.
This school is constructed with an Italianate style, with the original portion started in 1920 with local limestone and finished in 1923 with red brick. A.C. Price designed it and J.D. McCaskill built it. Classes began in 1925. The auditorium and classroom wing was constructed in 1930, and the gymnasium on the north end was completed by the W.P.A. in about 1935.
The school was called Reddick High School, but it included white children in all grades. Black students attended the Collier Elementary, but then in 1989 Collier was closed and all came here.
This Frame Vernacular structure was built in about 1920. Owners have included C.E. and Rose LaFoe.
This is a Frame Vernacular structure, built in about 1920. During this period Marion County had many northerners investing and speculating in land, but there were fewer in Reddick than in most other towns.
This "L" shaped house was built in a Frame Vernacular style in about 1910.
This Frame Vernacular home was built in 1929. Later owners include Nolan and Jeanne Stroup.
This is a Bungalow, built in about 1927. During this decade, Reddick's main source of income was agriculture, with crops taken to market in trucks.
This Frame Vernacular house was built in about 1910.
This is a Frame Vernacular style house built in about 1930.
This home is a Bungalow, built in about 1925. The garage behind it was built at about the same time in a Frame Vernacular style, incorporating an older school building.
This Frame Vernacular residence was built in about 1920. Later owners include Jean Claussen.
This Frame Vernacular farm house was built in about 1920.
This "L" shaped Frame Vernacular style house was built in about 1885. Later owners include the Cooks, the Dunbars and Kathy Sue Eargle.
The roadbed for this street formerly was the right-of-way of the railroad. During the 1950s and 1960s, the train service to the town was being reduced, and the final mail service by train occurred on September 16, 1966. In 1967, the Atlantic Coastline merged with the Seaboard Airline to produce the Seaboard Coastline Railroad, which ceased service to Reddick in 1974. In 1980, the depot was moved several miles north on US 441 to become an antique shop and the right-of-way was paved and graveled.
This Frame Vernacular home was built in an "L" shape in about 1890.
This cemetery was established in 1862 on land donated by John M. Reddick. Within the cemetery was located the sanctuary of the Monticello Baptist Church, erected in the 1880s to replace a brush arbor they began using in 1892. The cemetery now belongs to the United Baptist Church.
This Bungalow dates to about 1932.
This is a Frame Vernacular house built in about 1890. Later owners included the Rou family and Tony and Luvenia Ward. Ed Rou & Co. operated a store near the railroad depot in the 1920s.
This Frame Vernacular home was built in about 1930.
This Victorian Vernacular home was built in about 1898. It was the residence of S.L. Fridy, and later was owned by Jeter and Ann Cornelius. Fridy owned a store near the railroad depot during the 1920s.
This house dates to about 1900 and is built with a Frame Vernacular style.
This Bungalow was built in about 1920. Later owners incude the Testons. Carl J. Teston became mayor in 1948 and served for 26 years.
This Frame Vernacular home was built in about 1884. It was the first home of George and Callie C. Reddick in this town. Later owners include Frank J. Parise.
This house was built in about 1892 with a Victorian Vernacular style.
Although the railroad is long gone, the warning sign remains. It was erected here in about 1920.
This home was built in about 1890 with a Frame Vernacular style. Later owners include Mary B. Yongue.
This Bungalow was built in about 1920. At about the same time, the Frame Vernacular style garage was also erected. Later owners include Louis and Martha Hoover.
This facility was built of limestone in 1930. It was later owned by William S. Pruitt.
This was constructed in 1915 out of limestone and used for the post office. It was later acquired by John D. Koone.
This building was erected in about 1890 with a Frame Vernacular style and used as the town's drug store. Although only one story, a false facade made it appear taller and fit in with two-story commercial buildings nearby. Later owners include William F. Antrim.
This Commercial style building was erected in 1923 to house the town's first bank, chartered on January 2, 1923. J.M. Smith was its first president. The bank closed in 1930 and nearly everyone in town lost his savings.
In 1942, this building became the home of the post office. It now belongs to the Town of Reddick.
This "L" shaped Frame Vernacular style building was erected in about 1890. Later owners include Mrs. D.F. Royals.
This church was built in about 1876 and enlarged in 1892 with a Victorian Vernacular style and a Gothic influence. It was first erected in Millwood, to the north of Reddick, and was moved here in 1885.
This church was built in 1885 with a Victorian Vernacular style, showing a Romanesque influence. The adjacent DeVore hall was dedicated on May 1,1995.
This is a Frame Vernacular style house, built in about 1890. Later owners include O.R. and Mildred Johnson in the 1940s and later, Maury Collett. In 1945, Johnson was one of the first farmers in the area to install an irrigation system, allowing crops to be marketed earlier. Their son, Bud Johnson, patented a machine to harvest green peanuts. He invented another machine which washed and de-stemmed them.
This Frame Vernacular house was built in about 1910. It was later owned by the Simmons family.
This cottage was built in about 1920 and was the residence of Amanda Hart. Later owners include Lovely M. Horne.
The Mt. Cello Baptist Church was organized in 1862, and their former sanctuary was replaced by this structure in 1924. On July 1, 1958, they merged with Mt. Olive Baptist Church, which had organized on May 22, 1894.
A portion of this Bungalow was built in about 1920.
This Frame Vernacular house was built in about 1920.
This limestone Bungalow was built in about 1920. Later owners include Charles M. Fanelli.
Town of Reddick Historic Sites Survey, by Joyce E. Cusick (Historic Preservation, Inc. 1991)
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