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My Florida History

http://myfloridahistory.blogspot.com

Adventures with history and culture in the Sunshine State

• Added on: Jan 27th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: My Florida History
• Listed in: History Culture
• Tags: history Florida historic preservation house history architectural history environmental history

Recent Posts

• Miscellany, for Surfing on a Rainy Day

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 06:00 in Florida, historic preservation, tampa, historic, amusement park, ybor city

  10 Most Endangered Roadside Places, from Visual Ephemera"Hav-A-Tampa Closes Its Factory" St. Petersburg Times, June 24, 2009"Brunetti Jr., Soth, Testa to Hialeah Posts" Blood-Horse Magazine July 1, 2009 - Hialeah Race Track to open?Busch Gardens' Hos...

• Hindu Temple of Tampa

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 06:00 in architecture, Florida, historic preservation, temple, tampa, hindu, hillsborough county

  In the future, will the Hindu Temple of Tampa be a historic landmark?The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) guidelines ask for buildings to be 50 years old before being considered significant. National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the...

• Edward Heberton

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 06:00 in religion, history, Florida, cemetery, Waldo, alachua county, nineteenth century, digital resource

  Edward Heberton is buried in the Laurel Grove Cemetery in Waldo, Florida. His marker is a rather plain marble stone: "Rev. Edward P. Heberton of Philadelphia, Pa. Born Aug 13, 1830, Died Aug. 22, 1883." Why was it so important to mention that he wa...

• Laurel Grove Cemetery: Grave Marker Symbolism

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 06:00 in Florida, cemetery, Waldo, historic, alachua county

  Lillies are commonly associated with funerals in the United States - they are said to represent purity, but offer the practical aspect of being strongly scented. In the case of Lillie Martin's marker, the use of lillies may have been in reference to...

• Main Street Daytona, More Than a Century Ago

  Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 06:00 in Photography, Florida, daytona, historic, 1890s, volusia county

  A circa 1895 cyanotype of Main Street Daytona(photograph courtesy Paul Jones)...

• Laurel Grove Cemetery - William Gadsden Green

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 06:00 in history, Florida, cemetery, Waldo, civil war, alachua county, bradford county, digital resource

  William Gadsden GreenCo K2 RegtFla InfCSA1839-1918This headstone is the type authorized by the federal government in 1930 to be placed on graves of Confederate soldiers, with a pointed top and the Confederate Cross of Honor inscribed above the soldie...

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