Six Historical Landmarks in Florida

Maitland Art Center ♨ Art Classes and Workshops ♨ Art Center on Video ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Old Railroad Depot ♨ Old Altantic Coast Line Depot ♨ Amtrak Station Video ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Eustis Florida ♨ The Clifford House ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Eutis on Video ♨ Your Opinion Please ♨ Tampa, FL ♨ Centro Asturiano ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Hotel Alcazar ♨ Bradlee-McIntyre House ♨ Longwood, Florida ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Castillo de San Marcos Fort, St. Augustine ♨ The Spanish Fort ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Visit Other Rocket Moms Lenses ♨ Follow Me On Twitter ♨ Re-Tweet ♨ Contact Me ♨ Do You Squidoo? ♨ Your Voice Counts ♨ About Towanda ♨ Other Historical Landmarks

The Maitland Art Center is located at 231 West Packwood Avenue in Maitland, Florida. Artist Jules Andre Smith, an architect, designed the building in 1937. In 1982 it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historical Places. The center is closed on major holidays.

It hosts events and exhibitions to both free and membership only clientele. Perhaps the most popular events are weddings. The bride has several choices of location. The ceremony can take place in the Main Garden, the Chapel or the Mayan Courtyard.

During the summer months they offer art classes and workshops for both children and adults. Don't forget to bring some extra money with you because you will want to visit the museum store for some great goodies.

To us older Floridians we might remember this as the Palatka Railroad Station. It was built for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in the early 1900's. It's located at 200 North Twelfth Street, Palatka, Florida. February 25, 1988 it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It is currently a Railroad Museum. The museum has monthly open house for the general public to walk through. The Greyhound bus line does offer buses and ticketing services from this location. Amtrak does use the station but no ticketing services are provided here.

Palatka is a Seminole Indian name "pilo-taikita" which means boat crossing. Palatka sits on the west bank of the St. Johns River.

The Clifford House is located at 536 North Bay Street, Eustis, Florida. In April 1975 it was added U.S. National Register of Historic Places. G.D. Clifford was an early settler and merchandiser. The house was built in 1910 and has 18 rooms. Each room is decorated in a different theme. One room is called the "Indiana Jones Room". It as dedicated in the memory of a professor and archaeologist who visited Eustis several times throughout his life. The story is told that Dr. Edgar J. Banks was the inspiration for the character of Indiana Jones. This house is now one of Eustis Historical Museum. Those who visit the Clifford House will also visit The Citrus Museum, located next door. This museum show the history and importance to the citrus industry in this area.;

The Centro Asturiano is a historic site in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida. It is located at 1913 Nebraska Avenue. On July 24, 1974, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The Centro Asturiano de Tampa is a club for immigrants from Asturias, Spain. The purpose of the club was to care for the members from birth to death. The hospital today is not in operation but is being renovated. The cemetery still remains.

Immigrants from Spain usually landed in Havana, Cuba mainly for work. Most of the work was making Havana cigars. The cigar industry began to establish business in Tampa, Florida. This brought a new wave of immigrants from Spain and Cuba. US immigration had restrictions on immigration from Europe but not from Cuba. The president of the Havana club in Cuba came to Tampa and soon was appointed the head of a committee that would rectify health care for the cigar workers. Since the social club was already established in Tampa Antonio Prado thought this was the place to start the health care reform. The name of the club at that time was El Centro Español de Tampa. The health care system never made it. The name of the club was changed to The Centro Asturiano de Tampa, Inc. in 1968.;

This house was originally built in Altamonte Springs, a small town next to Longwood, Florida. The house was moved to the Longwood Historical Section of town at 175 West Warren Avenue. It is a Victorian Cottage Style home. On March 28, 1991, the house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The home was built in 1885 for Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee family. It is the only Victorian Cottage Style home that has survived through history in Orange and Seminole counties. It is now a museum and can be visited the second and forth Sunday and Wednesday of the month. If those dates aren't convenient for you then you can have a tour via an appointment. July and August the home is closed. So be sure to call ahead if you plan on taking in the sites of this beautiful home.

The Castillo de San Marcos is a Spanish-built fort located in the city of St. Augustine, Florida. St. Augustine has been ruled by the local Indians, British, French and Spanish at one time or another.

The fort is a masonry star made from coquina stone. These small shells bonded together to form a stone that is much like limestone. Cubans were brought over to build the fort. The stone was ferried to the construction site. Construction lasted for twenty-three years. Completion date was 1695.

1670 the British was settling what today is Charleston, South Carolina. This settlement was only two days sail from St. Augustine. This new settlement lit a fire under the Spanish to finish the fort. In 1702 St. Augustine was sieged by the British. The cannons had little effect on the fort walls. A Spanish fleet from Cuba arrived trapping the English in the bay. The British burned their ships so they wouldn't fall into the enemy's hand and walked back to Carolina. They also burnt St. Augustine as they left. Reconstruction started in 1738.

I am a Rocket Mom, a Giant Squid 100, SquidAngel of Lensographies and SquidAngel of Home and Garden Furniture. If you have any questions please use the contact button up above and ask your questions. See you around the community.

Maitland Art Center ♨ Art Classes and Workshops ♨ Art Center on Video ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Old Railroad Depot ♨ Old Altantic Coast Line Depot ♨ Amtrak Station Video ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Eustis Florida ♨ The Clifford House ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Eutis on Video ♨ Your Opinion Please ♨ Tampa, FL ♨ Centro Asturiano ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Hotel Alcazar ♨ Bradlee-McIntyre House ♨ Longwood, Florida ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Castillo de San Marcos Fort, St. Augustine ♨ The Spanish Fort ♨ See it on Google Map ♨ Visit Other Rocket Moms Lenses ♨ Follow Me On Twitter ♨ Re-Tweet ♨ Contact Me ♨ Do You Squidoo? ♨ Your Voice Counts ♨ About Towanda ♨ Other Historical Landmarks