Historic Sites in Gainesville, FL

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The museum is flanked by three other sites: The Matheson House dates from 1867 and incorporates elements ...

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Gainesville's Railroads The coming of the Florida Railroad opened up the interior of Florida for both settlement and ...

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(Front text) Colonel Daniel Newnan led a troop of the Georgia militia on a raid into the area in September 1812 in an...

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Designated the County Seat in 1854, and incorporated as a City in 1869, Gainesville takes its name from General Edmun...

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First Gainesville Skirmish The first Civil War gunfire in Gainesville's streets came on February 15, 1864, when a rai...

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Founded as the Gainesville Academy before the Civil War and later renamed, the East Florida Seminary served Gainesvil...

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The Hippodrome State Theatre, founded in 1972 by local actors, is a major performing arts venue in downto...

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Visitors to the Florida Museum, on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, can enjoy hundreds of exoti...

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Present-day Gainesville was the center of a large Spanish cattle ranching industry, founded on the labor of native Ti...

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Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church was founded on July 16, 1867, with the Reverend Isaac Davis serving as the ...

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The woodsy region around Gainesville was once farmed by Native Americans and ranched by Spanish immigrants. It also...

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(Front Text) Madison Starke Perry, born in Lancaster County, S.C., moved to Alachua County, Florida and became a pros...

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(Front Text) The naval stores industry was important to maritime power worldwide. Pine tar and pitch were used to sea...

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(North face) In Memory Of The Confederate Dead 1861 1865 (East face) "They Fell For Us and For Them Should Fall The T...

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Originally built as an estate for Major William Reuben Thomas and his family, "Sunkist Villa", as Thomas ...

Matheson Museum