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This is a list of slave cabins and other notable slave quarters. A number of slave quarters in the United States are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Many more are included as contributing buildings within listings having more substantial plantation houses or other structures as the main contributing resources ...
On August 11, 2020, the Jacksonville City Council voted to change the name of the park to Springfield Park, after the name of the neighborhood it sits in. [2] The Springfield Park Playground, east of the park, was originally a part of Springfield Park, but was used for military training during World Wars I and II. It is now a dog park. [3]
Day use park formerly used as private resort Cayo Costa State Park: Lee: 2,426 acres (983 ha) 1976: Gulf of Mexico: Accessible only by ferry or boat - primitive cabins [18] Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve: Levy: 5,028 acres (2,036 ha) 1978: Gulf of Mexico: Very limited facilities Cedar Key Museum State Park: Levy: 19 acres (8 ha) 1960: Gulf of Mexico
The Jacksonville Maritime Heritage Center began as the Jacksonville Maritime Museum in 1987 and was operated by the Jacksonville Maritime Museum Society, Inc., a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. Its goal was to provide a resource that illustrated the local impact of maritime trade and the many aspects of the maritime environment.
The city of Jacksonville, Florida operates the largest urban park system in the United States, providing facilities and services at more than 337 locations on more than 80,000 acres (320 km 2) located throughout the city. [1]
"The Kingsley Plantation Community in Jacksonville, Florida: Memory and Place in a Southern American City" (PDF). CRM. The Journal of Heritage Stewardship. 6 (1): 23– 33. Fairbanks, Charles H. (1974). "The Kingsley Slave Cabins in Duval County, Florida, 1968". The Conference on Historic Site Archaeology Papers 1972 - Volume 7. Vol. 8.
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The Epping Forest (also known as the Alfred I. duPont Estate) was a historic, 58-acre (230,000 m 2) estate in Jacksonville, Florida, United States where a luxurious riverfront mansion was built in the mid-1920s by industrialist Alfred I. du Pont and his third wife, Jessie Ball du Pont.