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Orange Belt Railway reaches Tarpon Springs in January and St. Petersburg in May, bringing rapid growth to the county. [6] [4]: 50 1890 Tampa Bay Ice Company begins operations, greatly aiding the local fishing industry. [4]: 58 1891 Clearwater incorporates. 1892 St. Petersburg incorporates. [4]: 60 1893 St. Petersburg's first bank organized.
Location of Pinellas County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pinellas County, Florida.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.
1884 – The St. Petersburg Times was established. [2] 1888 Peter Demens brings railroad into St. Petersburg. [1] The first hotel is built, named the Detroit Hotel. [3] 1892 Town of St. Petersburg incorporated. [4] David Moffett becomes first mayor of St. Petersburg. [5] 1897 – Electrical service established. [1] 1899
The Golden Era in St. Petersburg Postwar Prosperity in the Sunshine City. Charleston, South Carolina: History Press. Charleston, South Carolina: History Press. This Florida -related article is a stub .
Deuces Live is a 501(c)3 non-profit “created to revive and revitalize this historic neighborhood where Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday played, famous African-American baseball stars stayed and the black residents of St. Petersburg lived, worked and worshiped.” [2] The City of St. Petersburg has also invested in the neighborhood with its ...
The mission of the museum is to collect, preserve, and communicate the history and heritage of Florida with an emphasis on St. Petersburg and the Pinellas peninsula. [2] The museum hosts a variety of traveling exhibits, evening events, guest speakers, and more. The St. Petersburg Museum of History has a significant archive that includes over ...
Contents: Counties in Florida with African American Historic Places Alachua - Baker - Duval - Escambia - Franklin - Lee - Leon - Miami-Dade - Monroe - Putnam - St. Johns - St. Lucie - Santa Rosa - Seminole - Volusia
On Tuesday, November 12, 1914, John Evans, a black man, was lynched in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, by a mob of 1,500 white men, women and children. [1] Evans was accused of the murder of Edward Sherman, a white real estate developer, and the attack of Sherman's wife, Mary.