National Register of Historic Places (original) (raw)

Florida - Leon County

Leon County Florida has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 11 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bellevue, Brokaw-McDougall House, Cascades Park, Escambe and Lake Jackson Mounds.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Swift Creek, Spanish and Fort Walton dating back to 2999 BC.

Many famous people are associated with these Leon County historic places including Robert Raymond Reid, Andrew Carnegie, John W. Martin, Miles H. Johnson Sr., Dr. Laura Pauline Jepsen and Blanche Covington.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Leon County places including Frank Lloyd Wright, Marion Sims Wyeth, William A. Edwards, Weaver, Rudolph, et al., George C. Johnson, J.O. Carlile, Henry Clay Billingsley, George Anderson, unknown and Parker & Yeager. Prominent architectural styles found in Leon Country are Colonial Revival, Greek Revival and Bungalow/Craftsman.

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bannerman, Charles, Ball

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Museum

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Billingsley, Henry Clay

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Historic Person:

Reid, Robert Raymond

Significant Year:

1830, 1841

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Art, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Multiple

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Department Store, Processing, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Department Store, Processing, Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Edwards,William A.

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Historic Person:

Carnegie,Andrew

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Monument/Marker, Park

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker, Park

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office

Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Edwards,William A.

Architectural Style:

Other, Renaissance

Historic Person:

Covington,Blanche

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Domestic, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Education, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal, Industry, Agriculture, Religion

Cultural Affiliation:

Swift Creek, Spanish

Period of Significance:

1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site, Graves/Burials, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Edwards & Sayward

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial

Historic Person:

Midyette,Payne H.,et al.

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1951-1967 AD

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Weaver, Rudolph, et al., Edwards, William A.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wyeth, Marion Sims, Carlile, J.O.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office, Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Military

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1825-1849

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Capitol

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Capitol

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Gaither, Alanzo S. "Jake"

Area of Significance:

Black, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1974 AD

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gilmore,F.C.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Social History, Performing Arts

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Civic, Department Store, Meeting Hall, Theater

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Anderson,George

Architectural Style:

Georgian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gilmore, Foster C.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Art, Social History, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Call,Richard Keith

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Fitchner,C.A.

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Diamond,Ruby

Significant Year:

1929, 1927

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Professional, Rail-Related, Warehouse

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Stick/Eastlake

Historic Person:

Johnson,Miles H.,Sr.

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Johnson,George C.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Prehistoric, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Agriculture, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1749-1500 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Fort Walton

Period of Significance:

1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Ceremonial Site, Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Early Modern, Moderne, Other

Historic Person:

Graves, Leander Johnson,

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Black, Education

Period of Significance:

1941-1971 AD

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Monk, T.A., Elliot, M. Leo

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

School

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wright,Frank Lloyd

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hoyle, Bascom, Jepsen, Dr. Laura Pauline

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival

Historic Person:

Jepsen, Dr. Laura Pauline

Area of Significance:

Literature, Landscape Architecture, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Armes,George Kerr

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Street Furniture/Object

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Street Furniture/Object

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Martin,John W.

Significant Year:

1934, 1933

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Child's Brothers Construction

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Art, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Religious Structure

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Historic Function:

Defense, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Conservation Area

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Conservation Area

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Post Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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