Florida Historic Homes

The first few entries below are not specific to a particular county – those interested in roads,
courthouses and other historic places in Florida, give these a look.

Non-County-Specific/Florida General
Historic Places in Florida
www.stateofflorida.com (search for “historic”)

Historic Roads and Highways of Florida
www.us-highways.com/lus.htm

Florida’s Historic Courthouses
www.jud10.org/Courthouses/courts/htm

This is a compendium, by county, of historic sites and organizations in the Sunshine State:

Alachua
Alachua County Historic Trust: Matheson Museum, Inc.
www.mathesonmuseum.org

Archer Historical Society
www.afn.org/~archer

Florida Museum of Natural History
www.flmnh.ufl.edu

Historic Haile Homestead, Inc.
www.hailehomestead.org

Micanopy Historical Society, Inc.
www.afn.org/~micanopy/

Baker
Baker County Historical Society
www.rootsweb.com/~flbaker/books.html

Bay
Junior Museum of Bay County
www.jrmuseum.org

Brevard
County Historical Commission
www.brevardcounty.us/history/

Brevard Museum of Art and Science
www.artandscience.org

Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science (The)
www.palmnet.net/brevardmuseum

Brevard Regional Arts Group
www.henegar.org

Honor America, Inc./Liberty Bell Memorial Museum
http://home.att.net/~honoramerica

McLarty Treasure Museum
www.myflorida.com

Rockledge Heritage Foundation
www.rockledgeheritage.org

Broward
Art and Culture Center
www.artandculturecenter.org

Bonnet House Alliance
www.bonnethouse.org

Bonnet House Museum and Gardens
www.bonnethouse.org

Deerfield Beach Historical Society
www.geocities.com/dbhsfl/

Fort Lauderdale Historical Society & Museum
www.oldfortlauderdale.org

Graves Museum of Archaeology & Natural History, Inc.
www.gravesmuseum.org

Hollywood Historical Society
www.hhs.cc

Pompano Beach Historical Society Museum
www.pompanohistory.com

Stranahan House, Inc.
www.stranahanhouse.com

Calhoun
Panhandle Pioneer Settlement
www.panhandlepioneersettlement.org

Charlotte
Charlotte County Historical Center
www.charlottecountyfl.com/parks

Citrus
Citrus County Historical Society, Inc.
www.cccourthouse.org

Crystal River State Archaeological Site
www.floridastateparks.org

Floral City Heritage Council of the Citrus County Historical Society, Inc.
www.cccourthouse.org

Collier
Collier County Historical Society, Inc.
www.cchistoricalsociety.com

Collier County Museum
www.colliermuseum.com

Marco Island Historical Society
www.theMIHS.org

Museum of the Everglades
www.colliermuseum.com

Smallwood's, Ted Store, Inc.
www.florida-everglades.com/chokol/smallw.htm

Dade
Archaeological Society of Southern Florida
http://assf.tripod.com/

Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South Florida (The)
www.theblackarchives.org

Dade Heritage Trust
www.dadeheritagetrust.org

Deering Estate Foundation (The)
www.deeringestate.net

Fairchild Tropical Gardens
www.ftg.org

Gold Coast Railroad
www.goldcaost-railroad.org

Greater North Miami Historical Society
www.geocities.com/north_miami_history/

Historical Museum of Southern Florida
www.historical-museum.org

Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Inc.
www.firn.edu/doe/holocaust/history1.html

Jewish Museum of Florida (MOSAIC)
www.jewishmuseum.com

Kislak, Jay I. Foundation, Inc. (The)
www.jayikislakfoundation.org

Miami Beach Community Development Corporation
www.miamibeachcdc.org

Miami Design Preservation League
www.mdpl.org

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
www.vizcayamuseum.com

Vizcayans (The)
www.vizcayans.org

Wolfsonian - Florida International University (The)
www.wolfsonian.fiu.edu/

Duval
Beaches Area Historical Society
www.beachesareahistoricalsociety.com

Jacksonville Historical Society
www.jaxhistory.com

Jacksonville Maritime Museum Society, Inc.
www.jaxmarmus.com

Kingsley Plantation/National Park Service
www.nps.gov

Mandarin Museum & Historical Society
www.mandarinmuseum.org

Museum of Science and History (MOSH )
www.themosh.org

National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in The State of Florida www.ximenezfatiohouse.
org

Riverside Avondale Preservation, Inc.
www.riverside-avondale.com

Escambia
Fiesta of Five Flags
www.fiestaoffiveflags.org

Historic Pensacola Village and T.T. Wentworth, Jr. FL State Museum
www.historicpensacola.org

Pensacola Cultural Center/Pensacola Little Theatre
www.pensacolalittletheatre.com

Pensacola Historical Museum
www.pensacolahistory.org

Pensacola Historical Society, Inc.
www.pensacolahistory.org

Pensacola Museum of Art
www.pensacolamuseumofart.org

West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc.
www.historicpensacola.org

Flagler
Friends of Washington Oaks State Gardens, Inc.
www.floridastateparks.org

Hamilton
Hamilton County Tourist Development Council
www.hamiltoncountyflorida.com

Hendry
Clewiston Museum
www.clewiston.org/museum.htm

Highlands
South Florida Community College Museum of Florida Art and Culture
www.mofac.org

Hillsborough
Barrio Latino Commission
www.tampagov.net/dept_historic_preservation

Cracker Country
www.crackercountry.org

Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce: Economic Development Council
www.plantcity.org

Old Seminole Heights Neighborhood Association
www.oldseminoleheights.com

Plant, Henry B. Museum
www.plantmuseum.com

Tampa Architectural Review Commission
www.tampagov.net/dept_historic_preservation

Tampa Bay History Center
www.tampabayhistorycenter.org

Tampa Preservation, Inc.
www.tampapreservation.com

Ybor City Museum Society
www.ybormuseum.org

Ybor City Museum State Park
www.ybormuseum.org

Indian River
Cultural Council of Indian River County
www.cultural-council.org

McKee Botanical Garden, Inc.
www.mckeegarden.org

Jackson
Chipola Regional Arts Association
www.chipola.edu

Lake
Eustis Historical Museum & Preservation Society, Inc.
www.eustis.org

Lake County Historical Museum
www.lakegovernment.com

Lee
Barrier Island Parks Society (BIPS)
www.barrierislandparksociety.org

Burroughs Home
www.cityftmyers.com/attractions

Cape Coral Historical Museum
www.capecoralhistoricalmuseum.org

Edison and Ford Winter Estates
www.edison-ford-estate.com/

Koreshan State Historic Site and Mound Key Archaeological State Park www.koreshanshs.tripod.
com

Museum of the Islands
www.museumoftheislands.com

Southwest Florida Museum of History
www.cityftmyers.com/

Leon
Capitol Complex Extension of the Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and
Museum
www.famu.edu/acad/archives

Goodwood Museum and Gardens, Inc.
www.goodwoodmuseum.org

John Gilmore Riley House Museum of African American History & Culture www.rileymuseum.org

Knott House Museum (The)
www.dos.state.fl.us

Museum of Florida History
www.dos.state.fl.us/dhr/museum/

Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum
www.famu.edu/acad/archives

Tall Timbers Research Station
www.talltimbers.org

Tallahassee - The Brokaw-McDougall House (City of)
www.talgov.com

Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science
www.tallahasseemuseum.org

Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation
www.taltrust.org

Levy
Cedar Key State Museum
www.floridastateparks.org

Liberty
Torreya State Park
www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/bigbend/tor

Manatee
Anna Maria Island Historical Museum
www.islandhistory.us/

Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum
www.fgcrrm.org

Manatee County Agricultural Museum, Inc. www.manateeclerk.
com/ClerkServices/HisVill/ag_museum.htm

Manatee County Historical Commission, Inc.
www.manateeclerk.com

Manatee County Historical Records Library
www.manateeclerk.com

Manatee Village Historical Park
www.manateeclerk.com

Palmetto Historical Commission
www.manateeclerk.com/clerkservies/hist/ill/palmetto.htm

Powel Crosley Museum
www.crosleymuseum.com

South Florida Museum, Bishop Planetarium & Parker Manatee Aquarium www.southfloridamuseum.
org

Marion
Historic Ocala Preservation Society
www.historicocala.org

Martin
Historical Society of Martin County
www.goodnature.org/elliotmuseum

Lyric Theatre
www.lyrictheatre.com

Martin County Council for the Arts
www.martinarts.org

Monroe
Audubon House & Tropical Gardens
www.audubonhouse.com

Florida Keys Land & Sea Trust - Museums & Nature Center of Crane Point
www.cranepoint.org

Fort Zachary Taylor State Historic Site
www.floridastateparks.org

Hemingway, Ernest Home & Museum
www.hemingwayhome.com

Historical Preservation Society of the Upper Keys
www.keyshistory.org

Key West Art & Historical Society, Inc.
www.kwahs.com

Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society
www.melfisher.org

Pigeon Key Foundation
www.pigeonkey.org

Truman, Harry S. Little White House
www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com

Nassau
Amelia Island Museum of History
www.ameliaislandmuseumofhistory.org

Fort Clinch State Park
www.floridastateparks.org

Okaloosa
Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida
www.heritage-museum.org

North Okaloosa Historical Association, Inc.
www.rootsweb.com/~flbbm/baker.htm

Orange
Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (The)
www.zoranealhurston.cc

Fort Christmas Historical Park
http://parks.orangecountyfl.net

Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Central Florida
www.holocaustedu.org

Hosmer, Charles Morse Museum of American Art (The)
www.morsemuseum.org

Leu, Harry P. Gardens
www.leugardens.org

Maitland Art Center
www.maitartctr.org

Maitland Historical Society & Museum
www.maitlandhistory.org

Ocoee Historical Commission, Inc.
www.co.ocoee.fl.us

Orange County Regional History Center
www.thehistorycenter.org

Orlando Landmarks Defense, Inc.
www.insidecentralflorida.com

Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens (Albin)
www.polasek.org

The Association to Preserve African American Society, History & Tradition
www.pastinc.org

Winter Park Historical Association and Museum
www.winterparkhistorical.com

Palm Beach
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, Inc.
www.realpages.com/annnorton

Armory Art Center
www.armoryart.org

Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches
http://communitylink.gopbi.com/groups/artdeco

Boca Raton Historical Society
www.bocahistory.org

Boynton Cultural Centre, Inc.
www.schoolhousemuseum.org

Cornell Museum of Art & History
www.oldschool.org

Flagler Museum
www.flaglermuseum.us

Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association
www.flamingopark.org

Florida Power & Light Historical Museum
www.fpl.com

Historical Society of Palm Beach County
www.historicalsocietypbc.org

John L. Volk Foundation, Inc. (The)
www.johnlvolkfoundation.org

Loxahatchee River Historical Society
www.LRHS.org

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens (The)
www.morikami.org

Old School Square Cultural Arts Center
www.oldschool.org

Palm Beach County Cultural Council
www.pbccc.org

Palm Beach Maritime Museum
www.pbmm.org

Society of the Four Arts (The)
www.fourarts.org

Yesteryear Village on the South Florida Fairgrounds
www.southfloridafair.com

Pasco
Pioneer Florida Museum Association, Inc.
www.pioneerfloridamuseum.org

Pinellas
Dunedin Historical Society Museum
www.ci.dunedin.fl.us/historymuseum

Florida Aviation Historical Society
www.wellnesscmiropactic.com/FAHS/

Florida Holocaust Museum
www.flholocaustmuseum.org

Gulfport Historical Museum
www.gulfporthistoricalmuseum.homestead.com/

Heritage Village
www.pinellascounty.org/heritage

Safety Harbor Museum of Regional History
www.safety-harbor-museum.org

St. Petersburg Historical Society, Inc.
www.stpetemuseumofhistory.org

St. Petersburg Museum of History
www.stpetemuseumofhistory.org

St. Petersburg Preservation, Inc.
www.stpetepreservation.org

University of South Florida at St. Petersburg
www.stpt.usf.edu

Polk
Florida Southern College
www.flsouthern.edu

Historic Bok Sanctuary
www.boksanctuary.org

Historic Lake Wales Society
www.cityoflakewales.com

Historic Lakeland, Inc.
www.historiclakeland.org

Homeland Heritage Park
www.polk-county.net

Lake Wales Arts Council, Inc.
www.lakewalesartscenter.org

Lake Wales Depot Museum
www.cityoflakewales.com

Lakeland Downtown Development Authority
www.ldda.org

Polk County Historical Museum
www.polk-county.net/museum

Putnam
Conlee Mural Committee, Inc.
www.conleemural.org/

Southside Historical Neighborhood Association
www.shna.net

Santa Rosa
Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fort Pickens Area)
www.nps.gov/quis/

Sarasota
Bispham-Wilson Historic District
www.arnoldberns.com

Crowley Museum & Nature Center
www.crowleymuseumnaturectr.org

Friends of the Myakka River, Inc.
www.myakkariver.org

Gulf Coast Heritage Association, Inc.
www.historicspanishpoint.org

Historical Society of Sarasota County
www.arnoldberns.com

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
www.selby.org

Ringling, John & Mable Museum of Art (The)
www.ringling.org

Venice Archives and Area Historical Collection
www.venicegov.com/19024.html

Seminole
Museum of Seminole County History
www.co.seminole.fl.us

Sanford Historic Trust
www.sanfordhistorictrust.org

Sanford Museum
www.ci.sanford.fl.us

Student Museum & Center for the Social Studies
www.scps.k12.fl.us

St. Johns
Historic St. Augustine Research Institute
www.flagler.edu/hsari/

Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program/Underwater Archaeology
www.oldcitymaritime.com

Lightner Museum
www.lightnermuseum.com

Museum of Weapons & Early American History
www.museumofweapons.com

Old St. Augustine Village - Museum of Arts and Sciences
www.old-staug-village.com

St. Augustine Historical Society
www.oldcity.com/oldhouse

St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum
www.staugustinelighthouse.com

St. Augustine, Department of Heritage Tourism (City of)
www.ci.st-augustine.fl.us/hpht/default.htm

St. Photios Foundation, Inc.
www.stphotios.com

Ximenez Fatio House
www.ximenezfatiohouse.org

St. Lucie
UDT - SEAL Museum
www.udt-sealmuseum.org

Sumter
Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
www.floridastateparks.org

Volusia
Atlantic Center for the Arts
www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org

Casements (The)
www.ormondbeach.org

DeBary Hall
www.volusia.org

Enterprise Preservation Society
www.oldenterprise.org

Fred Dana Marsh Museum Tomoka State Park
www.floridastateparks.org

Halifax Historical Museum
www.halifaxhistorical.org

Hontoon Island Foundation CSO, Inc.
www.hontooncso.com

Museum of Arts and Sciences and Center for Florida History (The)
www.moas.org

Ormond Beach Historic Landmark Preservation Board (City of)
www.ormondbeach.org

Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts, Inc.
www.drive.com/pioneersettlement

Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse
www.ponceinlet.org

West Volusia Historical Society
www.delandhouse.com