Designed by A. Ten Eyck Brown and Henrietta Cuttino Dozier, this building was constructed in 1922.
Jacksonville Branch Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta-Jacksonville, Florida
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The Janie Price Home of St. Augustine, Florida
Located on what is now known as Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in St. Augustine, Florida, the Janie Price Home is one of the stops on the ACCORD Freedom Trail. Mrs. Janie Price was a nurse at Flagler Hospital, who received her nursing training at Grady Hospital. While in Atlanta, she would attend dances at Morehouse College, where she met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
When Dr. King visited St. Augustine on May 31, 1964, to join the protests at Monson Motor Lodge, he stayed in a series of homes to hide his whereabouts. Janie Price volunteered her home on Central Avenue to shelter Dr. King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy. During these protests, King was arrested and penned his “Letter from the Saint Augustine Jail” to his friend Rabbi Israel Dresner. Rabbi Dresner, along with sixteen other rabbis, joined the protests and were arrested. To date, it is the largest mass arrest of rabbis in the United States. Civil rights activists waded into the motel’s pool to protest segregation. In response, the motel manager, James Brock, poured muriatic acid into the pool to drive the protesters out of the water, thereby creating one of the most horrific and memorable images of the protest.
Protesters left St. Augustine on July 1, 1964, and President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964.
Carillon Tower & Mausoleum at Evergreen Cemetery-Jacksonville, Floriday
The hallmark of Evergreen Cemetery is the mausoleum complex featuring a 96 foot Carillon Tower. The construction began in 1956 and was completed in 1978. The chimes were donated by Fay and Thelma Johnson in honor of their daughter, Jill Joyce Johnson, who died at the age of 7.
Wesley Manor Retirement Village-Jacksonville, Florida
First, these photos do not do this retirement community justice. This mid-century complex was designed by Robert Broward in 1960. The space, light, and artwork created a welcoming environment.
Fabisinski-Hayling House-Lincolnville, Florida
This home in the Lincolnville area of St. Augustine houses can tell the stories of segregation and civil rights. After Brown vs. Board of Education, Southern states did whatever they could to maintain segregation. In Florida, the Fabisinski Committee was led by Judge L. L. Fabisinski, who grew up in the house. They made recommendations to the governor on how to maintain segregation without “officially” breaking federal laws.
In 1964, this became the home of Dr. Robert Hayling. A successful dentist, he was considered the main organizer of the St. Augustine Civil Rights Movement.
The Last Slave Cabin-Lincolnville, Florida
For many years, this building was always talked about by the homeowners and people in the neighborhood that it was a slave cabin. Research and an archeological dig proved that it was. It has been restored in the last few years.
From the historic marker, “St. Augustine’s most famous garage building began its life long before the automobile age. The crack running down the east wall from top to bottom shows the original length of the structure, before it was enlarged in the 1920s for automobile and storage needs. Built in the decades before the Civil War, it was part of Buena Esperanza Plantation which covered the southern tip of the peninsula. Constructed of the native shellstone, coquina, as are all but one of the city’s oldest buildings, it is the sole known survivor of the many plantation slave cabins shown in several parts of the city on a map made here right on the eve of the Civil War.”