Place List VDME

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 USA Florida Jacksonville Jacksonville Historical Society Viola Muse Collection (1959-18) A list of all places and their occurrances across the collection

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 Old City Cemetery
Jacksonville, FL
30.33277864471985 -81.64909871796927 Old City Cemetery is a stop on Jacksonville's <a href="https://www.visitjacksonville.com/things-to-do/culture/history/african-american-heritage-trail/black-heritage-trail/stop-6-old-city-cemetery/">African American Heritage Trail</a>. Clara White Mission
613 West Ashley Street Jacksonville, FL
30.334901867657212 -81.66376317651137 Home of Charles and Irene Coates
2015 Windle Street Jacksonville, FL
30.337897839583185 -81.68492401554454 Cohen's Store
117 W Duval Street Jacksonville, FL 32202
30.330317970283577 -81.65896185233449 For a photo from 1937, see <a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/51380">http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/51380</a>. Home of Harry Hanks
1322 ½ Davis Street Jacksonville, FL
30.34087449102494 -81.66708604439053 Home of William Barnes
1420 Jefferson Street Jacksonville, FL
30.34248158844008 -81.66302877322667 Home of Alma and John Henry Adams
1472 Madison Street Jacksonville, FL
30.34265649876015 -81.66577244439041 Home of Reverend Thomas H.B. Walker
1608 Jefferson Street Jacksonville, FL
30.3459790074612 -81.6627138597352 Clark University
Gammon Theological Seminary
Ebenezer Church (?), Gainesville, Florida
Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church
Not sure this is right name for 1930s Church of the Immaculate Conception
Bowman Church (?), Tampa, Florida
Simpson Memorial Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Joseph Methodist Episcopal Church
Home of Minnie E. Washington
2023 Illinois Street Jacksonville, FL
30.346061459353994 -81.66430303089899 Home of Benjamin A. Richardson
2210 Myrtle Avenue Jacksonville, FL
30.35132076700819 -81.67580083089895 Home of G.H. Leaphart
2407 Moncrief Avenue Jacksonville, FL
30.353137245961918 -81.67094595973515 Home of Emerson B. Bryant
2414 Davis Street Jacksonville, FL
30.352420030740415 -81.66732745973515 Previous Home of Isaac Johnson
335 East Ashley Jacksonville, FL
30.330201649753203 -81.6520166308993 Home of Smart P. Livingston and Thelma Livingston Roberts
400 Stuart Street Jacksonville, FL
30.349241714497257, -81.6640850901165 Home of Isaac Johnson
413 East Ashley Jacksonville, FL
30.329847754764074 -81.65130520206307 Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
201 East Beaver Street Jacksonville, FL
30.332484199222893 -81.653328839925 Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church Is a stop on Jacksonville's <a href="https://www.visitjacksonville.com/things-to-do/culture/history/african-american-heritage-trail/black-heritage-trail/stop-7-mount-zion-a-m-e-church/">African American Heritage Trail</ref>. Home of family of W.W. Andrews
511 Clay Street Jacksonville, FL
30.329847754764074 -81.65130520206307 John Henry Adam's portrait of General W.W. Andrews was located in the residence of the Andrews family. The Jacksonville Advocate
605 West Ashley Street Jacksonville, FL
30.33278878606987 -81.66404847379178 The Tattler
614 Broad Street Jacksonville, FL
30.332686225381366 -81.66415653146277 Jacksonville Journal
Masonic Temple, 410 Broad Street, Room 207 Jacksonville, FL
Home of Hattie Chisolm
728 West Duval Street Jacksonville, FL
30.331070787801593 -81.66638363146282 Home of David Porter
758 West Ashley Street Jacksonville, FL
30.332623266197654 -81.66521074680483 Home of Harry H. Sutton, Jr.
811 North [West] 8th Street Jacksonville, FL
30.296066717509998 -81.39939224489552 Sutton's address is given as 811 North 8th Street in <a href="https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/items/show/6">Notes About Artwork by Harry H. Sutton, Jr.</a>, but we have interpreted the address as 811 West 8th Street, since North 8th Street does not appear to have existed. Home of Harden Woodham Stuckey
928 ½ East Union Street Jacksonville, FL
30.33126676830895 -81.64319742961422 Alabama
32.86135046553317, -86.57334390644218 Albany, New York
42.813299932733585 -73.76673771778013 Morris Brown College
42.813299932733585 -73.76673771778013 Benedict College
42.813299932733585 -73.76673771778013 Atlanta, Georgia
33.959210243301804 -84.42061317176127 Augusta, Georgia
33.6970616862783 -81.98109133535245 Baltimore, Maryland
39.46303163942923 -76.5985262343146 Bishopville, South Carolina
34.26163981190345 -80.25020062520805 Dove City, South Carolina
Camden County, Georgia
30.923691056919132 -81.65501954465095 Cameron, South Carolina
33.58080425635743 -80.71230906227743 Charleston, South Carolina
32.825583557652514 -79.94851462239787 Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
32.76895078747897 -79.89618728706121 Chicago, Illinois
41.98873322445878 -87.57818801096019 Columbia, South Carolina
34.04174310232205 -80.97605389987547 Crescent City, Florida
29.429957207882794 -81.51079522753454 Cuba
21.536852020514505 -78.82930358511747 East Jacksonville
30.336931833462597 -81.63868640247816 Eatonville, Florida
28.6296256798531 -81.38364217845643 Fernandina, Florida
30.66679305499275 -81.46285406575814 Florida
27.85307384776793, -81.72895767530763 Florida A&M College
30.426745667021112 -84.28527067720363 France
46.65643185651451 2.260301784744594 Gainesville, Florida
29.69246862512385 -82.36095773118844 Georgia
32.648908333027194 -83.32358444061241 Germany
51.07611858240925 10.516658569454867 Gloucester, Massachussetts
42.641162746984826 -70.65852927315606 Groveland, Florida
28.60192569553971 -81.80122527354148 Hampton, Virginia
37.0300910434481 -76.34459029172105 Italy
Honey Hill, South Carolina
LaVilla
30.33056916315936 -81.6697736378985 Liberia
6.24217306529246 -9.444820449334468 Lucknow, South Carolina
34.29506318675688 -80.33748711236842 Massachusetts
42.52723676164569 -71.92711402529478 McMinville, Tennessee
35.68635523644295 -85.7799544624955 Memorial Cemetery
30.38171284745281 -81.69530620841869 Milton, Florida
30.637296 -87.052639 Montgomery, Alabama
32.343722 -86.258407 Monticello, Florida
30.540087550712045 -83.87943000233228 New York, New York
40.755430182810045 -74.10056390955961 Nashville, Tennessee
36.21291076292893 -86.79626750479702 Paris, France
48.859673506872575 2.3587007813597634 Pensacola, Florida
30.42501413307341 -87.22845200872463 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
40.00241367550374 -75.11254359059154 Riverside, Jacksonville, Florida
30.313359404554923 -81.6933738564206 South Carolina
33.97858398878032 -80.4566157990906 Sanford, Florida
28.79134704589548 -81.26919400237327 Savannah, Georgia
32.12254504419271 -81.09591779786403 Springfield, Jacksonville, Florida
30.34602943926396 -81.65367648810995 St. Augustine, Florida
29.94456760857208 -81.22850775407616 St. Louis, Missouri
38.68732747429579 -90.3148817624495 Tallahassee, Florida
30.439244488140773 -84.28227136659504 Tampa, Florida
27.999261890598433 -82.41034496931708 Virginia
37.308756363787786 -78.74813102945369 Waco, Texas
31.547986386146892 -97.14638868716798 Washington, District of Columbia
38.97912729398404 -76.9376803020666 Waycross, Georgia
31.212543569545154 -82.34797389159648 Home of Willis Williams
1025 Eaverson Street Jacksonville, FL
30.33866461384421 -81.67227734466506 Home of Aria Louise Rogers
1113 (or 1117) West Church Street Jacksonville, FL
30.333110 -81.671254 The house number is given as "1113" in "Aria Louise Rogers" and "1117" in "Poets Among Children." Home of Lindsay Moore
1114 Madison Street Jacksonville, FL
30.33482521741177 -81.66641214228724 The address 1114 Madison Street no longer exists, but it would have been on the west side of Madison, just north of Caroline, which was one block north of State. Home of Rachel Andrews Austin
1940 Louisiana Street Jacksonville, FL
30.344895720647727 -81.66512247350094 Home of Cyril Andrews and family
2216 23rd Avenue Tampa, Florida
27.972390493142996 -82.43388754471952 Sunday School Publishing Board, Florida Branch
421 Broad Street Jacksonville, FL
30.331297506511387 -81.66410797350127 Haines City, Florida
28.230383651316238 -81.60058217074061 Marietta, Georgia
30.346154422448226 -81.80198464821034 Home of Portia Thorington
2214 Mars Avenue Jacksonville, FL
30.355024416610643 -81.66587946000885 Home of Felix Littlejohn
709 East 4th Street Jacksonville, FL
30.340470010599056 -81.64395797350102 Home of Clara Royster
929 Duval Street Jacksonville, FL
30.327815760806015 -81.64465430233739 St. Marys, Georgia
30.748962293127644 -81.57067902445496 Venezuela
7.182116285537866 -66.08113082313888 Washington County, Georgia
33.010850778778824 -82.79228680197687 Forsythe County, Georgia
34.246755983900414 -84.11344339291375 Sapelo Island, Georgia
31.47536559675928 -81.24231423596649 Richmond, Virginia
37.54206456027259 -77.43146554933251 Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
10.469747445968194 -68.02755899854684 Petersburg, Virginia
37.227728102434575 -77.40205036897676 Palatka, Florida
29.68820438374037 -81.56461743538917 Ohio
40.32497505287811 -82.78113365194 Nicaragua
12.934315733521656 -84.93307092107426 Nassau, Bahamas
25.044937212731448 -77.34942493218549 Nassau County, Florida
30.697867412991528 -81.786273601479 McIntosh County, Georgia
31.483248218437033 -81.48353153650385 Monrovia, Liberia
6.3718856224877 -10.72024016394211 Macon, Georgia
32.87884325944713 -83.61670590937285 Lady's Island, South Carolina
32.45457563174649 -80.63562681544974 Kissimmee, Florida
28.291941918758063 -81.3944917806557 Key West, Florida
24.557273821385323 -81.79038525215553 Calhoun County, Alabama
33.660207677284816 -85.82687915710989 California
36.5691283809385 -119.55692532762185 Cincinnati, Ohio
39.10589177521054 -84.50470445121613 Cherokee County, Alabama
34.15174192555581 -85.68188596017109 Darien, Georgia
31.396123237015896 -81.43484992092365 Courthouse, Darien, Georgia
31.396123237015896 -81.43484992092365 Ellaville, Florida
30.387065346911996 -83.17508542322733 Ellaville is today a ghost town located in what is now Suwannee River State Park, at the confluence of the Suwannee River and the Withlacoochee River. Sawmill, Ellaville, Florida
Forsyth, Georgia
33.03486278585017 -83.93835374006835 Forsyth Street
23rd Avenue, Tampa, Florida
Grand Bassa County, Liberia
5.89357388507077 -10.025228627802619 Griffen, Georgia
33.25669964430005 -84.27186836535466 Haiti
18.927926704751222 -72.63229846498295 Harper, Liberia
4.375936270553496 -7.699871785760654 Cape Palmas, Liberia
4.38942787358048 -7.647587103073606 Hilliard, Florida
30.711599862296122 -81.91646135794433 Irwin County, Georgia (?)
31.65786584289144 -83.30462553465232 Black Bottom, Jacksonville
30.336109579109166 -81.66287674623815 Black Bottom is the area of Jacksonville otherwise known as Hansontown. For a history and photos the area, see <a href="https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/urban-renewal-and-the-slum-heart-of-jacksonville">The Jaxson</a>. That page also discusses "Slum Heart of Jacksonville," a short propaganda film created to pursuade Jacksonville voters to support the demolition of the area in the 1950s. Connecticut
41.61042300457593 -72.42842605780702 Corinto, Nicaragua
12.518631485217321 -87.17829382825825 Monroe County, Georgia
33.126672290083604 -83.89313264954247 Adams Street
30.329573508896218 -81.66019608699318 Lee Street
Mars Avenue
Duval Street
Edgewood Avenue
Spanish East Florida
Moncrief Avenue
West Duval Street
Windle Street
Ashley Street
30.330740716520012 -81.65667900829366 See also <a href="#east-ashley-street">East Ashley Street</a> and <a href="#west-ashley-street">West Ashley Street</a>. West Ashley Street
See also <a href="#ashley-street">Ashley Street</a> and <a href="#east-ashley-street">East Ashley Street</a>. East Ashley Street
See also <a href="#ashley-street">Ashley Street</a> and <a href="#west-ashley-street">West Ashley Street</a>. Amelia River
30.682998727026018 -81.54005231510412 United States of America
39.74386857456516 -100.44284633667255 Beaver Street
30.331518401356835 -81.65643137240525 Eaverson Street
Bay Street
30.326227869507125 -81.6579238383646 Bridge Street
*** Bridge Street is the former name of today's Broad Street. Intersection of Adams Street and Bridge Street
*** Intersection of Duval Street and Ocean Street
*** Intersection of Moncrief Avenue and Edgewood Avenue
*** Broad Street
*** Broad Street Viaduct
*** Property of Ada Daniels Walden's grandfather Josephus
*** Wooden Footbridge on Bridge Street
Oak grove
Fish pond
Caroline Street
*** Church Street
*** West Church Street
*** Satilla River (?)
31.144271637691713 -81.66869429483698 Ginlatt River (?)
Clay Street
*** Intersection of Clay Street and Orange Street
*** Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay (?)
-34.4325014937301 -57.83852226581762 South America
Africa
West Africa
Sandersville, Georgia
Hall plantation
L'Angle plantation
Overtree plantation
Caribbean islands
Hogans Creek
30.339463858174398 -81.66004689847603 Hogan Street
30.32919027183061 -81.66000945022225 Jamaica
18.173510552444892 -77.32078630853202 Jefferson Street
*** Black Jack Oaks
*** Bloxham Street
*** Boylan Haven School
*** Brooklyn, Jacksonville
*** Burbridge Cemetery
*** Burch's Brick Yard
*** Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (?)
*** Duval County, Florida
*** Station A
Illinois Street
*** Baptist Academy
*** Founded in 1892, this institution was relocated to St. Augustine in 1918 and became the <a href="place-index.xml#florida-normal-and-industrial-institute">Florida Normal and Industrial Institute</a>. See Ennis Davis' 2020 article <a href="works-cited.xml#davis-2020">"Five Lost Colleges & Universities of the Inner City"</a>. Camp Joseph E. Johnston
*** Campbell's Addition
*** Campbell's Addition also appears as Campbellton on some maps. Cedar Street
Cedar Springs, South Carolina
*** Home of Nat Patterson (Bedell family residence)
Empire Gristmill (?)
*** Irene Coates references in her interview notes a gristmill that may be the Empire Gristmill. Florida Railroad and Navigation Company Depot
*** Cookman School
*** Florida Highway 1
*** Myrtle Avenue
*** Fort San Juan (?)
*** Grant's Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church
*** Holmes Undertaking Establishment (?)
*** According to Irene Coates Narrative (2 of 4), this establishment was located on State Street, between Broad Steet and Jefferson Street. Jacksonville, Florida
30.381143453925464 -81.64779627965059 Downtown, Jacksonville, Florida
Joseph H. James Building
*** Kings Road
*** Knights of Pythias Hall
727 West Ashley Jacksonville, FL
*** LaVilla Park
*** LaVilla Park School
*** LaVilla Grammar School
*** Lawton Pratt Funeral Home
525 West Beaver Street Jacksonville, FL
*** The Lawton Pratt Funeral Home is a stop on Jacksonville's <a href="https://www.visitjacksonville.com/things-to-do/culture/history/african-american-heritage-trail/black-heritage-trail/stop-11-hillman-pratt-walton-funeral-home">African American Heritage Trail</a>. For a photo, see <a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/839">Florida Memory</a>. Lookout Mountain
*** Main Street
*** Gas Works
At corner of Main Street and State Street
*** Market Street
*** Masonic Temple
410 Broad Street Jacksonville, FL
30.33128100022798 -81.66445354945141 This building, also referred to in the documents as the "Colored Masonic Temple," is on the <a href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/d1ba2a2d-02b1-4d7c-b495-061ab8483733">National Register of Historic Places</a>. Florida Memory presents postcard images featuring the building from <a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/159201">c.1909</a> and <a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/142131">c.1913</a>. McCoy/McCoy's Creek
*** Moncrief Springs
*** Mount Vernon, Florida
*** Home of Rebecca Fulton
Northeast corner Union Street and Broad Street Jacksonville, FL
Newnan Street
Intersection of Main Street and State Street
Intersection of Beaver Street and Main Street
Intersection of Church Street and Main Street
Intersection of Adams Street and Lee Street
30.330636628272465 -81.66892967032213 Oak and Peters Shoe Store
*** Ocean Street
Odd Fellows Hall
*** Pearl Street
Pine Street
Pine Street is Now Main Street. River Junction, Florida
Savannah River
32.04207780951362 -80.84824351289296 Seminole Hotel
Seventh Street
Eighth Street
See also <a href="north-eighth-street">North Eighth Street</a>. North Eighth Street
See also <a href="eighth-street">Eighth Street</a>. Sixth Street
East Fourth Street
Louisiana Street
St. James Hotel
St. Johns River
30.321209105425766 -81.65208684680455 St. Lawerence River
47.78800858328634 -69.21234661112715 Stanton School/Stanton High School
30.332464920741593 -81.66335965782105 Stanton School is a stop on Jacksonville's <a href="https://www.visitjacksonville.com/things-to-do/culture/history/african-american-heritage-trail/black-heritage-trail/stop-12-old-stanton-high-school">African American Heritage Trail</a>. State Street
Stuart Street
Sunset Park
30.382184876524946 -81.695665624084 According to <a href="https://violamuse.unfdhi.org/items/show/36">"Black Angels Versus White Angels,"</a> Sunset Park was the name given by owner Castillinas to what later became <a href="https://unfdhi.org/violamuse-editions/content/place-index.xml#memorial-cemetery">Memorial Cemetery</a>. Times Union Building
Uncle Neal's Pawn Shop
Union Street
East Union Street
Union Depot
For a photo, see <a href="https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/142385">Florida Memory</a>. Intersection of Bay Street and Hogan Street
24.557273821385323 -81.79038525215553 Ward Street
Jessie Street
Franklin Street
Harvard University
Atlanta University
Talladega College
Howard University
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Institute is today Tuskegee University. Florida Normal and Industrial Institute
For photo and brief history, see <a href="http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/815">Florida Memory</a>. Barnard College
Columbia University
Morgan Academy
Tennessee
35.693668994586005 -86.58492267246035 The North
The South
White House
Freight depot, Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad