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~~ ---- v'o' .B The Presbyterian congregation was organized This block and stucco house was built in 1928 for

HA BOTICA L GARDENS

.... D~ /-< \ ' ~~KANAPAHA BOTANICAL GARDENS« IJ- H H on June 3. 1866 This structure was dedicated William G. McDonald. His daughter. Grace, andrgaM,26 Turn north ofl SR 24 (Archer Roadl on SW ecember 7. 184 The design appears identcal her husband Dr. Frank Curtis Jones later made

,- : ---------- A.Clar;k e 63rd Boulevard (unpaved) for 04 miles to he furnishlngsareveryattraclVe Thsstructurehas this their home. Both Mr. McDonald and Mr.Marker Nk fIl- entrance of the Gardens served continuously since its dedication. :.f..". -?-. "' Jones held municipal offices in Archer at various

I NEWBERRY AINESVILL Begu n 1978 by the North Florida Botanical times241i_.~~~~~ J f i1 - Society on land provided by the Alachua County 15. SKINNER-MORTON-GREEN HOUSE

J Commission, these Gardens display a wide -h home was built in 1883 by James Skinner. aUnion veteran of Ihe ClvI War He was a v e r y 20. HEAGY HOtSE

variet off native^ andH" impoted u'lsuccesslul carriage manufacturer and black- Built prior to 1900 for Robert T. Heagy. Sr.,Kana\pa'"^'ha. ' - V\inery, the Herb Garden, the Sunken Garden^ ^ ^I smith who also had plantings of peaches, pears. another prominent Archer business man, it was

N lolanical ; the Bamboo Garden, Spring Flower Garden. the and oranges Purchased by Gus and Alice rchr adMs a MoHumming Bird Garden, Rock Garden, and Water Morton n the early 1920's it is now the home ofAR"/HtK'cnntwo e c a oLily Pond There is a picnic area. Modest their granddaughter Ann Baley Green who operated the Archer Suwannee Store until

S41) h ua£aa entrance fee Open 9 AM to 5 PM weekdays 1 HANCOCKSHOEMAKER HOUSEexcept Thursday, 1 to 5 Sunday. Built in 1886 by James Hancock, it has had the original porch removed and the

/ A entrance changed t o thchanged to the side Once it was surrounded by scuppernong grape_ _40 24e arbors. It is now the home of Sam Shoemaker. 21. COTTON-WOOD PLANTATION

entrane of tc 17. PEARSON-GRANT-WARGOVICH HOUSE ThuThis plantation was part oof the extensive land holdings of David Levy Yulee.\YKANAPAHA CEMETERYJ Smong the 19th century Quaker settlers were Fl o rorida s first U S. Senator. Yulee, son of pioneer Moses Levy, was the builderKANAPAA CEMETERYT E. Pearson and his son Charles E Pearson who of the railroad that spanned the State from Fernandlna to Cedar Key. Begun in

qA quarter mile beyond the Botanical Gardens together line was completed in 1860 Cotton-Wood was the Yulee familytogether ran a nursery on land near the house 1853.

is the Kanapaha Cemetery Graves of several Another son. Gilbert, became a well know ormnth- resloence during the Civil War. At tne wars end wagons carrying the residue ofEVY-' ARCHER o Alachua County pthe Audubone Society. This thare hConfederate treasury logst and papers and tof he baggage of ConfederatLEVY COUNTY Kanapaha Presbyterian Church was originally house was built by Charles Pearson in 1885dent Jefferson Davs fled southward arriving at Cotton-Wood on May

GrenummngirdGoonthisdsnle Current rsidts aM Dr Martnia B Grant and Dr Thomas Wargovch o 23. 1865. Buried for a time on the plantation the baggage and papers, on

except Th ^V34/ ur|Esday.M 18I LONG HOUSE Yulee's direction, were sent to the station master at Waldo. The gold treasure--trancechangedto the sidThe home of W.B Long. Archer merchant in the (approximately $25,000) was divided; one quarter to Mrs. Davis and her

J-ear-ly 1900 s, the two-story main part of the house children; the rest to the men who had guarded the wagon train. David Yuleewas built prior to 1910 with the single story partadded in 1920. Mr Long lived here most of his was arrested in Gainesville and the papers in Waldo seized by Federal troops.

DUDLEY FARM l--- ^ ---- ^^B KANAPAHA PREBeYTERIAN CHURCHalGar s I Te The house became the office of reallor John Monroe Venable acquired the property in 1906. None of the Yulee plantation

This farm was homesteaded in 1855 by Capt. P.B.H Dudley who later served In 1857 the Reverend William H. McCormick Carver in 1981 buildings remain.

in the Alachua Rangers in the Civil War. The present farm house and buildings H accepted the call to the Kanapaha mission. Hisdate from the 1870's. Miss Myrtle Dudley. a granddaughter. donated the farm lepastorate was a horse-riding circuit which in-to the State's Division of Recreation and Parks in June 1983 She will have life eluded Gainesville. Micanopy, Ocala. and Cedar

tenure. The Florida Park Service is restoring the buildings to their turn-of-the- Key. The first frame church was built in 1859

century state. The area is closed to the public now. where the Kanapaha Cemetery Is located Twenty-four years later the original building was razed and this one erected here

FORT CLARKE Several decades ago it was abandoned for yet another structure nearer .: *..* :;Built early in 1836 in response to the Seminole attacks, this Fort, on the Gainesville. In April 1969 the congregation voted to return to this sanct saury HSTO f OF RY

U.S. Infantry. Today the name survives in the Ft Clarke Baptist Church.K B! there^ ^ ^"^ ^ wer mayiintfnoprto. n15!teSvffuh-an9anv e oS A prominent merchant, W H. Tucker. built thisthere warFe KnA y P TineCH.:if operation. In 1hous becme te nhe .officeof lJhn M re n A prompt n ent merchant, W.H. Tucker, built thisWess in thtern Railroad wht attended sou thard from Hg:hpf.nge Into.:tt p:, ' home in 1908. Constructed with hand-madeonew setemenit soon appeared .an on Mar;h 1i, ?84. z. post offh.?' cuItbl'idwat fereomtthe The MissMyrtnle Ds ahadga t Ma ar Mra e wucas e horse-rideng circenwe concrete blocks. t was the first to utilize thisOf the same n e in Son o uthR Carolinas d on Augut l.. 1J9un. 1Thb IJrohn Gl Ga building material in Newberry. lt is still the home

centurystate.Theareaisclo o tepici .n .hot mipnin 6.was the pri':lpa ,tlrm s untor of a daughter Mrs. Katie Cooke.

r sWar l ut r tOfEuroebn markets. The community be ara. aghricutural cGentrFORT'~1 [ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~with watemlCAon Sn hhpotSnt 'op, The annual W. raenaefn..Festlva!, ip sune

eacht year, has become a Newberry tradition.'

5. / OUKRCRE HOUS t- V I-B- --1. PICKETTR-TUCKER BUILDING 10. BRICK SCHOOLHOUSEBuilterlyin in therespon earlytheS 1880ole 'att byk This one story brick building was built by Built in 1908, it served as the school for Newberry

RQuaker settlers who planted ex- wasbusinessman Henry A. Pickett in 1906. W.H. children for many years. The building continuedtOensieoanegros in te vi- Tucker and his family operanted a general store i ei to be used as an elementary school into theU.S. Infantry. Today the name survives in the re for about 80 years.clnity Dr. De Pass and later Dr.hr 1970s'. The community plans to convert theRice owned the house and grew building to a library and arts center.oranges nearby. William G. _ .. _ 1 1,

yX \·McDonald from Maine purchased the house in 1927. His 2. WHITE BUILDING 11. HUSSEY- RIFFITH HOUSE

house. merchandise - ready-to-wear clothes, jewelry. popular in the 1c920rs which aids natural cooling.m h yaw, as beom furniture, and coffins. Today it is the offices and

(?J^MSI~j^^ N^~*' 6. JACKSON-BISHOP-PERRY f s tudio of Museum Services aGrIffIth

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Built in 1909 for a Mrs. Jackson,it was bought in 1919 by Berton 3. BARRY BUILDING 12. SMITH-BUCHANAN HOUSEM Bishop, SR. who had a drug Built in 1908 by Mrs. N.J Barry. the w dow of Dr This cottage was built shortly after the turn of the

\--store next door. Recently pur- several decades y No Pi israkse a in esal doenaes Now t s a seamstinress andsJ (l Foundua and Machine Wo k er opettled rsn who plallnbueldng onx-Tuckerar this buiing se rused f gnarug store fordsnl tycolchased by r. N than W Perry. Jr..d merchant Presently it is the home of Marcia

the house has been restored by him.ed Buchanan.th an

Built before 1900 as a general 4. STORE BUILDINGSARLkMco 1naldfromMain merchandise store, there were This group of one story brick commercial 1. ITH HOUSE

at least three sictore owners In bu Idings were built during first decades of the Built about 1900. this became the home of E.D.1 ^ ^ ^»» p -:6th5 hthe 1920's Mrs. Hytop Maddox 201h century replacing frame structures of the Norfleet whose family was active in phosphate

Ii^^^ ^^^^^ ^^|I^^^^'^-NB| C~n~ra^ opened Archer's first movie earlier business district t destroy yedby fire in 1907 mining. Both Mr and Mrs. Norfleet have been

theater in this building. In the A number ot commercial establishments have active in Newberry civic affairs and have both

|^^^HI____ date smid 1930's it became the Masonic Lodge occupied these buldngs including an early sered their r c community as mayor.

SB. MADDOX FOUNDRY 52. KINCAID BUILDING u2f 14. BUILDINGAMS HOUSEThis family ownCled industry was founded by Hytop Maddox This wooden building was originally located in Dating from the early 1910's. this was the homefrom Ft. Valley, Georgia. who came to Archer a penniless . Jonesvlle, a small community about five miles of Wallace R. Cheves. The next owner was

Z %O *A1 young mn iVn 1892 Marred to Pearl Groves of Morriston in eastoNewberry II had been bult.circa 1880. by Charles Williams, a naval stores operator. His1903. they saved money and in June 1905 the Maddox Stringfellow and Wllhams as a mercantile estab- son, Don Williams, resides here now.

15 Foundry and Machine Works opened in a small building on Ihshment Around 1900 the building was movedrented land By the 1930's Maddox Foundry was one of the to this site where Thomas Kincald used it for asouth's outstanding heavy machine works. There was a large g.... general store. II is now a bookstoreexpansion during World War 15. KNIGHT-GORDON HOUSE

: .'." $.' ', 'e.isted '. .'..THE BANK.'.. OF NEWBE Built by a Mr.Malcom Knight in 1902. this house.. 'eI'".td'..br".probablylnantlpationetw9. ARCHER DEPOT SApplication for the charter of this bank was filed ownedb John Newbe r ante by Ch .f Kenucky Archer's first presently earlier resi disr M.T dastrnoed by John Newberng. B Mr and later byr-e" C. been

Constructed pror to 1900 this rMay 1906 by a group of Newberry bus ness- ne y John affa ss and he bo14"" 1 'eeraldead s.. ;.tt. l.i T Fri da sto s mten This brick structure said to have been Willams. The present owners Barbara and David

... $ cornerm.room.niettseede.. Fe.rnndina to Cedar .ey built buil mn 1908. R nthe ly rebstred to is orig nal Gordon are effecting a careful restoration of the.fdtat "ob aiesmgn, o his isa ne example o the eecrve use house.

.*-ie~i~~io 5~;Thsfmloweinuty and 1861. Originally located -sd of bhis toodentlding its o riginal ordn fDrg a carel resoraiesntru ct theie.4atuuSmweAlfttr-ere fh E w ars apbulaegf T h ey wta v r iows Gd near the Bauknight house, it wasn 17. HOLT-SMITH HOUSEb~~~·i~~t~'~~'~i~: ' · · moved to this site. Lafer this became part of the Seaboard iualt about 1908 by a Dr. Howelln . this two-story Originally Wacing the railroad, this house was

become a historical museum for the community. grocery, and the post office. Today the building present owner.

serves only as a commercial building.

I JACKSN COTTAE -2expana C D. Wood built this store as general mer- BAPTIST CHURCH 17. HOLT HOUSEThis old house known as the Jackson cottage, chandise store in 1909. There was a large THe Baptist congregation was organized in 1902. This house was built before 1900 by J. M. Holt, a-dates from the 1880 s The board and batten warehouse to the northeast of the building. The s slanictuafry replaced the original wooden -e blacksmith. Later in the 20t century he operatedconstruction is typical of modest homes of the -Cstore front originally was the west end of the r9 With leaded stained-glass an automobile business. His randdauhter Mrsfl period. structure. Various other businesses operated windows set in rounded arches. and a corner bell rotefommeghigbik trcur i ai t av be.

Enable and Robinson Store. Rhonda and Gary Arnold are the current owners. modified Romanesque architecture.here incluing A.T. Heagy and W.B. Long and the tower with arches, this church is a local version or -, haulineRainllivesmlnofe-eofsetnow.

2. EAUKNIGHT-MYcNEILL HOUSE $11. BUSINESS BUILDINGS Lule bewee-185

Portions of this house a re pu reported to date prior "~-~oBuilt at various times, the oldest is the drug storestrZI U LIJ

to 1850. C.W. Bauknight was a prominent mer- uilt in 1912 The Howard Wood drug storechant nd farmer in the 1880s, serving on the ecame B.M. Bishops in 1930 when he pur- N the railroad, this house was

and porch Cstructure were added in the early building on the leftd built ibun 1927 once housed the iet tnow the residence of JsDt MNeill, Jr.. who nis restoring the house. building on the nBiaght was built in 1943 by Mr. Enable as a grocery sr. to .Holt in the early 1900's. It later

coampraign the cor erstonefor.th'. churchats .T. Thhe. 1-r I I- Aveah n ri i

existed in Archer in 1866. After a three year fund Trcher about u880 because of its reputed healthy

lampaidon May13. 1890 Thebelwasmo untedinthe h limate The house stood in a grove of 400oihce.the bu e onr

tower on June 22, 1891. This building has served merchant, bought the property. In the earlyiincontinuously since then. 920s it was purchased by Professor Goorrddon

from Kentuckyp It is presently the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Arnold. c

Buitt in 1912. this structure was Archer's town 13. BAPTIST CHURCH b W e t 7o

____________________ corner rooms served for lodge meetings. The into the 20h century. The Archer baptist Church le a NEWBersY

sometl~mes mtVa roller rinka It now is used as a day care center. across the street from this present site in 1922.