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Florida Panhandle Maritime National Heritage Area Aiming to promote heritage tourism, highlight & preserve the unique American heritage, we plan to de

Hello everyone! Thank you for all your supports, likes and comments on this page. As we are moving forward with our init...
21/12/2022

Hello everyone! Thank you for all your supports, likes and comments on this page. As we are moving forward with our initiative to designate Northwest Florida as a National Heritage Area, we have establishes a nonprofit, Maritime Landscape Alliance for Preservation (MLAP). Please check and like our page at: https://www.facebook.com/Northwest-Florida-Maritime-Landscape-Alliance-for-Preservation-110087591700063
And learn more about MLAP at;

Northwest Florida has been shaped by its relationship to the Gulf and the many estuaries, rivers, streams, and springs that enrich its landscape during the more than 14,000 years of its human occupation. The Northwest Florida Maritime Landscape Alliance for Preservation, Inc. (MLAP) is a

Part of our study has been published in ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings. If you like to read the full article, p...
22/12/2020

Part of our study has been published in ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings. If you like to read the full article, please let us know.

http://flamuseums.org/public/covid-19-resources-for-florida-museums/
03/11/2020

http://flamuseums.org/public/covid-19-resources-for-florida-museums/

In response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, Florida museums are taking immediate action to protect the health and well-being of their visitors, volunteers, and staff. Although public safety is the highest priority, FAM is deeply concerned about the financial recovery of museums in the afterm...

Grant opportunity for small museums:
03/09/2020

Grant opportunity for small museums:

Application: The FY 2021 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) (PDF, 510KB) is now available. Grant Amount: $5,000–$50,000 Program Overview: Inspire! Grants for Small Museums is a special initiative of the Museums for America program. It is designed to help small museums implement projects that add...

24/08/2020

We were in the process of making a comprehensive list of all natural and cultural resources in our study area. Below is a preliminary list of sites/locations that we have compiled, which by no means we consider it final. We appreciate if you all take a look and let us know if you know of any sites/locations that are missing from this list. The sites/location should have potentials for public access and visit. Please, add your opinion or/and the possible missing sites, including the county they are located in, in the comment section:

Highlighted Sites/Locations in each county in FPMNHA study area:

** = National Register of Historic Locations

Bay
❖ Artificial Reefs
❖ Bay county Historical Society
❖ Camp Helen State Park
❖ Camp Helen Historic District**
❖ Gulf World
❖ Latimer Cabin**
❖ Man in the Sea museum
❖ Massalina Bayou
❖ Shipwreck Islands
❖ Pier Park
❖ Panama City Beach
❖ Pirates of the High Seas Festival
❖ Publishing Museum
❖ Ripley’s Believe it or not
❖ Science and Discovery Center of Northwest Florida
❖ St. Andrews State Park
❖ St. Andrew School**
❖ Native Spirit Museum and Gallery
❖ Zoo World
❖ Vamar Shipwreck Site**
❖ Mckenzi, Robert L., House**
❖ Payne, A.A.--Christo, John Sr., House**
❖ Sap House**
❖ Schmidt-Godert Farm**
❖ Sherman Arcade**
❖ SS Tarpon Shipwreck**

Calhoun
❖ Cayson Mound and Village Site**
❖ Dead Lakes
❖ Garden of Eden Trails
❖ Look and Tremble Rapids
❖ Mayhew Community
❖ Old Calhoun County Courthouse**
❖ Panhandle Pioneer Settlement
❖ Veterans Memorial Railroad

Escambia
❖ Florida Public Archaeology Network
❖ Sanders Beach
❖ Archaeological Institute of UWF
❖ Artificial Reefs
❖ Escambia River/Escambia Bay
❖ Bayou Marcus Birding Trail
❖ Fort Pickens**/Fort Barrancas/Fort George**
❖ Barrancas National Cemetery**
❖ Crystal Ice Company Building**
❖ Dorr, Clara Barkley, House**
❖ First City Art Center (idk if this belongs)
❖ Gulf Islands National Seashore
❖ Pensacola Beach
❖ Pensacola Lighthouse & Keeper’s quarters**
❖ Perdido Bay Tribe Museum
❖ Perdido Key State Park
❖ Perdido Historic District**
❖ Pensacola Mess Hall
❖ Chimney Park
❖ Alger--Sullivan Lumber Company Residential Historic District/ Museum**
❖ Edmunds, John, Apartment House**
❖ Emanuel Point Shipwreck Site**
❖ First Christian Church**
❖ Fort Barrancas Historical District**
❖ Fort George site**
❖ Hickory Ridge Cemetery Archaeological Site**
❖ Hver--Knowles Planing Mill Chimney**
❖ James House**
❖ Jones, Charles William, House**
❖ King-Hooton House**
❖ L & N Marine Terminal Building**
❖ Lavalle House**
❖ Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station and Express Building**
❖ Marzoni House**
❖ Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church**
❖ North Hill Preservation District**
❖ Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park
❖ Big Lagoon State Park
❖ Northwest Florida Wildlife Sanctuary
❖ Palafox Historic District**
❖ Pensacola Harbor Defense Project**
❖ Pensacola Hospital**
❖ Historic Pensacola**
➢ Pensacola Children’s Museum
➢ Voices of Pensacola
➢ Pensacola Museum of Industry
➢ T. T. Wentworth, Jr. Museum
➢ Museum of commerce
➢ Old Christ Church**
➢ The Village
➢ Colonial Archaeological Trail
❖ NAS Museum
❖ Pensacola Naval Air Station Historic District**
❖ Plaza Ferdinand VII**
❖ Sacred Heart Catholic Church**
❖ Saenger Theatre**
❖ St. Joseph’s Church Buildings**
❖ St. Michael’s Creole Benevolent**
❖ Thiesen Building**
❖ United States Post Office and Court House**
❖ US Customs House and Post Office**
❖ Museum of Art
❖ Quina house
❖ Blue Angels
❖ Festivals
➢ Great Gulf Coast Art Festival
➢ Pensacola Jazzfest
➢ Gulf Coast Summer Fest Jazz edition
➢ Taste of the Beach
➢ Seafood Festival
➢ Greek Festival
➢ Pensacola Beach Art & Wine Festival
➢ Fiesta of Five Flags
❖ The African American Heritage Society
❖ USs Massachusetts (shipwreck)**
❖ Yonge, P.K., House**
* Quina House Museum

Franklin
❖ Apalachicola Maritime Museum
❖ Apalachicola Arsenal Museum
❖ Apalachicola Center for History, Culture and Art
❖ Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve
❖ Apalachicola Historic District**
❖ Bald Point State Park
❖ Crooked River Lighthouse**
❖ Chapman Botanical Garden
❖ Carabelle History Museum
❖ Cape St. George Light**
❖ Dog Island
❖ Fort Gadsden
❖ Fort Gadsden Historic Memorial**
❖ John Gorrie Museum/John Gorrie Museum State Park
❖ Orman House Historic State Park
❖ Pierce Site**
❖ Porter’s Bar Site**
❖ Raney House Museum
❖ Raney, David G., House**
❖ St. George Island Lighthouse
❖ St. Vincent National Wildlife Refugee
❖ Trinity Episcopal Church**
❖ Tent Mound**

Gadsden
❖ Angus gholson nature park
❖ Chattahoochee Landing Mounds
❖ David, Joshua, House**
❖ Dezell House**
❖ Gregory, Willoughby, House**
❖ Gretna School*
❖ Greensboro depot railroad museum
❖ Gadsden art center and museum
❖ Lake talquin
❖ Nicholson, Dr. Malcolm, Farmhouse**
❖ Northside High School**
❖ Old Philadelphia Presbyterian Church**
❖ Planter’s Exchange, Inc.**
❖ Quincy Historic District**
❖ Quincy Library**
❖ Quincy Woman’s club**
❖ Shelfer, E.B., House**
❖ Stockton-Curry House**
❖ The shade to***co museum
❖ White, Judge P.W., House**
❖ U.S. Arsenal--Officers Quarters**

Gulf
❖ Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve
❖ Cape San Blas Lighthouse**
❖ Centennial Building**
❖ Dead Lake State Park Recreation Area
❖ Florida Constitution Museum
❖ Florida Scallop and Music Fest
❖ Port Theatre and Cultural Center
❖ Port Theatre**
❖ St. Joseph Point
❖ St. Joseph Catholic Mission Church**

Holmes
❖ Ponce de Leon Spring
❖ Holmes County Historical Society and Museum
❖ Keith Cabin**

Jackson
❖ Florida Caverns State Park
❖ Historic Joseph W. Russ House**
❖ Three Rivers State Park
❖ Norton, Robert Lee, House**
❖ Erwin House**
❖ Great Oaks**
❖ Longwood House**
❖ Pender’s Store**
❖ Bellamy Bridge**
❖ Ely-Criglar House**
❖ Marianna Historic District**
❖ St. Luke Baptist Church**
❖ Waddells Mill Pond Site**
❖ West, Theophilus, House**
❖ Sneads Community House and Old Pump**
❖ Sexton's Mill

Liberty
❖ Apalachicola River
❖ Torreya State Park**
❖ Yon Mound and Village Site**
❖ Hare, Otis, Archaeological Site**

Okaloosa
❖ All Wars Memorial (Eglin Air Force Base)
❖ Air Force Armament Museum
❖ Baker Block Museum (North Okaloosa Historical Association)
❖ Crab Island
❖ Carver Hill Museum
❖ Crestview Commercial Historic District**
❖ Destin Harbor Walk
❖ Destin Fishing History Museum
❖ Emerald Coast Science Center
❖ Emerald Coast Zoo
❖ Eglin Field Historic District
❖ Festivals
➢ Baytowne Wharf Beer Fest
➢ Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival
➢ Lionfish Festival
➢ Destin Seafood Festival
❖ Gulfarium
❖ Gulfview Hotel Historic District**
❖ Henderson Beach
❖ Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida
❖ Indian Temple Mound Museum (Heritage Park and Cultural Center)**
❖ McKinley Climatic Laboratory**
❖ Operation Crossbow Site**
❖ Turkey Creek Park
❖ Santa Rosa Sound
❖ World War II JB--2 Launch Site**
❖ World War II JB--2 Mobile Launch Site**

Santa Rosa
❖ Arcadia Mill**
❖ Bethune Blackwater Schooner**
❖ Blackwater State Park
❖ Blackwater Historic Trail Visitor Center
❖ Florida State Road No. 1**
❖ Louisville and Nashville Depot**
❖ Milton Historic District**
❖ Mt. Pilgrim African Baptist Church**
❖ Ollinger-Cobb House**
❖ St. Mary's Episcopal Church and Rectory**
❖ Navarre Beach
➢ Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center
➢ Navarre Beach Marine Science Station
❖ Imogene Theatre & Santa Rosa Historical Society
❖ Milton Ghost Walk
❖ Naval Live Oaks**
➢ Naval Live Oaks Cemetery**
➢ First American road in Florida**
❖ Artificial Reef
❖ Third Gulf Breeze**
❖ Krul/Bear Lake
❖ Bagdad Village Museum and Complex
❖ Bagdad Village Historic District**
❖ Thomas Creek Archeological District**
❖ Big Heart West**
❖ Butcherpen Mound**
❖ West Florida Railroad Museum
❖ Gulf Breeze Zoo
❖ Emerald Coast wildlife refuge
❖ Jay Historical Society Museum

Wakulla
❖ Gulf Coast Specimen Lab and Aquarium
❖ St. Marks Lighthouse**
❖ Fort San Marcos de Apalache**
❖ Bird Hammock**
❖ Wakulla Springs State Park
❖ Roadside Rusted Ford Trucks
❖ Wakulla History Museum & Archives
❖ Wakulla Springs Archeological and Historic District**
❖ Fort Ward, San Marcos de Apalache Historic State Park
❖ Ochlockonee River State Park
❖ Old Wakulla County Courthouse**
❖ Mount Beasor Primitive Baptist Church**
❖ Sopchoppy Depot**
❖ Sopchoppy High School Gymnasium, Old**
❖ Sopchoppy School**
❖ Bo Lynn’s Grocery**
❖ Old Jail

Walton
❖ Springs
➢ Morrison
➢ Vortex
➢ Defuniak Springs/ Lake Defuniak
❖ DeFuniak Springs Historic District**
❖ Sun Bright**
❖ Governor Stone (schooner)**
❖ Alys Beach
❖ Choctawhatchee Bay
❖ Muscogee Farms
❖ Alford’s Mill
❖ Coastal Dune Lakes
❖ Biophilia Nature Center
❖ Walton County Heritage Museum
❖ Confederate Monument
❖ Deer Lake State Park
❖ Eden Gardens State Park
❖ Grayton Beach State Park
❖ Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
❖ Inlet Beach
❖ Biddle, Perry L., House**
❖ Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood**

Washington
❖ Chipley City Hall**
❖ Devil’s Hole
❖ Falling Waters State Park
❖ Hard labor creek offroad park
❖ Longleaf Pine Forest
❖ Moss Hill Church**
❖ Possum Festival
❖ Seacrest Wolf Preserve
❖ Swamp Offroad Park
❖ Woman’s Club of Chipley**
❖ Washington County Historical Society Museum
➢ South Third Street Historic District**❖

03/08/2020

Two of our interns did a great job this summer putting a heritage tourism guidebook for Florida Panhandle (Northwest Florida). This is their short presentation highlighting the area. (Part 2) Taylor Perritt

03/08/2020

Two of our interns did a great job this summer putting a heritage tourism guidebook for Florida Panhandle (Northwest Florida). This is their short presentation highlighting the area. (Part 1) Genna Edwards

We had a visit to the city of DeFuniak Springs and Freeport to identify historical sites that can benefit from 2020 Hurr...
23/07/2020

We had a visit to the city of DeFuniak Springs and Freeport to identify historical sites that can benefit from 2020 Hurricane Michael National Park Service Subgrant Program. If your site is eligible for National Heritage Register and has been damaged during Hurricane Michael, and need restoration or hardening, get in touch with us to provide you with information about the available grants and connect you with FL Panhandle Natural Cultural Resources Association for more assistance.

If you need help with applying for these grant, please let us know.
13/07/2020

If you need help with applying for these grant, please let us know.

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