National Register of Historic Places - Florida (FL), Leon County

Leon County Florida (Historic Districts) has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Calhoun Street Historic District, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College Historic District, Park Avenue Historic District, Roberts Farm Historic and Archeological District and Tallahassee Historic District Zones I And II dating back to 2999 BC.

The famous person Henry L. Beadel is associated with one of more of the Leon County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Leon County places including Weaver, Rudolph, et al., Thomas J. Roberts, Samuel Theus, William A. Edwards, Edward Beadel, Henry Clay Billingsley, Henry McCray and Junious-Guddenrath Fisher. Prominent architectural styles found in Leon Country are Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Greek Revival.

Billingsley Farm (added 2007 - - #07000897)

Also known as LE4935

3640 Oakhurst Ln. , Tallahassee

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Billingsley, Henry Clay

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Calhoun Street Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000677)

Also known as See Also:Brokaw-McDougall House;Tallahassee Historic Distric

U.S. 90 and FL 61 , Tallahassee

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Chaires Community Historic District (added 2000 - - #00001502)

Roughly along Chaires Cross Rd., Road to the Lake, and Hancock St. , Chaires

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000530)

Also known as State Normal School for Colored Students;Florida Agricultura

Roughly, Martin Luther King Blvd. from S. Adams St. to Wahnish Way , Tallahassee

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Weaver, Rudolph, et al., Edwards, William A.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

Killearn Plantation Archeological and Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000836)

3540 Thomasville Rd. , Tallahassee

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Prehistoric, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Agriculture, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1749-1500 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Los Robles Historic District (added 2014 - - #14000902)

Tallahassee, Tallahassee

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Magnolia Heights Historic District (added 1984 - - #84000906)

701-1005 E. Park Ave., and Cadiz St. , Tallahassee

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Park Avenue Historic District (added 1979 - - #79000681)

Also known as See Also:Tallahassee Historic District Zones I and II;750005

Park Ave. and Call St. , Tallahassee

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, State

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Post Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Roberts Farm Historic and Archeological District (added 1995 - - #95001186)

Also known as Theus-Roberts Farm;8Le1961;8Le1962;8Le1964

Roberts Rd., 1 mi. E of Centerville Rd. , Tallahassee

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Roberts, Thomas J., Theus, Samuel

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Black, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Agriculture

Cultural Affiliation:

19th-Century American, 20th-Century American, African-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Processing, Single Dwelling, Storage

Smoky Hollow Historic District (added 2000 - - #00001199)

Roughly bounded by E. Lafayette St., CSX RR tracks, Myers Park and Myers Park Ln. , Tallahassee

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Fisher, Junious-Guddenrath, McCray, Henry

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Black, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Tall Timbers Plantation (added 1989 - - #89000240)

Also known as Tall Timbers Research Station

Co. Rd. 12, 3 mi. W of US 319 , Tallahassee

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Beadel,Edward

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Historic Person:

Beadel,Henry L.

Significant Year:

1921, 1931, 1895

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Education, Science, Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Research Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Research Facility

Tallahassee Historic District Zones I And II (added 1972 - - #72000337)

Also known as See Also:Calhoun Street Historic District;Park Avanue Histor

Calhoun St. between Georgia and Tennessee Sts. and E. Park Ave. between Gadsden and Calhoun Sts. , Tallahassee

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling