Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Florida - Monroe County
Monroe County Florida has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 32 places of National significance and 9 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Fort Jefferson National Monument, Mud Lake Canal, Overseas Highway and Railway Bridges, Chaves Shipwreck Site and Tres Puentes Shipwreck Site.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Archaic, Spanish-16th Century, Et Al, Glades I-Iiic, Glades I (Late) Through Iib, Seminole-Modern Period, Glades Iia-Iiic, Glades I (Late)-Glades Iiib, Colonial Period, Caloosa, Glades Ii And Iii and Euro-American dating back to 1499 BC.

Learn about famous people who are associated with these Monroe County historic places including Ernest Hemingway, Harry S. Truman, Stockton, Robert Field, et al. and Eduardo H. Gato.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Monroe County places including Kure Dockyard, US Army, Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, US Navy, T.F. Russell, Florida East Coast Railway, Philadelphia Navy Yard, US Coast Guard, Boston Ship Yard and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Prominent architectural styles found in Monroe Country are Late Victorian, Classical Revival and Gothic.

Fort Jefferson National Monument (added 1970 - #70000069)
68 mi. W of Key West, in Gulf of Mexico , Dry Tortugas Islands
Bubba73, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Over sixteen million red bricks make up this remote Gulf of Mexico fortress where Union soldiers once imprisoned Lincoln conspirator Dr. Samuel Mudd.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Military, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Fortification, Military Facility, Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
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Ten Thousand Islands Archeological District (added 1996 - #96001180)
Address Restricted , Everglades City
MGA73bot2, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Kayakers still find ancient Calusa shell tools eroding from the massive, hand-built island mounds that rise straight out of these remote mangrove waters.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Archaic, Spanish-16th Century, Et Al, Glades I-Iiic
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Animal Facility, Processing, Processing Site, Single Dwelling, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park
Cane Patch (added 1996 - #96001179)
Also known as EVER-188/8MO42
Address Restricted , Everglades City
address restricted
Paddlers along the Wilderness Waterway camp directly atop ancient Glades-culture shell mounds where nineteenth-century Seminoles once grew their crops deep in the Everglades swamp.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Native American, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Glades I (Late) Through Iib, Seminole-Modern Period
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1875-1899, 1749-1500 AD, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Mixed
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Horticulture Facility, Processing, Processing Site
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park
Rookery Mound (added 1996 - #96001183)
Also known as EVER-186/8M0118
Address Restricted , Everglades City
address restricted
Paddlers navigating the remote mangrove creeks of the Everglades can pull their boats right up to a massive, thousand-year-old shell island built by ancient Glades people.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Glades Iia-Iiic, Seminole-Modern Period, Spanish-16th Century
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1875-1899, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Horticulture Facility, Processing, Processing Site
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park
Mud Lake Canal (added 2006 - #06000979)
Also known as Bear Lake Canal, Bear Lake Archeological District EVER-192/8MO32
Cape Sable, Everglades National Park , Flamingo
Magicpiano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Kayakers still trace this 3.5-mile prehistoric highway that indigenous people hand-dug through the Cape Sable mud over a thousand years ago.
Owner:
Federal
More Information:
archives document
Bear Lake Mounds Archeological District (added 1996 - #96001182)
Address Restricted , Flamingo
address restricted
A sweaty paddle through the thick Everglades mangroves brings boaters to massive, thousand-year-old shell middens left by prehistoric coastal societies.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Glades I (Late)-Glades Iiib
Period of Significance:
1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Park
Overseas Highway and Railway Bridges (added 1979 - #79000684)
Also known as Long Key Bridge, Knight Key Bridge, and Old Bahia Honda Brid
Bridges on U.S. 1 between Long and Conch Key, Knight and Little Duck Key, and Bahia Honda and Spanish Key , Florida Keys
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Flagler?s crumbling 1912 concrete arches still stand above the Florida Keys shallows, letting pedestrians march along the very path where steam trains rattled before the catastrophic 1935 Labor Day hurricane.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Overseas Highway & Toll Bridge Comm., Florida East Coast Railway
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed, Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Chaves Shipwreck Site (added 2006 - #06000493)
Also known as Nuestra Senora del Carmen; San Antonio de Padua y Las Animas, MO00102
seaward end of Snake Creek off Windley Key , Islamorada
Pietro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Snorkelers glide right over the ballast stones and scattered timbers of a 1733 Spanish merchant vessel that met its end during a devastating Florida Keys hurricane.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
First Spanish Period
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Underwater, Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
Tres Puentes Shipwreck Site (added 2006 - #06000501)
Also known as El Nuevo Londres; MO00177, Nuestra Senora de los Dolores y Santa Isabel
seaward edge of Hawk Channel of Islamorada , Islamorada
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Divers still spot olive jar shards and iron spikes among the ballast stones of this 1733 Spanish fleet casualty, which a hurricane sent to the shallow bottom of the Florida Keys.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
First Spanish Period
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Underwater, Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
SAN FELIPE Shipwreck Site (added 1994 - #94000794)
Also known as El Lerri,Lerri,Terri,Tyrri,1733 Shipwreck;8MO133
Address Restricted , Islamorada
address restricted
Divers still explore the pile of ballast stones left by a 1733 Spanish treasure galleon that split apart off Lower Matecumbe Key during a massive hurricane.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Maritime History, Commerce
Cultural Affiliation:
European
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Underwater, Water-Related
Herrara Shipwreck Site (added 2006 - #06000495)
Also known as Nuestra Senora de Belen y San Antonio de Padua; Belen, The Figurine Wreck; MO90
2 1/2 mi. offshore Whale Harbor , Islamorada
Pietro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Divers still map the scattered ballast stones and exposed wooden ribs of this 1733 Spanish merchant vessel, which a fierce hurricane wrecked in just twenty feet of water off Islamorada.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
First Spanish Period
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Underwater, Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
USS ALLIGATOR (added 1996 - #96000581)
Also known as 8MO173,FL State Site File;IS-25 Data Base,Nat'l Center for S
Address Restricted , Islamoranda
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Snorkelers today swim right over the scattered ballast stones of an 1822 Navy anti-piracy schooner resting in just ten feet of water near Islamorada.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Boston Ship Yard, Doughty, William
Historic Person:
Stockton, Robert Field, et al.
Significant Year:
1822, 1821
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Black, Maritime History, Military, Politics/Government, Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Commerce
Cultural Affiliation:
American,Military, American
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility, Water-Related
Current Function:
Education, Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Research Facility, Underwater, Water-Related
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and Reserve (added 1972 - #72000340)
Also known as Reserve Area III
U.S. 1 , Key Largo
Wingchi, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Divers still swim among the ballast stones of a wrecked 1733 Spanish galleon at this Key Largo preserve, which became the nation''s first underwater park in 1963 to stop salvage collectors from stripping the reef.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Commerce, Military, Transportation, Prehistoric, Maritime History
Cultural Affiliation:
Colonial Period
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
AFRICAN QUEEN (added 1992 - #91001771)
Also known as Documented Vessel No. 947514;S/L Livingstone
99701 Overseas Hwy. , Key Largo
Elkman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1912 steam-powered boat, famous for its starring role alongside Humphrey Bogart in a classic 1951 film, still chugs passengers through the saltwater canals of Key Largo today.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
Rock Mound Archeological Site (added 1975 - #75000562)
Address Restricted , Key Largo
address restricted
This quiet pre-Columbian shell heap preserves the thousand-year-old discarded conch tools and pottery fragments of the Keys'' earliest indigenous fishermen.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Caloosa
Period of Significance:
1000-1499 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Ceremonial Site, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
Little White House (added 1974 - #74000652)
Also known as Quarters "A"
Naval Station , Key West
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This former Key West naval quarters still holds the original mahogany poker table and rotary phones Harry Truman used to run the Cold War during his 11 winter working vacations.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
US Navy
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Truman, Harry S.
Significant Year:
1946, 1890
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Fort Zachary Taylor (added 1971 - #71000244)
U.S. Naval Station , Key West
Gridge, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Union troops controlled the Gulf of Mexico from this red-brick Key West outpost, which still houses the nation''s largest collection of Civil War cannons.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Hemingway, Ernest, House (added 1968 - #68000023)
907 Whitehead St. , Key West
Andyl76, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Over fifty six-toed cats still roam the 1851 Spanish Colonial grounds in Key West where the legendary author typed out To Have and Have Not in his backyard loft.
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Hemingway,Ernest
Significant Year:
1940, 1931
Area of Significance:
Literature
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Museum
More Information:
archives document
Key West Historic District (added 1971 - #71000245)
Also known as Old Section of the City of Key West
Bounded approximately by White, Angela, Windsor, Passover, Thomas and Whitehead Sts., and the Gulf of Mexico , Key West
Gridge, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hundreds of tin-roofed Conch cottages and old brick cigar factories still line these walkable, sun-faded streets, keeping the rugged 19th-century world of Bahamian wreckers and Cuban cigar-rollers alive.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Politics/Government, Architecture, Military, Transportation, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Federal, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification, Naval Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Defense, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Naval Facility, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Key West Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1983 - #83001430)
Also known as See Also:Key West Historic District
Roughly bounded by Emma, Whitehead, White, and South Sts., Mallory Square, and the Atlantic Ocean , Key West
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More than three thousand tin-roofed conch houses and 19th-century cigar cottages still line these salty backstreets, showcasing the shipwright carpentry and wrecking history of the island''s oldest neighborhood.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Architecture, Transportation, Community Planning And Development, Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion
More Information:
archives document
HA. 19 (Japanese Midget Submarine) (added 1989 - #89001428)
Also known as Japanese Midget Submarine "C"
NAS Key West , Key West
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Though once stationed in Key West, this captured Pearl Harbor intruder now sits in a Texas museum, letting history buffs stand inches from the dented steel hull that helped launch the Pacific War.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
INGHAM (USCGC) (added 1992 - #92001879)
Also known as U.S. Coast Guard Cutter INGHAM (WPG-35)
East quay at the Truman Waterfront (at the end of Southard St.) , Key West
Nicke L, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
This battle-tested Key West museum ship remains the only surviving US warship to sink an enemy submarine during World War II, packing fifty years of combat history from North Atlantic convoy fights to Vietnam tours into its steel hull.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
US Coast Guard, Philadelphia Navy Yard
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture, Maritime History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Martello Gallery-Key West Art and Historical Museum (added 1972 - #72000341)
Also known as East Martello Tower
S. Roosevelt Blvd. , Key West
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This 1862 Civil War brick fort holds a gritty slice of Florida Keys history, displaying shipwreck relics alongside the notoriously haunted, century-old Robert the Doll.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
US Army
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military, Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
West Martello Tower (added 1976 - #76000602)
Also known as Key West Garden Club
Monroe County Beach between Reynolds and White Sts. , Key West
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Today, rare orchids climb the crumbling Civil War brickwork of this 1860s coastal fortification, where volunteers turned the ruined gun mounts and ammo vaults into a lush, free-to-enter botanical garden.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Totten,Brig.Gen.Joseph G.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Military, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Landscape, Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic, Forest
More Information:
archives document
US Naval Station (added 1984 - #84000915)
Roughly bounded by Whitehead, Eaton, and Caroline Sts. , Key West
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
History fans get to walk right through the Key West quarters where Thomas Edison drew up weapons blueprints and Harry Truman ran his Cold War presidency in loud tropical shirts.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
More Information:
archives document
Sand Key Lighthouse (added 1973 - #73000589)
7 mi. SW of Key West on Sand Key , Key West
DanMS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Snorkelers and history buffs charter boats to explore the reef surrounding this 1853 iron screwpile tower seven miles off Key West, designed by Union General George Meade after a deadly 1846 hurricane wiped out the original brick station.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Riley,John F.,Ironworks, Lewis,J.W.P.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
Armory, The (added 1971 - #71000243)
600 White St. , Key West
Averette, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1901 brick drill hall on White Street once rallied local militia volunteers during early twentieth-century conflicts, and today it serves as a quiet workspace for Key West artists.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sawyer,John T., Russell,T.F.
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Arms Storage, Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
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Porter, Dr. Joseph Y., House (added 1973 - #73000588)
429 Caroline St. , Key West
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Florida''s first health officer ran his campaign against yellow fever right from this Caroline Street home, where the 1800s wrap-around porches still overlook the Key West bustle.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Sueco de Arizon Shipwreck Site (added 2006 - #06000500)
Also known as Sueco; Nuestra Senora del Rosario;, San Antonio y San Vencente Ferrer; MO00132
1600 yards offshore Conch Key , Layton
Pietro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Divers swim right down to the scattered ballast stones of a Spanish merchant ship wrecked by the infamous 1733 Florida Keys hurricane.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
First Spanish Period
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Underwater, Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
Angustias Shipwreck Site (added 2006 - #06000492)
Also known as Charanguero Grande, Sanchez; MO00131, Nuestra Senora de las Angustias y San Raphael,
Approx. 1 mi. So US 1 in Long Key Channel , Layton
Pietro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Divers still explore the pile of ballast stones left from this 1733 Spanish merchantman, marking the exact spot where a wild July hurricane wrecked Spain''s home-bound silver fleet.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
First Spanish Period
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Underwater, Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
El Gallo Indiano Shipwreck Site (added 2006 - #06000494)
Also known as Almiranta, MO00178
seaward end of channel #5 bet. Graig Key and Long Key , Layton
Pietro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Divers swim right down to the scattered ballast stones and timber ribs of a 1733 Spanish merchant ship wrecked by a massive Florida Keys hurricane.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
First Spanish Period
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Underwater, Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
San Francisco Shipwreck Site (added 2006 - #06000499)
Also known as MO00091, Nuestra Senora del Rosario
seaward end of Channel #2 off Craig Key , Layton
Pietro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Divers still find ballast stones and colonial pottery shards scattered across the shallow Keys reef where a 1733 hurricane smashed this Spanish treasure galleon to pieces.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
First Spanish Period
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Underwater, Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
Indian Key (added 1972 - #72000342)
Address Restricted , Lower Matecumbe Key
Averette, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A short kayak paddle leads to the overgrown stone foundations of a once-bustling 1830s wrecking town that vanished during an 1840 Seminole raid.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Commerce, Science
Cultural Affiliation:
Early American
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Pigeon Key Historic District (added 1990 - #90000443)
Also known as Pigeon Key;8MO1260;See Also:Overseas Highway and Railroad Br
Off US 1 at mile marker 45 , Pigeon Key
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A walk down the restored two-mile stretch of the Old Seven Mile Bridge leads straight to the intact 1912 wooden camp where hundreds of laborers lived while building Henry Flagler?s railway over the ocean.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Camp, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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El Infante Shipwreck Site (added 2006 - #06000496)
Also known as Nuestra Senora de Balvaneda, MO00092
4 mi. offshore Plantation Key , Plantation
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Divers today swim down fifteen feet off Plantation Key to touch the ballast stones of a Spanish galleon wrecked by a 1733 hurricane.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
First Spanish Period
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Underwater, Water-Related
More Information:
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SAN JOSE Shipwreck Site (added 1975 - #75002123)
Also known as San Jose Y Las Animas;Nao San Jose de Animas
Address Restricted , Plantation Key
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Fish now dart through the ballast stones of a 1733 Spanish treasure galleon that cracked open during a ferocious Florida Keys hurricane.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Colonial
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Other
El Rubi Shipwreck Site (added 2006 - #06000497)
Also known as MO00146, Capitana
4 mi. offshore Plantation Key , Tavernier
Pietro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Snorkelers in the shallow Keys waters swim directly over the ballast stones left behind by a 1733 Spanish galleon wrecked by a hurricane.
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
First Spanish Period
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Underwater, Water-Related
More Information:
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Florida Keys Memorial (added 1995 - #95000238)
Also known as Hurricane Monument
US 1 at Mile Marker 81.5 , Islamorada
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bemelmans, Lampert, Lawson, Harold
Architectural Style:
Moderne
Area of Significance:
Social History, Art, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Funerary, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials, Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Funerary, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Graves/Burials, Monument/Marker
More Information:
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SAN PEDRO (shipwreck) (added 2001 - #01000530)
Also known as SAN PEDRO State Underwater Archeological Preserve, MO104
1.25 mi. S of Indian Keys , Islamorada
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation, Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Maritime History
Cultural Affiliation:
First Spanish Period
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
More Information:
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Property Details:
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Lignumvitae Key Archeological and Historical District (added 1999 - #98000652)
Also known as Cayo de la lena;Jenkinson Key;Lignum Vita Kay;Lignum Vitae K
Address Restricted , Islamorada
Ebyabe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Prehistoric, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Agriculture
Cultural Affiliation:
Glades Ii And Iii, Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Graves/Burials, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Museum, Park
Alligator Reef Light (added 2011 - #11000860)
Offshore 3.5 mi. S. of Upper Matecumbe Key, Islamorada
Bubba73, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Maritime History, Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
More Information:
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LaBranche Fishing Camp (added 1997 - #97000404)
Address Restricted , Islamorada
address restricted
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Matecumbe Methodist Church (added 2020 - #100005820)
81831 Overseas Hwy., Islamorada
Bubba73, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Matecumbe Methodist Church Cemetery (added 2021 - #100006117)
81801 Overseas Hwy., Islamorada
Bubba73, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement
USCG Cutter DUANE (added 2002 - #02000494)
Also known as WAGC-33, U.S.C.G.C. William J. Duane (WPG-33)
1 mi. S of Molasses Reef , Key Largo
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
U.S. Coast Guard, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Museum, Underwater
More Information:
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Property Details:
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Carysfort Lighthouse (added 1984 - #84000199)
Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary , Key Largo
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stansbury,Howard, Merrick & Sons
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Engineering, Transportation, Maritime History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related
Current Function:
Defense, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related
More Information:
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Overseas Highway and Railway Bridges (Boundary Increase) (added 2004 - #04000788)
Also known as Bridges of the Florida East Coast Railway, Key West Extn., 8MO1131
Parallel to US 1 (Approx. MM 9.8-72.8) , Key Largo
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Krome, William J., Merideth, Joseph
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related, Road-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
More Information:
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Property Details:
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Gato, Eduardo H., House (added 1973 - #73000586)
Also known as Mercedes Hospital
1209 Virginia St. , Key West
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Mission/Spanish Revival
Historic Person:
Gato, Eduardo H.
Significant Year:
1911, 1890
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
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U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Key West Station (added 1973 - #73000590)
Also known as US Navy Coal Depot and Storehouse;Building #1
NW corner Front St. and Whitehead St. , Key West
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Scarpitt,Capt.J.M.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility, Warehouse
Current Function:
Defense, Government
Current Sub-function:
Coast Guard Facility, Government Office
More Information:
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Old Post Office and Customshouse (added 1973 - #73000587)
Front St. , Key West
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kerr,William
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse, Customhouse, Post Office
Current Function:
Defense, Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office, Naval Facility
More Information:
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