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In 1833, the First Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee became the fourth congregation to form in the city's early history. (Trinity United Methodist began in 1829, St. John's Episcopal Church started in 1829, Pisgah United Methodist formed in 1830.)…

The Walker library was a private subscription library created at the turn of the twentieth century. Only white persons could access the materials.

According to the State Archives of Florida: "Built circa 1903/04, it was located on the south side of Park between Monroe and Calhoun. This was a private subscription library organized as the University Library in 1883 by Governor David S. Walker. It…

The Caroline Brevard School was built to accommodate white families during Tallahassee's rapid growth after World War I. The new school opened for the 1925-1926 school year. It served the city's white children until 1959. Leon County named the school…

Located at a distance from the other plots of Union soldiers is the grave site of Madison Joiner. He fought in the Colored Infantry, 2nd Regiment Co. According to familysearch.org, the regiment was organized at Arlington, Virginia, June 23 to…

The U.S. Army purchased a headstone for Daniel O'Kane, who was buried in the African American side of the city cemetery. The headstone was supplied by Gross Brothers from Massachusetts in 1890.

Williams Building, 631 University Way. In the early 1960s, this building was known as the History Building, and it housed the School of Social Welfare. In 1962, Maxine Thurston Fischer became the first graduate student to enroll (and graduate) at…

In 2002, FSU President Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte commissioned a statue to honor the integration of FSU in 1962. The artist, W. Stanley Proctor depicted three firsts - the first African American undergraduate student to enroll (Maxwell Courtney), the…