![]() ![]() The Waits sold the property to the company in 1924. Phifer Co., a turpentine and sawmill company. Scott's daughter Emma and her husband Sam Waits purchased the property in 1917. They platted the property as Grove Park in 1884. Her daughter Sally sold the land in 1883 to William Holdridge and John Dent. Martha Perry, the widow of Governor Madison Starke Perry, later bought it. Scott repurchased the plantation in 1871, two years before he died. They had two children, Harley Daniel and Eva. King and moved to Jefferson County with his grandchildren and neighbor, Mittie Harley, whom he married. Daniel Scott sold his land in 1866 to E.L. Side Two: Scott's sons James and George died during the Civil War, but William (Company B, 2nd FL Infantry) survived despite being shot in the neck and back and captured at Gettysburg. ![]() That same year the plantation produced 26,000 pounds of Sea Island cotton, 1,700 bushels of peas, corn, and sweet potatoes and 10 tons of hay. The 1860 Slave Schedule indicated that 61 people lived in 12 one-room cabins. In 1860, Daniel Scott owned 2,690 acres valued at $14,000, and 66 enslaved people with a value of $31,500. Craig (35), a master carpenter lived with Scott's son William (22), his wife Mary (21) on 125 acres east of the Scott property. Enslaved masons built the chimney with bricks made on site. The studs were marked with incised Roman numerals and fastened with mortise and tenon joints. Enslaved carpenters built the two-story, center hall, timber-framed house with yellow pine. In 1858, Scott bought out Finley, and by 1860 Scott and his children James (35), George (20), Maxey (8) and Emma (6) lived in the house that stood on this site. Every person's name, except infants, was listed on the deed. In 1855, Scott and Finley purchased 54 people for $28,000 from George Leitner in South Carolina. Sponsors:ĝouglass Alumni, Douglass Historical SocietyĭANIEL SCOTT PLANTATION Location:SR20 Near Grove Parkĭescription: Side One: In 1853, planters Daniel Scott and Daniel Finley of Fairfield, South Carolina, bought 2,664 acres of land here for $6,743, and in 1854 Scott was taxed on 1,400 acres and 30 enslaved people. Only the 1955 cafeteria building survives today. ![]() Douglass was closed in 1970 in response to desegregation, and most of the school was torn down by the mid-1970s. ![]() The school was subsequently renamed the Douglass Elementary School. A separate school cafeteria building was constructed in 1955, and a three-classroom addition to the school was constructed in the 1960s. By 1951, the school had twelve teachers and an enrollment of 340 students. The school’s first senior class graduated in 1937. The original Douglass School was a one-story stucco building with eight classrooms and a staff of five teachers. A new school for blacks, the Douglass High School, was built on this site in 1930 at a cost of $11,500, with funds from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, and $1,000 raised locally by the African American community. The Red Schoolhouse was used by black students until it was destroyed by fire in 1925. White students moved into a two-story brick building named the High Springs Grammar School. By 1902, black students moved into the Red Schoolhouse, a two-story wood frame building previously constructed as a school for whites. Sponsors: Porters Community Neighborhood Organization and the Florida Department of StateĭOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL Location:18100 Southeast Douglass Streetĭescription: Residents of High Springs saw the need for a public school for African Americans in 1886. After 1910, the ballpark was used for tent shows, community fairs, and by traveling circuses, including Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus and the King Brothers Circus, which put on the last performance held at the ballpark on November 17, 1946. East Florida Seminary (1902-04) and Gainesville High School (1906-07) also played football here. In 1911, UF began playing games on campus at a location now known as Fleming Field. Opponents included the Gainesville Athletic Association (UF's first opponent at the ballpark), Rollins College, Stetson College, Georgia A&M, Gainesville Guards, and the College of Charleston. From 1906-10 UF played 15 football games here with a 14-0-1 record. When the University of Florida (UF) opened its doors in the fall of 1906, there was no suitable location on campus for playing football. The Central City Giants, an African-American team, also played baseball here. The Oak Halls played the first night baseball game in Alachua County here in 1909. From 1883-1910 Gainesville's Oak Hall baseball team played here against teams from Florida and the Southeast. Alachua THE BALLPARK Location:512 SW 2nd Terraceĭescription: This site, known locally as the ballpark, was the center of recreational activities in Gainesville for more than 60 years. ![]()
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