Florida - Leon County - Historic Districts
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
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
BetacommandBot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Tim Ross, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Magnolia Heights Historic District (added 1984 - - #84000906)
701-1005 E. Park Ave., and Cadiz St. , Tallahassee
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Crownjewel82~commonswiki, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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