April 8, 2017
PRINCESS AMELIA CHAPTER - COLONIAL DAMES XVII CENTURY
HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION
Fernandina Beach Historic Post Office - Custom House - Courthouse
1912
PRINCESS AMELIA CHAPTER - COLONIAL DAMES XVII CENTURY
HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION
Fernandina Beach Historic Post Office - Custom House - Courthouse
1912
401 Centre Street - Fernandina Beach, FL
Dedicated in 1912, this Italian Renaissance Revival building was designed under the direction of Treasury Secretary Department architect James Knox Taylor. The interior was custom built to accommodate the building's three original functions as a United States customs house, courthouse, and post office. The building features a symmetrical façade, uniformly-arched windows and doors with terracotta accents, second floor windows with gable pediments, decorative balustrades, and small square windows on the top floor. Brick walls faced with stucco rise from a granite base three stories to a tiled, hipped roof with widely extending eaves supported by decorative brackets. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida met here until the creation of the Middle District in 1962. The building was then used by the Middle District until divisional judicial functions were consolidated in Jacksonville. The building is a notable feature of the city's urban landscape, and is second tallest structure, exceeded only by the Nassau County Courthouse's clock tower. In 1973, the building was listed on the National Registrar of Historic Places as a contributing resource in the Fernandina Beach Historic District.
A FLORIDA HERITAGE SITE
SPONSORED BY PRINCESS AMELIA CHAPTER, NATIONAL SOCIETY COLONIAL DAMES XVII CENTURY AND
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE
F-319 2017
FL US Representative, John Rutherford; Princess Amelia Chapter Vice President, Georgia Murray; Princess Amelia Chapter Organizing President, Dianne Parfitt; Princess Amelia Chapter Member & FL Society Recording Secretary, Jean Mann; FL Society Historic Marker Chairperson, Carolyn Zella; FL State Senator, Aaron Bean;
West Nassau Jr ROTC
Sheryl Harrell, Chapter Historical Marker Chair Unveils Marker for the Historical US Custom House - Post Office
Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, FL
Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, FL
Dianne Parfitt, Organizing Chapter President
Sal Cumella, Historic Preservation Planner, City of Fernandina Beach, FL
Edwin Lang, US Post Master
Sal Cumella, Historic Preservation Planner, City of Fernandina Beach, FL
Edwin Lang, US Post Master
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PRINCESS AMELIA CHAPTER
NATIONAL SOCIETY COLONIAL DAMES XVII CENTURY
HISTORICAL MARKING
CALLAHAN TRAIN DEPOT
45338 Dixie Avenue - Callahan, Florida
2 APRIL 2022
MARKER
CALLAHAN TRAIN DEPOT
The Callahan Train Depot was built by the Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad in 1881 along their Waycross GA to Jacksonville FL line that was the first major rail connection between Florida and the northern states. The original 32 foot square layout reflected the late-Victorian style of architecture with its ornate gingerbread trim. Its original location was 900 yards to the west and sat across from David Yulee's Florida Railroad Depot [1856-1920's]. The two rail stations served as the commercial hub of Callahan until 1905 when the SFW moved their tracks and depot 1,000 yards further west. At that time the station was doubled in size to meet the needs of the growing rail junction. When passenger train travel waned in the 1970's the station was abandoned and fell into disrepair. In 1986 community leaders acquired the station from SFW-successor CSX and after 2 more moves it was refurbished here at this final spot. Since it reopened in 1988 the beloved station has served as a library and Chamber of Commerce office before becoming the West Nassau Historical Society's Museum of Local History.
Marked by the Princess Amelia Chapter
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
2022