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  • Title: THE TOWN OF MONTICELLO
    Location:U. S. 19, on grounds of Post Office.
    County: Jefferson
    City: Monticello
    Description: Jefferson County became Territorial Florida's 13th county in January, 1827. In December of that year, the town of Monticello, named in honor of Thomas Jefferson's famous Virginia home, was laid out and lots began to be sold. During the 1830s and 1840s, Monticello developed into the social, governmental, and economic center of Jefferson County. Post- Civil War fires destroyed most of the early commercial buildings, but a number of dwellings erected during those years survive. After the Civil War, economic adversity delayed further construction in Monticello until the 1880s. Most downtown commercial buildings date from the last quarter of the 19th century. The Monticello Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, contains over forty buildings dating from the 19th century. These structures reflect the typical development of a North Florida town of the period. Unlike other Florida towns of the same era, 19th century Monticello remains largely intact. The town provides fine examples of Greek Revival, Classic Revival, and Stick style architecture.
    Sponsors: sponsored by the jefferson county historical association in cooperation with department of state
  • Title: JEFFERSON COUNTY SESQUICENTENNIAL
    Location:U. S. 19 & U. S. 90 on Courthouse lawn.
    County: Jefferson
    City: Monticello
    Description: When Florida's Territorial Legislative Council established Jefferson County in January, 1827, settlers from the seaboard states already had begun to develop cotton plantations in this area. In December, 1827, the county seat received the name Monticello in honor of Thomas Jefferson's famous Virginia home. Jefferson County provided many of territorial Florida's most prominent leaders, including representatives to Congress and the Legislative Council, territorial judges, and the state's first elected governor, William D. Moseley. Jefferson County citizens were instrumental in establishing the Democratic party in Florida and in attaining statehood in 1845. As southerners who advocated states' rights and opposed the abolition of slavery, they took leading roles in Florida's 1861 secession from the Union and in the military service of the Confederacy. For decades after the Civil War, Jefferson County reflected north Florida's economic changes and problems, attaining prominence in agriculture and related light industries. In more recent times, the county has continued its significant participation in Florida's development in the political and agricultural arenas.
    Sponsors: sponsored by jefferson county historical association in cooperation with department of state
  • Title: MONTICELLO COTTON MILL
    Location:U.S. Hwy. 90 East at Monticello
    County: Jefferson
    City: Monticello
    Description: Built on this site by General William Bailey in 1851, the mill was one of the first industrial experiments in Florida. It contained 1,500 spindles and forty looms and employed sixty-five white laborers. During the War Between the States he kept his products 50 percent below prevailing market prices, incurring an estimated $300,000 personal loss. Because of his patriotism, the mill was one of the few not commandeered by the Confederates. The enterprise collapsed during reconstruction.
  • Title: ROSEWOOD
    Location:
    County: Jefferson
    City: Capps
    Description: This excellent example of a "Carpenter Classic" style farmhouse was probably built c. 1836 for Burwell McBride shortly after he moved to Jefferson County from South Carolina. He was the grandfather of Margaret McBride who married Asa May, a wealthy cotton planter. Asa and his wife received the house and land from Margaret's father in 1848. May was one of the wealthiest planters in North Florida, at one time owning more than 3,000 acres of land in Jefferson County alone. Rosewod was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
    Sponsors: Florida Department of State
  • Title: LAMONT COMMUNITY
    Location:Lot easst of post office
    County: Jefferson
    City: Lamont
    Description: Originally called Beasley's Store, Lamont was founded in 1848 as the site of a post office and stagecoach station on the Tallahassee to St. Augustine road. The settlement was called "Lick Skillet" after the Civil War, but in 1885 was named Lamont to honor Cornelius Lamont, Vice President during the first administration of President Grover Cleveland (1885-1889). The community thrived after the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad built a line through the town in 1926. Sawmills, turpentine stills, pecan growing and processing watermelon seeds for planting provided employment for the town's residents. Today Lamont's past is reflected by a former post office, built c. 1910, and several historic churches and houses.
    Sponsors: THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE