Preservation - Office of Cultural & Historical Programs

Florida Master Site File @ Florida OCHP

Florida Master Site File

The Florida Master Site File is a paper file archive and computer database of recorded historical cultural resources in Florida. Categories of resources recorded at the Site File include archaeological sites, historical structures, historical cemeteries, historical bridges and historic districts. The Site File also holds copies of survey reports and other manuscripts relevant to Florida history and prehistory. The Site File offices and archive are maintained at the R.A. Gray Building, 500 S. Bronough St., in Tallahassee by the Bureau of Historic Preservation of the Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State.

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The Site File organizes cultural resource files alphabetically by county and resources are assigned numbers sequentially as they are recorded. The staff assists researchers at our Tallahassee office, and can sometimes perform limited research on request. There are currently more than 170,000 historical structures and archaeological sites listed on the site file. These properties are not required to meet any minimum level of historical or scientific importance, but usually are at least fifty years old, and adequately located and documented. These sites represent the known physical remains of Florida's prehistoric and historic cultural heritage.

Database Administrator and Supervisor: Vincent Birdsong.

SmartForm II Now Available!
Electronic Recording Forms ("SmartForm II") for Florida Sites.

Frequently Asked Questions.

E-mail questions or queries to the Master Site File at:
fmsfile@dos.state.fl.us

Many of our paper forms are available online as .pdf files, viewable with Adobe Acrobat, which can be obtained free by clicking below. Since forms and handouts are periodically revised, make sure that the one you are using matches the version number on screen or has the latest date.

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