Historic Events
St. Luke Baptist Church, Marianna This African-American church, founded along the Chipola River in August 1867, is now a main focal point in Marianna. The building is Gothic Revival Style with pointed, arch leaded stained glass windows and towers on either side of the central nave.
Gilmore Academy In 1922, Robert T. Gilmore (1879-1948), born in Monticello, founded Gilmore Academy, one of Jackson County's first African-American high schools. After graduating its first class in 1931, it was renamed Jackson County Training School, then later Marianna Middle School.
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The Marianna and Greenwood Historic Sidewalk Tour
A self-guided tour of the Marianna Historical District and the community of Greenwood. The tour features seventeen sites of historical significance in Marianna and an additional seven sites in Greenwood that include homes, churches, commercial establishments and cemeteries. Of particular note are St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Marianna where some of Florida's most prominent citizens are buried as well as those who died during the Battle of Marianna in the Civil War; and Penders Store in Greenwood which has served customers continuously since its construction in 1869. Several sites are listed on the National Register of Historic places.
Tour guide brochures are available at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce (The Historic Russ House), 4318 Lafayette Street, Marianna
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Erwin House
Likely the oldest house in Jackson County, the Erwin House was built by John A. Syfrett in the 1830s and purchased by Col. John M.F. Erwin, a Florida senator and soldier for the U.S. Militia and the Confederate Army.
Davis West House
This house was built in the 1840s by John Davis for his daughter when she first married. After his daughter, Rebecca Davis Spears, was widowed, she continued to live in the house. She then married one of the first physicians in the area, Dr. Theophilus West, in 1861.
After Spears’s death, Dr. West married Annie Louise Slade. Slade brought in furniture from her family’s plantation in Columbus, Ga. The furniture can now be seen in the “St. Elmo Room.”
The house also features notable antique pieces from Virginia. In 1996, the house and its furnishings were willed to the Chipola Historical Trust as a museum and meeting place.
Gregg House
This house, at 2915 Green St., was built in 1942; after years of neglect, renovation began in February 2001. The pretty cottage now has an updated kitchen with new cabinets and a bay window, plus a new master bathroom to make the house a more pleasant retirement home for the Greggs.
The original white, Adams-style living room mantel is a focal point. Also saved are the glass doorknobs, transom windows and original bathroom. Cedar closets were built throughout the house, and the living and dining room hardwood floors have been refinished. A closet, screened porch and carport were added to the rear.
Finch House
The Finch House, built circa 1913 by James Finch, a prominent area judge, attorney and two-term Florida Congressman, is a Craftsman-style bungalow.
Dickson Mock House
In 1901, Mary Jane Dickson purchased the land to build the Dickson-Mock House for $860.
She was the widow of Marmaduke N. Dickson Jr., who became a captain in the Confederate Army at age 20. His father, age 53, was one of the “old men” killed in the Battle of Marianna.
The house, built in 1902, is a two-story Queen Anne style Victorian home built of heart pine with tower, turret, gazebo, gingerbread and spindles on the wrap-around porch. The interior features a cantilevered staircase, seven fireplaces, molding with rosette motifs and pine floors.
Hinson House
J.W. Hinson built this house in 1920 on a portion of the Ely-Criglar properties, since Hinson’s wife, Sadie, wanted a house on fashionable Lafayette Street.
Sid and Judy Riley purchased the house, and in 1996, they renovated the lovely home to establish the Hinson House Bed & Breakfast in Marianna.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
The first building of the Episcopal Parish, organized in Marianna in 1838, was made of natural limestone and constructed on the present site in 1851.
This structure crumbled and was never used.
The second building, consecrated in 1863, burned only a year later, on Sept. 17, 1864, during the Battle of Marianna.
A union officer, Maj. Nathan Cutler, managed to save the pulpit Bible, which is on display inside the church.
Ely Cryglar House
Constructed around 1840 by Francis Ely, this house boasts one of the earliest dates of completion of Jackson County’s antebellum mansions.
It is made mostly of bricks manufactured on site. The house was originally much larger, but the east wing was removed, and the west wing is now a separate building.
The mansion was purchased in 1889 by Francis B. Carter, who later became a Florida Supreme Court Justice.
The 1840 House
The 1840s House is now owned by McDaniel and Associates, an accounting firm.
In 1985, it was renovated by Mr. Floye Brewton, and used to house his antique business. It was later the law office of John Ratzlaff and Robert Trammell.
Originally the west wing of the Ely-Criglar Mansion, the house was moved to its present location many years ago.
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