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Heritage Neighborhoods

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Tallahassee is a city rich in history, and its heritage neighborhoods are a testament to its vibrant past. The downtown area alone boasts four National Register Historic Districts, each offering a unique glimpse into the city's development. You can stroll through the Calhoun Street and Park Avenue Historic Districts, where some of Florida's finest Territorial Period buildings still stand. Or explore Magnolia Heights, Tallahassee's first suburb, which features 25 historic buildings along East Park Avenue and Cadiz Street. These neighborhoods aren't just collections of old homes; they are living links to the stories and people who shaped Tallahassee.

National Register Historic Districts

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Park Avenue

Overview: Rather than a single neighborhood, the Park Avenue Historic District is a series of distinct neighborhoods that have evolved along a linear street of public parks.

Fast Fact: The chain of parks was one of Tallahassee's earliest features, established as a 200-foot-wide buffer against Native American attacks.

Highlights:

This district encompasses the oldest continuously open spaces in the City of Tallahassee.

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Magnolia Heights

Overview: Tallahassee's first twentieth-century suburb reflecting the city's transition into a government and educational center.

Fast Fact: Made up of 40 buildings dating from 1899 to 1934.

Highlights:

Located along a tree-lined section of East Park Avenue originally graded in 1900.

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Smokey Hollow

Overview: A middle-class African American community east of downtown Tallahassee that was largely demolished during urban renewal.

Fast Fact: Named for smoke settling in low lands along St. Augustine Branch.

Highlight:

Visitors can experience Smokey Hollow Village featuring three “spirit houses.”

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Los Robles

Overview: Developed in 1926 on a 37-acre farm just east of Lake Ella.

Fast Fact: Spanish for "The Oaks."

Highlights:

Features Spanish-style architecture including stucco exteriors and ceramic roof tiles.

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Other Notable Historic Neighborhoods

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Frenchtown

Overview: The oldest community in Tallahassee where African Americans settled after the Emancipation in Florida.

Fast Fact: The Red Bird Club and Cafe DeLuxe in Frenchtown provided a wealth of musical talent for the area. Nat Adderley and brother Cannonball Adderley were known to have played here in their younger days. From 1940—1945, Ray Charles lived in Frenchtown.

Highlights:

Soul Voices #1 Frenchtown Had it All Historical Way Marker: The only African-American historic house in downtown Tallahassee and among the last original remnants of Smokey Hollow. Red Bird Café: The Red Bird Café on Macomb Street was a thriving hub for music in the early 20th century, especially booming from the 1920s through the 1950s. The Capitol Theater

Historical & Architectural Surveys of Frenchtown

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