EAST FLORIDA SEMINARY

East Florida Seminary is a Florida historical marker in Gainesville, Alachua County, dedicated 1969.

Alachua County · dedicated 1969 · 200 East University Avenue, between 1st St.NE & 3rd St.NE, Gainesville City Hall, Gainesville

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Founded as the Gainesville Academy before the Civil War and later renamed, the East Florida Seminary served Gainesville's need for higher education until the University of Florida was created bythe Florida Legislature in 1905. The Seminary school building, erected after an earlier structure burned in 1833, was converted to use as a fellowship hall by the First Methodist Church, at 419 N.E. 1st Avenue.

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

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