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The Joseph W. Jr. Russ House is a historic site built from 1892 to 1895 in Marianna, Florida. It serves as Jackson County's Visitor a Center, located at 4318 West Lafayette Street. On July 18, 1983, the house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Five generations of the Russ family lived in the house over a 100-year span.
Florida Caverns State Park. Marianna is an official Florida Main Street town. The downtown area has been restored to look as it did many years ago, to encourage heritage tourism and emphasize its unique character and a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood. The downtown area includes the Marianna Historic District, which has a number of antebellum ...
Roberts developed an interest in real estate and started investing in small projects. In 2000, he moved to Florida where he concentrated on residential real estate. A short few years later, Roberts had completed over $1 billion in condominium conversion projects around the country and was a partner in Sunvest, a condominium conversion company.
Cotton was cultivated as a commodity crop by large workgangs, and so Florida became a slave society. Gradually towns were developed. In January 1821, Webbville had been established as the first town in Jackson County. It was the first designated as the county seat. Marianna was founded in September 1821 by Robert Beveridge, a native of Scotland.
The current courthouse located at 4445 Lafayette Street in Marianna was built between May 1962 and December 1963, [3] in a contemporary architectural style, a "three story rock and glass structure accented by four concrete planters" with a monument from the 1906 courthouse near the front entrance. [4] The total cost was approximately $752,000. [3]
Jim Smith: Lawyer, Florida Attorney General, Florida Secretary of State, Chairman of the Florida State University Trustees 2011 Park Trammell: Florida's 21st Governor 1913-1917 and United States Senator 1917-1936 2011 Sandy D'Alemberte: American Bar Association president & Florida State University president (1994–2003) 2010 Paula Hawkins
The Marianna Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on May 23, 1997) located in Marianna, Florida. The district is bounded by Davis, Park, Jackson, and Wynn Streets. It contains 181 historic contributing buildings and one contributing object. [1]
Jim Roberts (baseball) (1895–1984), former MLB player; James Roberts (cricketer) (1864–1911), English cricketer; James Roberts (Liberian athlete) (born 1936), Liberian sprinter; Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) (1940–2015), NHL player for Montreal and St. Louis; Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1956), retired NHL player for Minnesota