Palmetto Pioneers MONTICELLO Historic Walking Tour

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Highlights & Historic Stops

  • The large white two-story Jefferson Academy with a front porch supported by six tall columns, brick side walls, multiple windows, a staircase leading to the entrance, and a grassy front yard with a tree on the left, built in 1852.

    Oldest Brick School in Florida

    Built in 1852, this 170-year-old building still stands on the city’s southern border.

  • Old City Cemetery., established in 1826 is an old graveyard with multiple weathered gravestones and ornate wrought iron fencing, surrounded by overgrown grass and trees with Spanish moss hanging from branches.

    Old City Cemetery

    Established in 1827, when the city and county were established, gravesites date as far back as 1828.

  • The Dilworth House on E. Washington Street in Monticello, Florida is a white, three-story house with green shutters, columns, and a front porch, surrounded by plants and trees.

    Colonel Dilworth's Home

    Built in the 1850s, the colonel’s home reflects the architecture of so many of the homes built during the same decade and still standing.