High Springs Historic District
a.k.a. 8AL 2883
Roughly bounded by NW. 14th St., NW. 6th Ave., SE. 7th St. and SW. 5th Ave., High Springs, FLThe High Springs Historic District is locally significant in the areas of Exploration/Settlement, Transportation, and Architecture. The community was founded in conjunction with the building of a railroad line that passed through the area in 1884 and was made a railroad servicing center in 1895. The historic district still reflects the original town plan as platted in 1885 and the areas that were developed as its importance to the rail industry grew as Florida's railroad network expanded between 1896 and 1940. The district's architecture is significant under criterion C as a collection of buildings that reflect the development of a pioneer Florida community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although the majority of the buildings are primarily wood frame vernacular residences, as a whole, they give the community of High Springs a distinctive sense of place. There are also a number of buildings that show the influence of romantic and revival architectural styles popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Local significance of the district:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.