THE FLORIDA QUEST: LEGACY IN THE WALLS
By Jackson Coble

Schools
Glenwood: The Glenwood Presbyterian Church/Glenwood School, an early school built as an added room to a church.
Ponce Inlet: The Ponce Inlet Lighthouse, the second-tallest brick lighthouse in the nation.
Daytona Beach: Campbell Middle School, whose bricks may be reused for posterity.
Jacksonville Beach: Jacksonville Beach School for Colored People, an African American school saved from demolition and turned into a museum.
Seville: Seville Elementary, a school with a Spanish name but a Florida vernacular architectural style.
St. Augustine: St. Michael's Catholic Elementary, a modern building built to reflect a Hispanic heritage in Florida.

Private Homes and Public Buildings
Flagler County: Princess Place Preserve, formerly the home of wealthy northerns who entertained important people in the late 19^th century.
New Smyrna Beach: Connor Library Museum, formerly the New Smyrna Free Library, the oldest municipal building in New Smyrna that helped early residents feel connected to the world.
DeLand: Deland Memorial Hospital Museum and Burgess House, medical buildings that were used as many things over time.
Deland: The Henry A. DeLand House, an 1886 house that was built on land once owned by the town's founder.

Historic Districts
DeLand: Three historic districts -- downtown, northwest residential, and Stetson University.
Daytona Beach: Downtown district, which was turned into a tourist attraction by a wealthy notherner.
Orange City: Downtown district, which was leveled by fire in 1909.
Sanford: Downtown disctrict, much of which was burned down in 1887.
Ybor City: Historic district, much of which was built to reflect the early residents' Cuban and Spanich heritage.

We learned that preserving out historic buildings is important because:

1) Historic buildings help us remember those who have gone before us, our heritage.

2) Historic buildings help us understand what life was list, so we can understand and appreciate where we are now.

3) Historic buildings can be recycled for new uses.

4) Once historic buildings are gone, they're lost forever.

5) Historic districts are interesting places to visit, so they are good for a town's tourist industry.

We learned that our history is like a puzzle. If we learn about historic buildings that still exist, however, they can serve as clues to understanding our past. If we let them get destroyed, we can lose a lot of the legacy that was left by those who have gone before us.