Moorhead Building 305 SE 1st Ave, Ocala, United States, Florida The building was originally constructed in 1915 for Ocala Knitting and Manufacturing Company. The two-story building 75 by 175 feet, was erected by the George Giles Company. The Moorhead Engineering Company has occupied this site since the 1960s. It is the oldest continually operating civil Read More…
The Mercy Hospital and Nurse Training School Ocala, Florida (1903-190?) Founders: Drs. W. P. Wilson, Robert A. Miles Benton, David Hamilton Brown Location: 2-6 S. First W. (now Fort King Ave) corner Magnolia in the Davis Block (now Goldman-Peek Building) The Afro-American Hospital The Afro-American Hospital Voluntary Association The Afro-American Health and Old Folk Home Read More…
IRA PHILIP t Recently we did a feature on the visit of US Congressman George K. Butterfield to Bermuda, his ancestral home, and birthplace of his father, Dr. George Kenneth Butterfield. Dr. George was one of the 12 children of James Peter Butterfield, a tailor by profession and his wife Ann Harriett Giles Butterfield of St. Read More…