Historic Events
St. Luke Baptist Church, Marianna This African-American church, founded along the Chipola River in August 1867, is now a main focal point in Marianna. The building is Gothic Revival Style with pointed, arch leaded stained glass windows and towers on either side of the central nave.
Gilmore Academy In 1922, Robert T. Gilmore (1879-1948), born in Monticello, founded Gilmore Academy, one of Jackson County's first African-American high schools. After graduating its first class in 1931, it was renamed Jackson County Training School, then later Marianna Middle School.
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Ely Cryglar House
Constructed around 1840 by Francis Ely, this house boasts one of the earliest dates of completion of Jackson County’s antebellum mansions.
It is made mostly of bricks manufactured on site. The house was originally much larger, but the east wing was removed, and the west wing is now a separate building.
The mansion was purchased in 1889 by Francis B. Carter, who later became a Florida Supreme Court Justice.
In 1990, the house became the property of Joseph M. Criglar. Members of the Criglar family lived in the mansion until the late 1990s, at which time Floye Brewton purchased it and began renovations.
Al and Michelle Messer acquired the home in 2003 and continued to restore it.
In 1960, the National Archives of the Historic American Builders Survey listed the house as a structure with historic and architectural interest.
