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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St. Luke's Episcopal Church
The first building of the Episcopal Parish, organized in Marianna in 1838, was made of natural limestone and constructed on the present site in 1851.
This structure crumbled and was never used.
The second building, consecrated in 1863, burned only a year later, on Sept. 17, 1864, during the Battle of Marianna.
A union officer, Maj. Nathan Cutler, managed to save the pulpit Bible, which is on display inside the church.
The third building was completed in 1878, then destroyed in 1941 by fire. It was a board and batten building similar to the present brick building, completed in 1947.
The present church features a stately interior design and outstanding memorial windows.
