Historic Preservation

The City of Gainesville has five local historic districts, protecting more than 1,500 historic structures and 10 buildings listed individually on the Local Register of Historic Places. The Local Register was created as a means of identifying and classifying various sites, buildings, structures, objects and districts as historic and/or architecturally significant. City procedures for keeping the Register and design review for properties in a historic district or on the Local Register are set forth in Section 30-112 of the city’s Land Development Code.

Local Register Listings

Site Name	Address	Year Built	Year Listed On Local Register
	8 SW 10th Street		1990
A. Quinn Jones House	1013 or 1019 NW 7th Avenue		2011
Bailey House	1121 NW 6th Street	1850	1984
Baldwin House (Rush Glassman House)	11 SE 2nd Avenue		2009
Bethel Gas Station	104 SE 1st Avenue		1989
Cox Family Log House	1639 NW 11th Road	1937	2017
Hippodrome State Theatre	25 SE 2nd Place		1984
Matheson House	528 SE 1st Avenue		1984
McKenzie House	617 E University Avenue	1895	1984
Seagle Building	408 W University Avenue		1990
Hotel Thomas/ Sunkist Villa (Thomas Center) 19061984	306 NE 6th Avenue	1906	1984
Old Gainesville Depot	203 Depot Avenue	1907	2011

National Register Listings

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 archaeological resources. You can find out more online.

National Register

Site Name And Address	Year Built	Year Published To National Register
A. Quinn Jones House 1013 or 1019 NW 7th Ave.	1925	2010
Bailey, Maj. James B., House 1121 NW 6th St.	c 1850	1972
Baird Hardware Company Warehouse 619 S. Main St.	1905	1985
Boulware Springs Waterworks 3400 SE 15th St.	1891, 1908	1995
Cox Furniture Store (Simonson Opera House, Edwards Opera House, New Baird Theater) 19 SE 1st Ave.	1887	1994
Cox Furniture Warehouse 602 S. Main St.	1914	1994
Dan Branch House 5707 SW 17th Dr.	1965	2015
Dixie Hotel, Hotel Kelley (John F. Seagle Building) 408 W. University Ave.	1926, 1937	1982
Hotel Thomas (Sunkist Villa, Thomas Center) 306 NE 6th Ave.	1906-1919, 1926-1926	1973
Masonic Temple (Masonic Order Lodge #41) 215 N. Main St.	1909	1998
Matheson House 528 SE 1st Ave.	1867	1973
McKenzie, Mary Phifer, House 617 E. University Ave.	1895	1982
Old Gainesville Depot 203 Depot Ave.	1907	1996
Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church 804 SW 5th St.	1935	2005
Star Garage Building 119 SE 1st Ave.	1903, 1917, 1931	1985
U.S. Post Office (Hippodrome Theatre) 25 SE 2nd Place	1909	1979
Weil-Cassisi House 3105 SW 5th Court	1964	2015

Historic Districts

Site Name	Description
Pleasant Street Historic District(PDF, 421KB)	The oldest predominantly African-American residential area in Gainesville and the State's first designated as a historic district. Buildings include wood frame vernacular houses, Bungalows, Queen Anne, Colonial and Eastlake Victorian residences and two Romanesque churches. The Pleasant Street Historic District was listed on the National Register in 1991.
Northeast Residential Historic District(PDF, 235KB)	One of the oldest residential areas in Gainesville. The original section was platted in 1854. The buildings in this 80-block area reflect architectural styles prevalent in Florida from the 1880s through the 1950s. The District includes the historic Duck Pond and Sweetwater Branch. The Northeast Residential Historic District was listed on the National Register in 1985.
Southeast Residential Historic District(PDF, 1MB)	Origins in post-Civil War development. It includes Queen Anne style and Colonial Revival homes, as well as a French Second Empire home, all of which served as residences for downtown merchants and professionals at the turn of the century.The Southeast Residential Historic District was listed on the National Register in 1989.
University Heights Historic District- North(PDF, 129KB)	Reflects architectural styles prevalent in Florida from the 1920s to the early 1950s. The district and its significant concentration of historic buildings include the University Terrace and Florida Court subdivisions.
University Heights Historic District - South(PDF, 409KB)	Includes the University Heights and University Place subdivisions. It reflects typical suburban residential growth patterns of Florida cities in the mid-twentieth century. It is located between the University of Florida and downtown.

Annual Historic Preservation Awards

2023 Historic Preservation Awards

Published on May 24, 2023

City of Gainesville honors local advocates at second annual historic preservation awards ceremony

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2022 Historic Preservation Awards to six community advocates

Published on July 21, 2022

City of Gainesville presents 2022 Historic Preservation Awards to six community advocates

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Guidelines and Forms

Historic Preservation Rehabilitation & Design Guidelines(PDF, 9MB)
Provides detailed guidelines for the alteration, addition, rehabilitation or new construction of structures located in the five historic districts or listed individually on the Local Register.

Certificate of Appropriateness (COA)(PDF, 1MB)

Please note: Prior to submission of any application for a COA, a pre-application conference must be held with the Historic Preservation Planner to determine what items should be in your application for a COA.