Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Ruins of a sugar mill at the park
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Location of the park in Florida
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Location | Citrus County, Florida, United States |
Nearest city | Homosassa, Florida |
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Established | August 12, 1970 |
Governing body | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park
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NRHP Reference # | 70000179[1] |
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Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park is a Florida State Park located in Homosassa, off U.S. 19. It contains the ruins of a sugar plantation owned by David Levy Yulee.[2] Yulee was a delegate of the Florida Territorial Legislative Council. After Florida became a state, he was elected by the legislature in 1845 to the US Senate, becoming the first American of Jewish heritage to serve there. After Florida seceded from the Union, Yulee served in the Confederate Congress. He is credited with having developed a network of railroads that tremendously boosted the state's economy.
At Homosassa, Yulee established a sugarcane plantation, which was destroyed during the American Civil War. The original plantation covered more than 5,000 acres (2,000 ha), and was worked by approximately 1,000 enslaved African Americans. They raised sugarcane, citrus, and cotton. The large mill (which was steam-driven) ran from 1851 to 1864. It produced sugar, syrup and molasses, the latter used in making rum.[3]
At the park, the stonework (foundation, well and 40-foot chimney) of the mill, iron gears, a cane press, and some of the other machinery remain.[3] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 12, 1970.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park, Florida State Parks
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park, Absolutely Florida
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- IUCN Category V
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- Archaeological sites in Florida
- Parks in Citrus County, Florida
- State parks of Florida
- Ruins in the United States
- History of sugar
- Historic Florida architecture 1989 AIA survey listings in Citrus County
- Protected areas established in 1970
- Agricultural buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
- Industrial buildings completed in 1851
- Sugar plantations in Florida
- Sugar refineries
- Agriculture in Florida
- 1851 establishments in Florida
- Cotton plantations in Florida
- National Register of Historic Places in Citrus County, Florida
- Florida state park stubs
- Central Florida Registered Historic Place stubs