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The Mandarin Museum & Historical Society, Jacksonville, FL

  • Address 12471 Mandarin Road
    Jacksonville, FL 32223
    United States
  • Phone number+1 904 268 0784
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Located at the southern tip of Jacksonville, this museum is dedicated to promoting the local history. Housed inside the historic Walter Jones general store it is an example of a one-story, crossroads country store. On display are artifacts detailing the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, who lived in Mandarin, as well as artifacts and memorabilia recovered from the Maple Leaf, a Union naval ship sunk off Mandarin Point in 1884. Admission is free.

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Old Florida At Its Best

 by  joe  on  2009-02-14

Not much left of old Florida. This site, located within Walter Jones Park on historic and scenic Mandarin Road, does a great job of capturing ...

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A walk in the past.

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2008-01-03

Ancient Live Oak trees draped with Spanish moss. Tannin-colored waters of the St. Johns River lapping the trunks of cypress trees along the sho...

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