Tag: Brooksville
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Chinsegut Hill Plantation
This area of Florida- Brooksville- was originally inhabited by the Seminole Indians. It’s considered the highest elevation on what is known as Florida’s Adventure Coast. Don’t assume that “highest elevation” means the top of a mountain; Chinsegut Hill Plantation sits at a whopping 269 feet. Its plantation history began in 1847 when a South Carolina
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May-Stringer House
This beautiful, 4-story, 7-gable, 14-room “Painted Lady” Victorian home (called the Heritage Museum online), began as a 4-room home in 1855. The Armed Occupation Act of 1842 stated that “any settler who came to Florida, lived on the land for five years, cultivated five acres, and built a dwelling” would be granted 160 acres. The
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