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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSebastian Area Historical Society ApplicationCM OF SE N HOME OF PELICAN ISLAND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TRANSMITTAL Council Meetinq Date: June 22, 2022 Agenda Item Title: Sebastian Cemetery Historical Marker Recommendation: Approve the Sebastian Area Historical Society request to initiate a Historical Marker Application with the Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Historic Preservation for Sebastian Cemetery in the Park Family Section, Block 41. Background: The Sebastian Area Historical Society is requesting approval from the City of Sebastian to initiate a Historical Marker Application with the Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Historic Preservation for Sebastian Cemetery in the Park Family Section, Block 41 as shown in Attachment. Should the City of Sebastian approve this request, a formal application will be submitted and a signature page will be forthcoming to the City from the State for execution. This grant request to the State will fund the placement of a historical marker in the Sebastian Cemetery in the Park Family Section, Block 41. There would be no cost to the city of Sebastian for the marker since the Indian River County Historical Society already has grant money to cover the costs. The City would be required to install the marker which is similar to the marker placed in front of the Chamber of Commerce building on Main St. The marker will be placed at the Park section of the cemetery as shown in the Attachment. BRIEF HISTORY: "August Park was born in Danzig, Germany in 1833. He came to New York and later moved to Fort Pierce, Florida. It was in 1865 that August Park became the first permanent settler in Sebastian, where he lived for 30 years. He married Pollyanna Gore and they had seven children, 5 boys and 2 girls. All the boys settled in Sebastian. "When the early settlers came to Sebastian to live, they didn't have any place to go to and August Park, our grandfather, would take them in and they would live with him until they looked around and found a place to settle," Lenora Park related. "Grandfather let a man, whose son had died, use his property to bury the body. People didn't have any place to bury their dead at that time and August Park agreed to allow them to use a section of his land. That was the start of what is now the Sebastian Cemetery. The Park Cemetery was donated to the city." If Agenda Item Requires Expenditure of Funds: Budgeted Amount: 0 Total Cost: 0 Funds to Be Utilized for Appropriation: Click here to enter Account Name. Attachments: 1. Sebastian Area Historical Society, Inc. application request. Click here to enter text. Administrative Services Department Review: City Attorney Review: Procurement Division Review, if applicable: City Manager Authorization: Date: Sebastian_ Area , ., lHistoll eal Society, Inc. P. 0. Box 781348, Sebastian, Florida 32978-1348 772 581-1380 June 7, 2022 City Council City of Sebastian 1225 Main Street Sebastian, FL 32958 Dear Councilmen, The Sebastian Area Historical Society would like to initiate a Historical Marker Application with the Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Historic Preservation in Tallahassee to have a historical marker placed in the Sebastian Cemetery in the Park Family Section, Block 41. It was in 1865 that August Park became the first permanent settler in Sebastian, where he lived for 30 years. 'When the early settlers came to Sebastian to live, they didn't have any place to go to and August Park, our grandfather, would take them in and they would live with him until they found a place to settle," stated Lenora Park, granddaughter of August Park. August Park let a man, whose son had died, use his property to bury the body. People didn't have any place to bury their dead at that time and Park agreed to allow them to use a section of his 43 acres. That was the start of what is now the Sebastian Municipal Cemetery. The Park Cemetery was donated to the city and remains in use.. We, as the historical society of Sebastian, as well as Park family members who continue to live in Sebastian, would like to have a historic marker placed in the cemetery to inform visitors of its historic significance. When the application is approved, the marker would be ordered by the State of Florida. When the marker arrives the Society pays the invoice, and then requests reimbursement from the Indian River County's Tourist Development Council. The City of Sebastian would then install the Marker and maintain the area. I'm including in this presentation package the application form, sample of the Owner Approval Statement that the City would have to sign, supporting letter from the Indian River County Historical Society, photos and maps. If you need additional information, please contact me. We look forward to discussing this Historic Marker Application with City Council when it can be added to your agenda. Sincerely, Kathy,16cDonald, President Sebastian Area Historical Society 6/1122, 4:10 PM Bureau of Historic Preservation - Historical Markers Application �: �;° f s 01111 r; { Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Historic Preservation Historical Markers Application • My Application • Return to Application Later • Logoot Florida Historical Marker Application Application Number: HM-1107 • Part 1: R.-source Information • Part : Marker Information • Part : Contact Information • Review Application Please review the your application below. Use the navigation above to go back and make changes. When all errors are correct and you are satisfied with your application, submit the application to get to your signature page. Part 1: Resource Information Name and Location What is the Historic Name of the Resource? Park Family Cemetery Historical Marker Address 1921 N. Central Avenue City Sebastian Zip Code 32958 Details What type of resource will you be marking? Building (e.g., commercial, educational, religious, residential) If other, please explain: apps.flheritage.com/markers/apply/index.cfm?page=app&p=review 1/5 6/l/22, 4:10 PM Bureau of Historic Preservation - Historical Markers Application Cemetery Is the resource listed in the National Register of Historic Places? Yes Description and Significance Please describe the resource Within the Sebastian Municipal Cemetery in Sebastian, Florida is the Park Family Section, Block 41. This section of the cemetery is located to the right of the southern entrance of the cemetery. In 1865 August Park became the first permanent settler in Sebastian, where he live for 30 years. When early settlers came to Sebastian to live, they didn't have any place to bury their dead. August Park allowed them to bury the bodies of their loved ones on a section of his 43 acres of land. This land became the first cemetery in Sebastian and is still used for interments by members of the Park family. Provide a statement explaining the significance of the resource In 1865 August Park became the first permanent settler in Sebastian, where he live for 30 years. When early settlers came to Sebastian to live, they didn't have any place to bury their dead. August Park allowed them to bury the bodies of their loved ones on a section of his 43 acres of land. This land became the first cemetery in Sebastian, is now a part of the Sebastian Municipal Cemetery, and is still used for burials of the members of the Park family today. This section of the cemetery contains the remains of the earliest settlers of Sebastian. Part 2: Marker Information Marker Details & Location Will this be a new or replacement marker? New Marker Will this be a single or double -sided marker? Single -sided marker (identical text on both sides) Will the marker be located at the resource? Yes If no, please explain: In which county will the marker be located? Indian River County ---What are the geographic coordinates of the proposed marker location?-- - - Please use decimal fractions. (Example: 30.438659 or-84.284451). See How to Determine Marker ! Coordinates for instructions. f Longitude 27.829044 Latitude -80.4769843 What days and times will the marker accessible to the public? Daily from sunrise to sunset aoos.flhedtaoe.com/markerslaooly/index.cfm?oa4e=apo8o=review 215 6/1/22, 4:10 PM Bureau of Historic Preservation - Historical Markers Application Marker Text What is your proposed Marker Title The Park Family Historical Cemetery - Please provide your proposed Marker Text - -- The marker text may not exceed 1,235 characters per side. This character limit includes punctuation and spaces. See lips for Writing_Y4rker Text for additional instruction. Side One August Park was born in Danzig, Germany in 1833. He came to New York and later moved to Fort Pierce, Florida. It was in 1865 that August Park settled in the Sebastian area, where he lived for 30 years. He was the first permanent settler of Sebastian. He was married to Pollyanna Gore from Washington, N.C. and they had 7 children. He bought 43 acres in Sebastian. August Park was very generous. When the early settlers came to Sebastian to live, they didn't have any place to stay so August Park would take them in and they would live with him until they found themselves a place to settle. He let a settler, whose son had died, use his property to bury the body. People didn't have any place to bury their dead at that time and Park agreed to allow additional burials. This was the start of the Sebastian Municipal Cemetery, where you stand today. August Park gave the land to Sebastian to continue to use as the cemetery. That's how the Sebastian Municipal Cemetery got started. Side Two (double -sided markers only) What organization(s) and or individual(s) are sponsoring the marker? Sebastian Area Historical Society, Indian River County Historical Society, City of Sebastian, Florida Close Close jj Part 3: Contact Information Resource Owner If the resource is owned by an organization, provide the name and information of a contact person in that organization. What is the name of the resource owner or organization contact? - -- ---- - First name Kathy Last name McDonald Organization name (if owned by an organization) Sebastian Area Historical Society [—What is the address of the resource owner? — Address P. O. Box 781348 City Sebastian sons.Rheritacie.com/markersfaooiv/indox.cfm?pane=aoo&D=review 3/5 W122, 4:10 PM Bureau of Historic Preservation - Historical Markers Application State Florida Zip Code 32978 Phone number of owner 860 803-3958 Email address of owner mcdbase@att.net Will the resource owner also be responsible for installation and maintenance of the marker? Yes Is the resource owner also the person that prepared this application? Yes Marker Caretaker Please provide the contact information for the person responsible for installing and maintaining the marker if different from the resource owner. If this will be an organization, provide the name and information of a contact person in that organization. What is the name of the of the marker caretaker? First name Paul Last name i Carlisle f f _ _ Organization name (If an organization will be the marker caretaker) City of Sebastian -What is the address of the marker caretaker? . Street Address 1225 Main Street City Sebastian State Florida Zip Code 32958 Phone number of caretaker 772 388-8203 Email address of caretaker pcarlisle@cityofsebastian.org cityofsebastian.org Person That Prepared the Application Please provide the contact information for the person that prepared the content of this application (if different from resource owner). —What is the name of the of the person that prepared the application? - - - - — First name Kathy Last name McDonald ZtrL...:_ a1__ ..a.]_--- -.O.L- mow...._- --- -....a al-. aDDs.flhef itaoe.com/markers/aonly/indox.cfm?oaae=aDo&D=review 4/5 6/1/22, 4:10 PM Bureau of Historic Preservation - Historical Markers Application F "' VV ndt 1S U10 dUUI-CSS 01 U10 01 Wt; PCf8011 Uldt PFUPUfUU LIX applWaL1011: -- Street Street Address P. 0. Box 781348 City Sebastian State Florida Zip Code 32978 Phone number of preparer 860 803-3958 Email address of preparer mcdbase@att.net Submit the Application E.J1 Check the box to confirm you wish to submit this application. You will not be able to edit the application after submission. Submit Application If you need assistance, please email michael.hart@dos.myflorida.com or call 850.245.6333. anos.flharitaae.com/markers/anoly/index.efrn?oaoe=Boo&o=review 5/5 Indian River County Historical Society P. O. Box 2192 Vero Beach, Florida 32960 May 5, 2022 Mrs. Kathy McDonald President Sebastian River Area Historical Society P. O. Box 781348 Sebastian, Florida 32978 RE: Historic Marker Sebastian Cemetery Dear Kathy, For many years the Indian River County Historical Society has sponsored a program to place Florida Landmark signage at historical significance sites throughout Indian River County. Funding for this popular program comes from grant monies awarded to the Indian River County Historical Society from the Tourist Development Council (TDC). These landmark signs must be applied for, reviewed, and approved by a review board at the Division of Historical Resources at the Florida Department of State. When approved the State of Florida orders the appropriate marker with text provided by local sponsor. When the marker arrives, the Society pays the invoice (average cost $2,100) and then requests reimbursement from Indian River County's TDC grant. Over the years, the Society has provided a successful marker program which has highlighted over thirty historical sites. Several have been in the Sebastian area including the Paul Kroege) Statue, Hardee Oak, Community of Roseland, and Moore's Point. This year we are honoring the pioneer cemeteries in the early communities. Already, a historical marker has been placed at the pioneer cemetery in Winter Beach and we would like to unveil one at the Sebastian Cemetery. We are very happy to provide funding and participate with the Sebastian Area Historical Society in this undertaking. Thank you for your cooperation. Ruth Ruth Stanbridge County Historian PARK SECTION- BLOCK 41 Row 1 FRANTZ, Alma D., wife of W. S. Frantz, 1890- 1921 Row 2 HOLTZCLAW, Paul, 1894-1917 Row 3 FEAR, Emery S., 1860-1922 GIBSON, Mrs., no dates, old stone LOWDER, Susan E., born in Claredon Co., SC, 4/26/1826; died in FL, 12/19/1904 LOWDER, W. A., 4/25/1841-12118/1922 Row 4 BAIRD, Robert D., 1861-1924 --, illegible old marker Row 5 FOSTER, F., old, no dates legible COMPTON, James H., 11/30/1911, age one day McCAIN, B. E., no dates, old stone Row 6 COZINE, Mary A., relic ?? of C. A. Cozine, b. Hamilton Co.,OH; died Sebastian, FL, 8/15/1904, aged 82 yrs. --, illegible small stone, 4 mo., 23 days PARK, August, 12/21/1833-1/12/1895 PARK, August D., 1/12/1885- 4/13/1901. Small stone in front, PAP - ADP, Mother Father, dm PARK, Polly Ann, 1851-1898 WEEKS, George, no date, old stone Row 7 PARKS, Nelson E., son of Charles and Annie Parks, 12/22/1905-1/1/1907 --, old stone, illegible GORE, Mrs. (old small stone) (Elizabeth, Mrs. Melva Rudd's grandmother, per Melva Rudd) GORE, William CAIN, Mrs., old stone HEARNDON, Mamie L., 1874-1946, Mother HEARNDON, James M., 1867-1929 HEARNDON, Jimmy HEARNDON, Pete HEARNDON, James III BRADDOCK, Howell and Merle, infants of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Braddock, aged 10 days. BRADDOCK, Geo., A., 1868-1949, dm BRADDOCK, Rebecca J., 1873-1945, dm BRADDOCK, George H. BRADDOCK, Howell Merle, baby Row 8 PARK, Frederick P., 1888-1935 PARK, Frederick PARK, Charles L., 8/21/1869-9123/1929 SLOAN, Annabelle McCAIN, Bertha, 5/2/1908-5/11/1908 SLONE, Sadie May Belle, 2/3/1904- 5/7/1905 PARKER, (3 children buried here per Mrs. Melva Rudd) DAVIS, Martha, 5/7/1826-3/21/1906 SEMBLER, Sarah, 1847-1938 SEMBLER, Andrew J., 1829-1911 HICKS, Mabel Sembler, 8/2/1876- 7/15/1968, Mother HICKS, Thos. B., Jr., old illegible (baby) RAULERSON, Lourena, 1/19/1855- 10/4/1935 Row 9 PARK, Henry J., 1872-1950 PARKS, Lulu J., wife of Henry J., illegible HUNTER, Margaret, illegible old stone HEARNDON, Isiah, illegible BRASWELL, Leon Paul, 1912, son of Lt. and M.P. Braswell BRASWELL, 1910, Infant daughter of Lt. and M. P. Braswell, BRASWELL, 1911, son of Lt. and M. P. Braswell Row 10 LAWSON, 1911, baby DAVIS, Hattie O., 1897-1937 dm DAVIS, Guy F., 1861-1943 dm DAVIS, Thomas M., 1900-1912 DAVIS, Shadrack Odell, 1902-1979, MOMM 2 US Navy, WW Il DAVIS, Everett Dow, 1908-1982, BM2 US Navy, WW II DAVIS, Theodore Moses, 1905-1985, Pvt. US Army, WW II, illegible marker COOLER, Ordell L., 11/3/1912-7/5/1913 COOLER, Clyde, 3/23/1914-1/31/1915 DORE, Capt., old stone GRANT, Mrs., old stone ALLEN, Mrs., old stone Row 11 KNIGHT, infant daughter of Gwans J. Knight (old slab on ground) --, illegible stone HOCKABY, Tom, old stone, no dates LAPORT, Capt., old stone HARDESTY, B. F. 1842-1917 (Co. B What's Btn La, confederate, per WPA list) HARDESTY, Ella Cozine, 1842-1923 COLLINS, old stone GRIBBLE, Sarah GRIBBLE, John W. , 1878-1960 CONGER, Annabelle, 2/1910-11/30/1936. (daughter of Charles Gribble per Melva Rudd) GRIBBLE, Charles R., 1909-1928 GRIBBLE, Dorothy, 1925-1926 Row 12 CARTER, old stone HALL, Lottie Lulu, 2/20/1913-9/21/1913 HALL, old stone MILLER, Daniel Leonard, 8/29/1907- 5/29/1919 MILLER, B. W., 1849-1924, dm MILLER, Susan A., 1874-1960 dm MILLER, B. Gordon, 1902-1970 BOSWELL, DelithaB., 1858-1913, wife of John Boswell Row 13 HARRISON, old stone HAAS, William, 1/18/1899-5/22/1912 RYALL, HALL, Marie ??? -- old stone, illegible -- old stone, illegible. Row 14 HARTMAN, O. A., old stone, cracked GORE, Mary Ann, 1881-1961 GORE, Joseph E., died 1932 TAYLOR , Marie Dunson interred with J. E. Gore Row 15 (other side of road) BON, C. H., 1850-1924 TRIPP, Mrs., flat stone on ground SHAMMUS, Mrs. old stone PETERSON, Ella W., 1858-1981, Grandmother NEWLON, Jon, no dates LAUGHLIN, Wm., no dates Row 1 HALL, Enoch Warren, 5/13/1837- 9/22/1912 HALL, Julia Willard, 12/28/1846- 10/30/1916 SAYLES, Jane B., 8/12/1850-6/24/1924 Mother MASON, George, died 1929 MASON, Frank, no markers RAYNOR, Roberti., 1882-1966 RAYNOR, Christine, 1884 RUDD, Meh ?? P. RUDD, Stephen RUDD, Sharon TURNER, Denny TURNER, Dixie WEAVER, Mr., no date Row 17 HALL, George Byrd, 3/16/1866- 9/13/1915 HALL, Meta Barnett, 8/31/1873- 11/27/1912 WISE, Grace C., 1887-1965 PARK, Robert PARK, Robert P. Hobson, 1903-1976 dm PARK, Henry D., 1910-1983 dm PARK, Annie G., 12/31/1879-12/4/1971 PARK, Thomas, 3/8/1913-5/10/1984, U.S. Navy, WWII PARK, Ernestine RITLERPUSCH, Kelly PARK, Simeon A., 1877-1963 PARK, Martha P. "Mattie", 1887-1969 PARK, Mildred S., 1908-1991 PARK, Lenora K., 1904-1995 Row 18 WOODS, John T., 1874-1928 ::