Heritage Village

Largo Florida


In Heritage Village the history of Pinellas County Florida is preserved in both aspects of the buildings and the early pioneers who occupied these structures. Along Old Walsingham Road is situated the 21 acre outdoor museum containing 28 buildings. On a hot sunny day stroll the shady paths between the buildings as well as the Shirley McPherson Nature Trail. Here the early history comes alive nestled in a native pine and palmetto landscape.                                 

Beach Cottage

Typical tourist accommodations (crica 1939).

Lowe House

Beautiful tow-story home built by early Pinellas pioneers (1888).

Lowe Barn

Associated with the Lowe house: today displays agricultural tools and equipment.

Log Cabin

Oldest existing structure in Pinellas County used by McMullen/Coachman families (circa 1852).

Boiling Shed

Used to process sugar can syrup.

Garden For The Blind

Gazebo with plants and Braille identifying markers.

House of Seven Gables

Impressive 13 room Victorian home (1907).

Plant/Summer House

Charming middle-class home (circa 1896).

Safety Harbor Church

Simple rural church and community meeting place (1905).

Saffor Memorial Pavillion

Cemetary Shelter (circa 1892).

Fire Engine Garage

Features a 1917 LA France fire engine.

H. C. Smith General Store

Early neighborhood mercantile complete with service garage and barbershop.

Windmill and Water Tank

Water tank used to irrigate citrus groves (1915). Windmills used to pump water on farms (early 1970's).

Williams Park Bandstand

Replica of Saint Petersburg bandstand (circa 1894).

Walsingham House

Interpreted as a physician's home and office (1915).

Heritage Garden

A Florida vegetable garden.

Smokehouse

Used to cure meat and other foods.

Union Acadamy

Classroom for African American students during the 1940's (1915 - 1917).

Sugar Cane Mill

Used to grind sugar cane.

McMullen House

Oldest continously lived-in home in Pinellas County.

Boyer Cottage

On-room fisherman's cottage (1878).

Greenwood House

Small family home originally located near "Clear Water Harbor."

Stone Piller

Pillars from the Largo High School (1927 - 1957).

Harris School

Replica of a 1912 one-room schoolhouse.

Moore House

Typical orange grove house (1879).

Outhouse

Depression-era outhouse (1930).

Carriage Shed

Houses a blacksmith workshop and collection of wagons and othe vehicles.

Brick Chimney

Chimney of the Sulphur Springs Depot.

Caboose

Once part of the Seaboard-Coast Line Railroad.

Sulphur Springs Depot

Typical of early railroad depots that once dotted Florida (1924).

 

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