User talk:Ebyabe/NRHPs in FL pix needed
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Now that you mention the incorrect addresses in the NRHP, I questioned House at 190 Bosporous Avenue. The street signs call it Bosphorous Avenue. I wonder if the street name changed? —Wknight94 (talk) 16:46, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Roadtrip plans
I'm debating where to go next, once I get my fancy new digital camera. I think I've settled on the 27-Okeechobee-US1 plan. That is, driving down US 27, around Lake Okeechobee to the town of Okeechobee, then over to the east coast and up US 1. And/or A1A. Probably around Jupiter Inlet, then north. And taking as many pix along the way, natch. Notice how I'm completely avoiding the Palm Beach-Broward-Dade County megalopolis. This'll be a two-dayer (my first), I'll spend the night around Okeechobee (the town).
Another two-dayer would have to be to Pensacola and back. The panhandle is so cool, I want to see more of it. Did Quincy, Torreya State Park, Port St. Joe, Apalachicola, Carabelle, and Sopchoppy in one day. Crawfordville too, but it was after sundown and not enough light, so the pix of the courthouse didn't come out. That'll have to be part of a Tallahassee-ish area daytrip.
If anyone else who watches this page is thinking of doing major photo-ing, please to add a note, so's I know if I need to change my itinerary. There will be good pix of all the state NRHPs and parks, I vow. Maybe even by the end of the year. Though that may be overly ambitious, one does need to have goals... :) -Ebyabe 19:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- I'm planning on shooting the stuff in the Daytona area sometime soon, maybe some this weekend. I'm actually staying in Orange City now, so I was a little disappointed to see you got most of the stuff near there (although they are good pics so I can't complain too much :). Recury 19:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
- That would be lovely! Although the weather this weekend looks iffy, so good luck! I'm in Ocala, so not that far away.
- Yeah, I hit Umatilla, then DeLeon Springs and headed south on US 17/92 until I got to Lake Mary. Great day until it got cloudy around Sanford.
- Since you're there, maybe you can find the Orange City Colored School. I looked at the address, but I could only find a park; no building that looked historic enough to be it. It'd be great if you could.
- If you could get pics of Hontoon Island State Park and Blue Spring State Park sometime, that'd be great too. There's supposedly an NRHP in the latter park, the Louis P. Thursby House.
- Ah, yeah, forgot about the weather. Maybe not this weekend then, we'll see...Yeah, I've seen the Thursby House in Blue Springs before, shouldn't be too hard to get a nice pic of and I'll try and check out that school too. Recury 19:47, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Next roadtrip
Plan to go partly down US 27 and back. Hopefully I'll hit:
Auburndale
Clermont
Davenport
Dundee
Eustis
Fruitland Park
Groveland
Haines City
Howey in the Hills
Leesburg
Mount Dora
Okahumpka
Tavares
Winter Haven
Probably not this weekend (Feb 3-4), but maybe next (Feb 10-11) --Ebyabe 19:40, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
- After the tornadoes, I'm thinking the other direction may be better. I'm going to hit as many of the following counties as I can:
- And since Sunday looks even better, I may venture out then too. More news at 11. ;) --Ebyabe 01:06, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Route planning aid
I've gotten rather good at streamlining my travels so as to see the most sites in the least amount of time. I humbly offer my services to any to whom I may be of assistance, doncha know. :) -Ebyabe 19:52, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Old Lee County Courthouse
Would it be minded if I tweaked some of these? Adjust brightness and such, that is. I've done it occasionally with a some of mine. That's the great thing about digital photos, they can always be improved. :) --Ebyabe 03:42, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Orange City Colored School
I found this article helpful in figuring out where that one was. They changed the name of it a couple times so it's now the Coleman Head Start Center. It isn't the most visually impressive building ever either, so I'm sure that made it more difficult. Recury 23:17, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you! It also confirms one I was doubtful about, the DeLeon Springs Colored School. It was another that was at the right address, but didn't have any signage at all one way or the other. Now that I see the Orange City one, the two buildings could be twins. Probably made "on the cheap" because they were for the "colored" students, back in the day. The country's come a long way since then, thank goodness. I'm wondering if the other "colored" schools on the list will look the same. At least we'll have a better idea what to look for. --Ebyabe 01:01, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Brevard
I uploaded a bunch of pictures for Brevard County sites today. I had trouble with a few. I think that I found the Dr. George E. Hill House, but the address wasn't marked clearly so I didn't upload it. The J. R. Field Homestead was down a posted "no trespassing" dirt road so I stayed away from that one. I accidentally skipped the Hotel Mims. I did take pictures of the Melbourne Beach Pier and the Aladdin Theater but these listings already have historic pictures in their listings. Should I replace the old picture with the new ones?Fl295 22:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- Bravo on Brevard! They were on my itinerary for my eventual down-and-around-Lake-Okeechobee-and-up-US-1 trip, so you've saved me much time that I can spend on other sites. Heck, I can catch the Hotel Mims easy when I make the trip.
- Do replace the historic pics. I only added them to have something other than the maps, and I found them in the Florida Memory Project. I think the more recent ones are better for the infobox.
- I know what you mean about the trespassing. There was a 4 foot tall stone fence around the Howey House, and I was tempted to go over it, but didn't. Thank god for optical zoom; I got great shots of the place anyway. After my near-arrest for getting too close when taking pics at Crystal River, I'm trying to be more cautious, doncha know. :)
- Ah, the addresses, or lack thereof. Howey House was like that. Only address was "Citrus Avenue". But when I saw the mansion surrounded by the low stone fence, encompassing many acres, and with big old oaks scattered about it, I knew that was the one. Wound up confirming it a bit later. When you see enough of these places, you start to develop an eye for them. When in doubt, take the pic. But don't upload until you can confirm it's the right one. So you did precisely the right thing, imho. :)
- Btw, would it be possible for you to copy the pics to WikiCommons? Or I could do so. I'm trying to organize the NRHP pics at Commons, and get them all in one place, as it were. Lemme know if you need help; I've developed some shortcuts to make the Commons upload process a bit easier. Again, thanks for all the pics. I'm thinking we may get pics for all the Florida NRHP sites within my lifetime! *lol*
[edit] Gaps
Trying to fill the list with pics, like on the List of Florida state parks. The holes I'm especially keen to see filled are:
- Alachua County - some of the littler towns, I should get these since they're so close
- Collier County - mostly hard-to-find archaeological sites, it looks like, but a Naples one would be great
- Duval County - a/k/a Jacksonville (why don't they just change it to Jacksonville-Duval County, like Miami-Dade County did?), a lot of the downtown ones are clustered together, it's on my itinerary, though if anyone gets some before me it's great
- Indian River County
- Levy County - close to me, try to get soon
- Manatee County/Sarasota County - Sarasota's in both counties, kill two birds, want to get Madira Bickel Mounds especially since it's a state park
- Martin County
- Okeechobee County - the battlefield directions are vague, but it's an nhl, so that's the priority
- Orange County - Orlando and surrounding area, dealing with the horror that is the construction on US 441 in the area
- Palm Beach County - one from Boynton Beach or Lake Worth maybe? Or if someone's visiting Okeechobee, Pahokee's down 441 from there, and it's a nice drive. I'm planning to get back there eventually
- Pinellas County
- Polk County - another one I'm planning on spending more time in
- Taylor County - watch out, Perry's a bit of a speed trap, but not as bad as Waldo or Lawtey
- Union County - close-ish to me, wanna get when I go back to Lake City
These are all up in the Panhandle. Wanna try getting these, but if anyone else can catch a few, it'd help. But since I'm the closest (relatively), we'll see:
- Holmes County
- Jackson County
- Martin County
- Santa Rosa County
- Walton County
- Washington County
