Exploring the Trail
Notable stops include:
• Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center— Preserving African- American heritage in a neighborhood established by formerly enslaved people
• St. Benedict the Moor School— One of Florida’ s earliest Catholic schools for Black children
• Dr. Robert B. Hayling Freedom Park— Honoring a civil rights leader central to the St. Augustine Movement
• Armstrong & Elkton Communities— Rural settlements shaped by agriculture, migration and civic leadership
Maps, site descriptions and the full digital guidebook are available at stjohnsculture. com / bh.
Top: Known as the‘ house-mother to the movement,’ Cora Tyson opened her home in Lincolnville as a gathering place for civil-rights strategists, including Dr. King, during the 1960s. Photo Credit: St. Johns Cultural Council.
Above: Founded in 1911, St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church served as a spiritual and cultural anchor for St. Augustine’ s Black community and remains a landmark of faith, resilience, and heritage. Photo Credit: St. Johns Cultural Council.
Right: Located on the former New Switzerland Plantation site, Alpine Groves Park preserves a farmhouse and fruit-packing shed from the 1880s and reflects the region’ s Black agricultural heritage. Photo Credit: St. Johns Cultural Council.
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