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|a Mariah Brown House |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a Nicole Combeau Coconut Grove Photographs. |
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|a Historical marker for the Mariah Brown House, the residence of one of Coconut Grove’s earliest African-Bahamian settlers, located at 3298 Charles Ave. Marker reads: Mariah Brown was born in the Upper Bogue, Eleuthera, Bahamas in 1851 and immigrated to the United States in 1880. Brown lived in Key West with her three daughters and worked as a laundress. By 1889, Brown had moved to Coconut Grove to work in the Peacock Inn owned by one of Coconut Grove founders, Charles Peacock. Though Brown and her daughters initially lived at the Peacock Inn, she soon bought land to build her own home. Located on Evangelist Street (now Charles Avenue) and within walking distance from the Peacock Inn, Brown purchased the plot for $50 from local landowner Joseph Frow. Brown and her family were among the first black families to settle in Coconut Grove, and her house, constructed in 1890, was the first built on Evangelist Street. Brown’s significance to the African-Bahamian community lasted well beyond her death in 1910. Her house along with those of other black landowners, such as E.W.F. Stirrup, became the heart of the African-Bahamian community in Coconut Grove. African-Bahamians were one of the earliest immigrant groups to arrive in South Florida, and the community in Coconut Grove is one of the oldest black communities in Dade County. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2024. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Florida International University. |
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|a Support for this project was provided by the Mellon funded Race, Risk, and Resilience: Building a Local-to-Global “Commons for Justice” Grant. |
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|a Historic sites -- Florida -- Miami. |
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|a Nicole Combeau. |4 pht |
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|a dpSobek |c Commons for Justice |
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|u http://dpanther.fiu.edu/sobek/FI24091637/00001 |y Electronic Resource |
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|a http://dpanther.fiu.edu/sobek/content/FI/24/09/16/37/00001/FI24091637_00001_West_Grove_x_CFJ_x_FIU_18_thm.jpg |
