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Tallahassee Trust
for Historic Preservation, Inc.
The Historic James T. Perkins House
423 East Virginia Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850-488-7334
Fax: 850-488-7333

Announcing the release of Tallahassee's most complete and comprehensive pictorial history!

Favored Land: Tallahassee

Favored Land: Tallahassee - A history of Tallahassee and Leon County


The second edition of this treasured keepsake is now available. This historic coffee-table book, originally published in 1988, describes and illustrates how the images of Tallahassee have reflected the good and bad times experiences by the community. This high quality pictorial includes an additional, updated chapter, new color photos, and historic profiles on some of Tallahassee's oldest institutions and businesses.

Proceeds from the sale of this book will be used to support the projects and programs of the Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation in its mission to preserve our community's unique history through the promotion of heritage tourism and education and historic property rehabilitation.

If you wish to order this book, please see our order form, or call 850-488-7334.

The following books are also available from the Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation, Inc.:

Title Price Tax Total
Capitol: A Guide for Visitors $3.00 $.23 $3.23
Florida's Historic Cemeteries $6.00 $.45 $6.45
Tallahassee: Downtown Transitions $3.00 $.23 $3.00
Tallahassee: History and Bibliography $3.00 $.23 $3.23
Historic Tallahassee Design Manual $10.00 $.75 $10.75

To order any of these books, please use our order form, give us a call at 850-488-7334, or use our Contact Form.


Commission for City of Tallahassee
Grants Ad Valorem Tax Break to Historic Property Owners

Are you looking for information on the new ad valorem tax break to historic property owners granted by the Tallahassee City Commission? We have information for you.


Forms and Information Available

Do you have a piece of property you want to submit to the Local Register of Historic Places? The Nomination Form Application is available for you here on the site. You can print it out from your own computer, complete it, and submit it to us. Do you have a piece of historical property you need or wish to work on in some way? Make sure you review the Secretary of the Interior's Standards; then you can use the Application for Certificate of Appropriateness for Rehabilitation of a Historic Property. The application is in PDF format, you so you will need software such as the Adobe Reader to use the file. You can download it free from Adobe. You can view the Secretary of the Interior's Standards without the Reader software.

Have questions? We have answers! Check out our Questions and Answers about the Local Designation Process page, you may find exactly what you are looking  for.

Review the Tallahassee-Leon County Local Register of Historic Places and Historic Preservation Overlay Properties

View a list of projects reviewed by the Tallahassee-Leon County Architectural Review Board. View the National Register and/or Local Register of Historic Resources  in Leon County.

Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation, Inc.
423 East Virginia Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32310
850-488-7334

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