A Day in Palatka, Florida

Palatka's Community 
Organizations are listed
under the Welcome
to Palatka sign.

The Putnam County Chamber

 of Commerce hosts the

Visitor Center.

A Caboose reminds Palatka
of its railway past.

Palatka's Railroad Depot is

now the David Browning

Railroad Museum.

Built in 1908, the Depot is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.

Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal Church

The ornamentation on

this building catches

my eye... 

The Hotel James, built in 1916,
was built in the Prairie School 
Architectural Style.

Palatka has a series of murals adorning the sides of its buildings.

This one recounts the Battle at

 Horse Landing.

The USS Columbine was

captured by Confederate

troops in Palatka.

Local Wildflowers adorn the
wall of this building.

The former Elks Lodge, now
Hawgwash BBQ Joint, reminds

me of an old Southern home

 with separate entrances for

men & women.

This home was built
around 1886.

I admire the second floor

balcony on this building.

The Millennium
 Clock Tower

The waterfront with the bridge over the

St. John's River in the distance. 

A Great Egret strikes

a pose...

The Basil C. Pearce, Jr.
USS Tang Memorial







Ensign Basil C. Pearce died when the USS Tang was struck by one of its own Torpedoes on October 24, 1944 in the Strait of Formosa.

One of Palatka's many

older, southern style

 homes

Saint Monica Catholic

Church was built between

1807 & 1899.

It replaces the original 1858 wood framed building.

An artist's rendering of the

Palatka Railroad Depot &

 a steam powered train.

Palatka City Hall

The Putnam County Courthouse

with the Monument to

Confederate Soldiers

The Larimer Arts Center
was built in 1929.

Masonic Lodge No. 34

Palatka proudly displays Putnam County's natural beauty and the city's history in its murals.  I found architecture from different eras, including a Prairie School building in downtown Palatka.  Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural influence stretches from New York to Iowa to Palatka, Florida.  The waterfront is lovely. It must be a great setting for weekend recreation and public events.

Eric and I worked up an appetite.  Now, where should we go for lunch?