Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park

State park in Florida, United States

29°19′50″N 81°05′40″W / 29.33056°N 81.09444°W / 29.33056; -81.09444Established1945Governing bodyFlorida Department of Environmental Protection

Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park is a state park located in Volusia County, Florida. It features the Addison Blockhouse, a small coquina rock ruin that was on a 19th-century plantation and served as a kitchen as well as a fort.^[1]^[2]

To preserve its cultural heritage, the site is not open to the public. The park is accessible by boat going across the Tomoka River.^[1]

History

The Addison Blockhouse was built on a 19th-century plantation called Carrickfergus, established by John Moultrie. The blockhouse was originally an outside kitchen for Moultrie's overseer. Later the plantation was owned by John Addison, and then Duncan McRae. The plantation grew cotton and sugar from 1816 to 1836. During the Second Seminole War, the plantation was attacked on March 10, 1836. Two soldiers were killed and scalped at the site. The blockhouse was fortified by the Carolina Regiment of Volunteers to defend against the Seminoles, and became known as "Camp M'Rae".^[3] The plantation struggled financially and was later abandoned. The blockhouse was restored in the early 20th century, and has since been owned and maintained by Tomoka State Park.^[1]^[4]^[5]^[2]

Description

The Addison Blockhouse is now a roofless ruin. It is about 11.5 feet by 15 feet in size. It contains a circular tower in one corner, 6 feet in diameter and 11 feet in height, as well as a large fireplace. It has six foot walls with an embankment and moat.^[1]^[2]

There is also an adjacent foundation and walls of a sugar mill from 1832 during the time McRae owned the plantation.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park". Florida State Parks. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c Griffin, John W. (January 1952). "The Addison Blockhouse". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 30 (3): 276–293.
^ Lucy B. Wayne (July 2010). Sweet Cane: The Architecture of the Sugar Works of East Florida. University of Alabama Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-8173-5592-0.
^ Ormund Beach Historical Trust Inc. (1999). Ormond Beach. Images of America. Arcadia. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7385-0257-1. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
^ Wayne 2010, p. 169

External links

Official page at Florida State Parks
Florida Seminole Wars Heritage Trail.

Protected areas of Florida

Federal level

National parks	Biscayne Dry Tortugas Everglades
National memorials	De Soto Fort Caroline
National monuments	Castillo de San Marcos Fort Matanzas
National seashores	Canaveral Gulf Islands
National forests	Apalachicola Choctawhatchee Ocala Osceola
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Other national protected areas	Big Cypress National Preserve Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
National Estuarine Research Reserves and National Marine Sanctuaries	Apalachicola NERR Florida Keys NMS Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR Rookery Bay NERR
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Loxahatchee River Wekiva River

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Preserves and reserves	Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Anclote Key Cedar Key Scrub Charlotte Harbor Crystal River Disney Wilderness Estero Bay Green Cay Wetlands Fakahatchee Strand Hal Scott Kissimmee Prairie Lower Wekiva River Paynes Prairie Pumpkin Hill Creek River Rise Rock Springs Run San Felasco Hammock Savannas Seabranch St. Lucie Inlet St. Sebastian River Tarkiln Bayou Topsail Hill Tosohatchee Waccasassa Bay Yellow River Marsh
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