- Mala Compra Plantation Archeological Site
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Mala Compra Plantation Archeological Site
Mala Compra excavation siteLocation: Palm Coast, Florida Coordinates: 29°36′58″N 81°12′12″W / 29.61611°N 81.20333°WCoordinates: 29°36′58″N 81°12′12″W / 29.61611°N 81.20333°W NRHP Reference#: 04000142 Added to NRHP: March 5, 2004 The Mala Compra Plantation Archeological Site is an archaeological site in Palm Coast, Florida. It is located west of the intersection of North Oceanshore Boulevard and Mala Compra Drive. On March 5, 2004, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Mala Compra (Spanish for bad bargain or bad purchase) was originally part of northeastern Florida's largest plantation system. It was worked from 1816 through 1836, when the Seminoles burned it down near the beginning of the Second Seminole War.
The owner Joseph Marion Hernández (1788–1857), was Florida’s first delegate to the U.S. Congress in 1822 and 1823 and the first Hispanic to serve in Congress. Hernandez was a brigadier general during the Second Seminole War, who while negotiating with Seminole leader Osceola under a white truce flag in October 1837, took him captive by order of General Jesup.
External links
- Flagler County listings at National Register of Historic Places
- Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
- Mala Compra site in Flagler County, Flagler County Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Florida Lists by county Alachua • Baker • Bay • Bradford • Brevard • Broward • Calhoun • Charlotte • Citrus • Clay • Collier • Columbia • DeSoto • Dixie • Duval • Escambia • Flagler • Franklin • Gadsden • Gilchrist • Glades • Gulf • Hamilton • Hardee • Hendry • Hernando • Highlands • Hillsborough • Holmes • Indian River • Jackson • Jefferson • Lafayette • Lake • Lee • Leon • Levy • Liberty • Madison • Manatee • Marion • Martin • Miami-Dade • Monroe • Nassau • Okaloosa • Okeechobee • Orange • Osceola • Palm Beach • Pasco • Pinellas • Polk • Putnam • Santa Rosa • Sarasota • Seminole • St. Johns • St. Lucie • Sumter • Suwannee • Taylor • Union • Volusia • Wakulla • Walton • Washington
Lists by city Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Archaeological sites in Florida
- Geography of Flagler County, Florida
- National Register of Historic Places in Florida
- Plantations in Florida
- Florida Registered Historic Places building and structure stubs
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