Historic Maps

Map of a historic district showing streets, landmarks, and buildings, including the Old City Market, Treiber Building, Ford Old Pasco County Courthouse and Bandstand, with icons marking sites like banks, hotels, government buildings, and businesses.

Craig Spatial combined the official historic register descriptions prepared by the Historic Preservation Advisory Board with modern GIS layers to create a clear, complete map of historic register of sites within Dade City in both print and digital formats.

The map uses current street names, building footprints, park boundaries, and parking lots sourced from earlier visitor‑map projects. Craig digitized more than 112 buildings and sites from the historic register and linked each one to its written description. This work led to an interactive web map and complete historic website the city uses to help visitors learn about each property. The site is available on the Historic Dade City page of the city’s website.

The final map blends historic information with modern cartography so residents, visitors, and researchers can explore and learn more about the structures of the historic register.

A detailed historical map of a city, showing landmarks such as churches, schools, homes, and cemeteries, with color-coded icons for different structures and a legend explaining the symbols.

On the historic register maps, each site includes its address and a color‑coded symbol showing its type: red for commercial buildings, purple for churches, yellow for historic homes, green for financial institutions, and tan for government buildings. Demolished sites are marked with an X to preserve the record of structures that once stood.

Map of a historic district in the CRA of Dade City, Florida showing streets, landmarks, and buildings, with icons marking sites like banks, hotels, government buildings, and businesses.
Map of a historic district in the CRA of Dade City, Florida showing streets, landmarks, and buildings, with icons marking sites like banks, hotels, government buildings, and businesses.
A historic map of Dade City, Florida, showing notable homes, churches, and landmarks in the Church Street Historic District with black-and-white photographs of historic buildings and homes and color photos of modern houses.
A historic map of Dade City, Florida, showing notable homes, churches, and landmarks in the Church Street Historic District with black-and-white photographs of historic buildings and homes and color photos of modern houses.

These two maps of historic structures within the Community Redevelopment Area and the Church Street Historic District use historic postcards and old photographs to annotate the buildings, bringing the historic register to life by showing the year each structure was built and labeling the name of every site directly on the map.

A detailed map of a neighborhood showing parcels, city boundaries, historic districts, and community redevelopment boundaries. It highlights various landmarks including churches, homes, hotels, and municipal buildings, with labels and icons.
A detailed map of a neighborhood showing parcels, city boundaries, historic districts, and community redevelopment boundaries. It highlights various landmarks including churches, homes, hotels, and municipal buildings, with labels and icons.

The interactive web map includes a geocoded point that Craig added for each historic entry, allowing visitors to read the full paragraph of historical significance written by the Historic Preservation Board for every property on the register.