A history of Kendall,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Kendall from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Much of what is now Kendall was purchased from the State of Florida in 1883 by the Florida Land and Mortgage Company. It was named for Henry John Broughton Kendall, a director of the company, who moved to the area in the 1900s to manage the company's land. As the land was not open to homesteading, development was slow well into the 20th century. A post office opened in 1914, and the first school opened in 1929. After the end of the land boom in 1926, some residents left. Two Seminole camps were in the Kendall area, and Seminoles continued to live there into the 1940s.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Kendall’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewChildren of Doctor Tommy Jimmy ne…, 1916: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Kendall
See all 2 →Kendall, decade by decade
1950s
1990s
Nothing in Kendall is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kendall has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Richmond Heights Pioneer Historic District in Richmond Heights, 2.8 miles away.
Kendall and the nearest listed places
Closest to Kendall
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Children of Doctor Tommy Jimmy near (1916) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.