The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗William Sparkman, the "father of Waldo", was the first non-indigenous, English-speaking settler in the early 1800s, who in the 1820s, made it easier for more settlers to reside in Waldo when he built Bellamy Road, which connected St. Augustine to Pensacola. Bellamy Road was the first major U.S. federal highway in early territorial Florida and was constructed in the 1820s through the 1830s passing through Waldo from around Lake Santa Fe to the east and on towards the Santa Fe River in the west, where it passed over the river on a natural land bridge at modern O'Leno State Park. During this time, the community was known as "Bellamy Station".
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Waldo’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Waldo’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewT.K. Godbey, 1914: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Waldo, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Waldo
Waldo has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 60 historic buildings, because Waldo Historic District alone counts 60.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as T.K. Godbey (1914) 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.