Taylor County Historical Society is a

historical society A historical society (sometimes also preservation society) is an organization dedicated to preserving, collecting, researching, and interpreting historical information or items. Originally, these societies were created as a way to help future gen ...

located in the historic Bank of Perry building in

Perry, Florida Perry is a city in Taylor County, Florida, Taylor County, Florida, United States. As of 2010, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 7,017. It is the county seat. The city was named for Madison Perry, fourth Governors of Florida, Gov ...

. The bank building dates to 1903. It became the First National Bank from 1909 to 1930 and its upper floor was used by the law firm of W. B. Davis and

Claude Pepper Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Mia ...

(who later became a U.S. Senator and member of the House of Representatives) during the 1920s. The Taylor County Historical Society was established October 18, 1971. The organization has published historical information.

References

External links

Taylor County Historical Society page
Facebook Historical societies in Florida Historic bank buildings 1971 establishments in Florida Taylor County, Florida {{Florida-stub