Mandarin Museum and Historical Society

Home of Harriet Beecher-Stowe. Yes, that is correct. One would not expect her to come to the South so soon after the Civil War, but she chose Mandarin as her winter home in 1867. She first assisted her son Frederick as he began a cotton farm operation at “Laurel Grove” (now Orange Park) in Clay…Read more

Taking visitors back to old Florida with a 10 acre riverfront site home to an 1876 farm complex with picnic areas and a citrus grove.

The museum shows a timeline of events from Mandarin’s beginnings as a Timucuan village to modern times. The exhibit also contains historical maps and photographs.