WELCOME TO THE HANNIBAL SQUARE HERITAGE CENTER
The Heart of Winter Park’s
Historic African American West Side
Experience local history told by the people who have lived it.

PRESERVATION
The Hannibal Square Heritage Center was established in 2007 by Crealdé School of Art, in partnership with residents from the Hannibal Square community (west Winter Park) and the City of Winter Park. It is a tribute to the past, present, and future contributions of Winter Park’s historic African-American community.

LEGACY
The Heritage Center hosts the award-winning Heritage Collection: Photographs and Oral Histories of West Winter Park, a permanent, museum-quality exhibition of more than 200 framed, archival pieces that capture the lives of Winter Park’s African-American community spanning the 20th century, and The Hannibal Square Timeline which documents significant local and national events in African-American history since the Emancipation Proclamation.

AWARENESS
The center also offers a rotating Visiting Exhibition Series, community-created public art installations, as well as educational programs that explore the African-American experience, black heritage, cultural preservation and Southern folklore.

Come see our current exhibition!!

The Hannibal Square Story Quilters quilt group is dedicated to supporting all our quilt artists in a creative community. We share techniques, equipment, and supplies to make meaningful art while supporting each other in all aspects of our lives. 

We listen to each other’s stories and work together to preserve our cultural heritage.  Our informal motto is “DIYWH” or “Do it yourself with help,” encouraging everyone to try different quilting techniques apart from the workshop model.  We learn from each other, have fun and enjoy life.

The exhibition, collectively curated by the group, gives each quilter an opportunity to tell her unique story.  Exhibit themes include artist reflections on the Black experience, spirituality, justice, femininity, family, and nature.  Artists will reflect on their works with the public in celebration of Black History Month.
Current Exhibition
I AM ENOUGH: JUSTICE QUILTS BY YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS
Opening reception, June 18, 2 – 4 pm
Exhibition: June 18- August 27
The Hannibal Square Heritage Center will host an exhibition of quilts by local young women leaders from the Charmettes Club of Orlando. 

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​Walk the streets of today while immersing yourself in the history of yesterday... when Hannibal Square was a segregated ​self-sustaining community.


​​Learn how to share your stories through quilting, taught by Lauren Austin. It is free and open to the public to participate, and there's no experience necessary.

HEALTH & SAFETY PLAN
The Crealdé Family Means Everything To Us!

Thank you for your patience and support. We have been working hard to prepare a Health and Safety plan for our campus and classes. We have been thoroughly disinfecting everything inside and out on campus. Crealdé remains committed to complying with local and national safety recommendations and are instituting measures that are unique to our campus. The following safety features and health practices will be in place until further notice.

Details of the Hannibal Square Heritage Center & Crealdé School of Art Covid-19 Safety Measures can be found here.

Explore the Heart of Winter Park's Historic African American West Side

The Hannibal Square Heritage Center is open to the public with safety measures in place. Here are the new, updated hours:
Tuesday–Thursday: 30-minute tours are available by appointment only 12:30pm, 2pm, & 3:30pm
Friday: Walk-ins from 2:30-5pm
Saturday:  Walk-ins from 10am-2pm
If you'd like to take a private tour, contact the Center's manager, Barbara Chandler: 321-594-3922 or bchandler@crealde.org. 
"The Hannibal Square Heritage Center is a great opportunity to bring the rich history of west Winter Park into the hearts and minds of people worldwide. Generations to come will see the actual makings of this proud community."
―Carol Anderson, West Winter Park native
"Every community, every family has a history and a heritage, it simply does not matter if you are a fifth-generation Central Floridian or if your family moved here last year from Puerto Rico. The more diverse and multi-cultural our American society gets, the more important it is for us to appreciate and celebrate our own and others' culture and heritage."
-Peter Schreyer
Founder of the Heritage Center and Crealdé Executive Director, during the dedication of the new facility on April 28, 2007

THE HANNIBAL SQUARE HERITAGE COLLECTION
Photographs & Oral Histories

The Hannibal Square Heritage Collection: Photographs and Oral Histories is available for sale at the Heritage Center and at the Crealdé Art & Gift Shop $25.
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Since 2002, Heritage Center founder Peter Schreyer and Chief Historian Fairolyn Livingston along with members of the Heritage Team have been collecting and researching the history of Hannibal Square, the African-American neighborhood in West Winter Park. Last summer, a dream came true, when the Florida Historical Society published a book that chronicles the community project that resulted in the founding of the Hannibal Square Heritage Center and the permanent collections that are always on display. ​
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