EDWARD CURRY LOVE HOUSE

Few Quincy homes carry the civic weight of the Edward Curry Love House. Research indicates a house stood on this location as early as 1831-32, with major alterations or rebuilding around 1850. Early residents included William E. Kilcrease, whose son Albert changed his name to Gilchrist and was elected Florida Governor in 1909 — a remarkable biographical connection to this historic property.

Edward Curry Love purchased the house in 1874; a planter, lawyer, county judge, district judge, state’s attorney, and mayor of Quincy, Love was one of the most consequential figures in post-Civil War Gadsden County, playing a leading role in restoring the Democratic Party in Florida. His son Edward Cornelius Love continued this legal tradition as a distinguished attorney and school board member.

The Edward Curry Love House stands at the intersection of multiple chapters of Gadsden County’s history — from the earliest territorial era through the Civil War and Reconstruction — making it one of the most historically significant residential properties in Quincy’s remarkable Historic District.