Heritage is increasingly at risk…
Facing natural and human caused disasters, damage from time or neglect, and challenges from development pressure and financial stress that can translate to loss or destruction of our tangible and intangible past. Join us as we demonstrate how we are using the latest technologies to digitally preserve and document the Moseley Homestead- a National Register of Historic Places site and landmarked property in Florida. This project serves as an example of how we can better protect our past while creating new opportunities for discovery, exploration, and learning.
Virtual Tour
The Moseley Family
The Architecture
The Environment
This historic 19th century homestead and the nearly 15 acres of lakefront lands are the last of their kind in the highly developed and urbanized area of Brandon, Florida. The homestead not only preserves a way of life, but also holds valuable resources and lessons relating to environmental perspectives concerning landscape change in Florida, and provides social memory of the significant people associated with these lands, and gives a critical voice in particular to women in our State’s history.
Resources
The Timberly Trust is dedicated to documenting, protecting, and preserving the Moseley Homestead, a rare surviving example of Florida’s early pioneer settlement. Established in 1886 and continuously occupied by generations of the Moseley family, the homestead offers an invaluable window into the state’s agricultural and cultural heritage.
Designated on the National Register of Historic Places and recognized as a Hillsborough County Landmark, the property has also been recognized by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation as one of the state’s “Eleven to Save”—a recognition reserved for Florida’s most endangered historic treasures.
What makes the Moseley Homestead especially significant is its preservation of a female voice in Florida’s pioneer history—a rare and powerful perspective reflected in the family’s writings, artwork, and material culture. The property’s collections reveal stories of resilience, creativity, and stewardship passed through generations of women who shaped both the homestead and the surrounding community.
Through ongoing research, digital documentation, and heritage preservation, the Timberly Trust works to ensure that the Moseley Homestead’s architecture, landscape, and cultural legacy endure for future generations.
Sharing the Moseley’s History
Do you have history or stories regarding Limona, the Moseley Homestead, or Moseley family?
LEARN ABOUT THE MOSELEY HOMESTEAD AND HERITAGE
Join us through this site to discover the people and the place, and learn about the legacy of the Moseley Family and Timberly Trust, whose efforts and partnership with the University of South Florida Libraries demonstrate how this place matters and is being preserved so that future generations do not lose sight of the past and understand the relevance and relationship to the present.
