Yulee Historic Council asks county for help preserving Brady Point 'Red Schoolhouse' and building a living museum

Angela "Angie" McClellan, president of the Yulee Historic Council, used the board’s public‑comment period on Oct. 15 to describe the group’s preservation and education efforts and to announce that the Brady Point Homeowners Association is preparing to donate the community’s historic “Red Schoolhouse” to the council.

McClellan told commissioners the council, founded in 1998, documents local oral histories, holds monthly meetings that draw about 10–12 regular attendees and runs a 946‑member Facebook group used to share historic photos and recordings. She said the group’s long‑term goal is to create a living museum on land adjacent to John Muir Park where children and families could experience daily life in Nassau County in the early 1900s.

McClellan described past unsuccessful preservation attempts — including a failed effort to save an old school building and a separately sold homestead — and said the Yulee Depot cannot be used in its original location because CSX has said it is too close to active tracks. She said the Brady Point Red Schoolhouse is more than 125 years old, has been cared for by the Brady Point HOA since 2004, and that the HOA is taking steps to donate the building to the Yulee Historic Council for use in the planned living museum.

McClellan also described the council’s modest fundraising (individual memberships, household and business tiers, T‑shirt and calendar sales) and invited community members to the council’s monthly meetings on the second Monday at 86365 Pages Dairy Road at 6 p.m. There was no board action during the public‑comment period; commissioners thanked McClellan for the presentation.