Historic Resources in the City of Fort Lauderdale

HISTORIC RESOURCES IN THE
CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE
PHOTOGRAPHS
I. INDIVIDUAL SITES
II. HISTORIC DISTRICTS
III. NATIONAL REGISTER SITES
TEXT
SUMMARY DESCRIPTIONS
INDIVIDUAL HISTORIC RESOURCES AND LOCALLY DESIGNATED
HISTORIC LANDMARKS IN FORT LAUDERDALE
There are 54 indi vidual l andmarks t hat are spread throughout the City.
They include parks, a swing bridge, a trading post site, hotels, businesses,
transportation hubs, residences (lar ge and small), firehouses, schools,
and churches. A unique site is a pedestal located on Las Olas Boulevard.
Sites are listed by Map number. See Map. #22
Name:
North Side School
Address:
120 NE 11 ST
Year Built: 1926
Use: School
Designation:
5/7/1996
Local
Map # 1
North Side School - designed in the high Mediterranean Revival Style with enrichments
by architects Sutton & Routt of Vin cennes, Indiana and Ho llywood, Florida, contractor
John Olsso n. In 1959, an addition was desig ned by Fort Lauderdale architect V ictor
Larson.
Name:
Warfield Park
Address:
1010 N Andrews AV
Year Built: 1911
Use: Park
Designation:
4/1/1989
Local
Map # 2
Warfield Park – the oldest platt ed city park in Broward County, named for Davies
Warfield President of the Seaboard Airline Railway.
Name:
North Woodlawn Cemetery
Address:
1901 NW 9 ST
Year Built: 1926
Use: Cemetery
Designation:
9/4/1996
Local
Map # 3
North Woodlawn Cemetery – Cemetery for pioneer black families and their
descendents including Rev. Alfred L. Pugh pastor of Piney Grove Baptist Church, Sylvi a
Alridge civic leader and employment agency owner.
Name:
Victoria Courts
Address:
713 NE 17 RD
Year Built: 1928
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
6/18/1996
Local
Map # 4
Victoria Courts Multiple Property Designation - built ca. 1926-28 by Victoria Park
developer Alfred Kuhn. Victoria Co urts cottage s are vernacular in design, but diffe r in
design details.
Name:
Victoria Courts
Address:
715 NE 17 AV
Year Built: 1928
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
Map # 5
6/18/1996
Local
Name:
Victoria Courts
Address:
711 NE 17 RD
Year Built: 1928
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
6/18/1996
Local
Map # 6
Name:
Victoria Courts
Address:
711 NE 17 AV
Year Built: 1928
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
Map # 7
6/18/1996
Local
Name:
Victoria Courts
Address:
706 NE 17 RD
Year Built: 1928
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
6/18/1996
Local
Map # 8
Name:
Victoria Courts
Address:
707 NE 17 AV
Year Built: 1928
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
Map # 9
6/18/1996
Local
Name:
Victoria Courts
Address:
700 NE 17 AV
Year Built: 1928
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
6/18/1996
Local
Map # 11
Name:
Victoria Courts
Address:
1711 NE 17 RD
Year Built: 1928
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
Map # 10
6/18/1996
Local
Name:
Seaboard Air Line Railway Station
Address:
200 SW 21 TER
Year Built: 1926
Use: Train Station
Designation:
N/A
Local
Map #12
Seaboard Air Line Railway Station
Seaboard Air Line Railway Station (The Tri-Rail/Amtrak station) - The historic bu ilding
is a one story Spanish Eclectic structure with stucco-clad w alls and a barrel tile roof. It
was one of about 40 stations built ca. 1926 for the railroad.
Name:
David E. Oliver House
Address:
231 SW 8 AV
Year Built: 1924
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
12/8/1996
Local
Map #13
David E. Oliver House – designed by Francis Luis Abreu, ca. 1925; Georgian Revival in
style with a central pavilion, Spanish details and a hipped roof with metal shingles.
Name:
Bryan Homes (Chart House
Restaurant)/ River House
Restaurant
Address:
301 SW 3 AV
Year Built: 1903
Use: Restaurant
Designation:
4/18/1989
Map #14
Bryan Homes (River House Restaurant) – originally two houses i.e t he Tom Brya n
house (east) and the Reed Bryan House (west). Built by Ed King of rusticated an d rock
faced concrete block made on site, with large open porches
Local
Name:
Harmon Monument– West Side
School (Sailboat Bend)
Address:
301 SW 13 AV
Year Built: 1924
Use: Monument
Map # 15
West Side School– Harmon
Monument detail
Name:
West Side Grade School- Harmon
Monument (Sailboat Bend)
Address:
301 SW 13 AV
Year Built: 1922
Designation:
7/1/1998
Map #15
Home of it Broward Historical
Commission
West Side School- Harmon Monument – designed by architect John Pete rman,
Mediterranean Revival style, flat roof with parapets, stucco wall cladding. The monument
was originally a drinking fountain
Local
Name:
West Side Fire Station (Sailboat
Bend)
Address:
1022 W Las Olas Blvd
Year Built: 1927
Use: Fire House Museum
Designation:
2/19/1991
Local
Map #16
West Side Fire Station – designe d by Francis Luis Abreu T-shaped footprint, Spanish
tile gable ro ofs, hexagonal entry to wer, stucco wall claddin g, arched triple window with
salomonicas, Spanish tile wall panel and cast stucco elaborations.
Name:
South Side School
Address:
701 S Andrews AV
Year Built: 1922
Designation: 7/19/2006
5/7/1996
National
Local
Map # 17
Rehabilitation in Progress as a
Recreation Center
South Side School – designed by John Peterman, Spanish Eclect ic style, flat ro of with
parapets, stucco wall cladding, decorative vigas and tiles.
Name:
Richard Baxter House
Creona Riverside Park Residence
Address:
701 SW 12 AV
Year Built:
1914
Use: residence
Designation: Local
Map # 18
Richard Baxter House (Creona/Riverside) – One story, side-gabled, wood framed
vernacular with wood siding, shed dormers and a small gabled entry porch.
Name:
Croissant Park Admin. Bldg
Address:
1421 S Andrews AV
Year Built: 1922
Use: Retail/ Office
Designation: 5/5/1998 National/ Local
Map # 19
Croissant Park Administration Building – built as t he Placide na Administration
building; two stories with a one story extension, stucco over concrete block, flat roof with
parapet, ch amfered corner (2 story section) st epped parapet connecting one and two
story sections and a toweret at the northeast corner of the second story parapet.
Name:
Walter E. Peale– Dixie Water Plant
Address:
1500 S State RD 7
Year Built: 1926
Use: Water Plant
Designation: Local
Map # 20
Walter E. Peele—Dixie Water Plant – Mediterranean Revi val water pl ant designed by
the firm of Weideman and Singlet on built to provide for the expansion of the city’s
population in 1920s
Name:
Snow-Reed Swing Bridge & Tender
House /Eleventh Avenue Bridge
(Sailboat Bend)
Address:
SW 11 AV
Year Built: 1924
Designation: Local
National Register Pending
Map # 21
Snow-Reed Swing Bridge – The 1925 Snow-Reed Bridge is the olde st operating metal
pony truss swing bridg e in the stat e of Florida. It was manufactured by the Cha mpion
Bridge Company of
Wilmington, Ohio and installed by the Qu inn and P owell
Construction Compan y of Fort Lauderdale. Hugh Quinn, of Quinn and Powell, was the
long time agent of the Champion Bridge Company.
Name:
Las Olas Pedestal
Address:
Las Olas Blvd
Year Built: 1925
Use: Pedestal
Designation:
1/19/1996
Local
Map #22
Detail Plaque, Las Olas Pedestal
Depicts original gateways
Las Olas Pedestal – built as the base for a gateway to W.F. Morang’s Las Olas Isles
development.
Name:
Pace Furniture/ Archeology
Museum
Address:
201 SW 1 AV
Year Built: 1926
Use: Retail
Designation:
Late 1970s
Local
Map # 24
Old Bus Station/Tibbets Building - ca. 1925-26 building, designed a s a bus terminal
by Pal m Beach archit ect, Marion Sims W yeth; conceived as a three-story Sp anish
Eclectic design with Be aux Arts details. After the 1926 hu rricane, the design was cut
back to one story and the ornamentation simplified.
Name:
Old Bus Station/ Tibbets Building
Address:
201 SW 1 AV
Year Built: 1926
Use: Retail
Designation:
Late 1970s
Map #23
Pace Furniture/Archeology Museum – this building was originally two stores with a
party wall that were at some point combined into one storefront. The street facing
galleries are not original.
Local
Name:
Bivens Hotel / Colonial Hotel
Address:
211 SW 1 AV
Year Built: 1922
Use: Retail
Designation:
Late 1970s
Map # 25
Bivens Hotel/Colonial Hotel – built for the Bivens family in 1922, the hotel is Spa nish
Colonial in style with a street front arcade with decorative tile paving. The building has
been considerably altered.
Local
Name:
Alfred & Olive Thorpe House
Address:
1001 NE 2 ST
Year Built: 1950
Use: Private Residential
Designation: National Register
11/1/2007
Map # 26
Thorpe House Interior
Imagine living in a pre-fabricated
house made of 3000 steel
enamel-finished parts!
Manufactured in an
automobile/airplane factory in
Ohio it was shipped and
assembled on site in Fort
Lauderdale!
Alfred & Olive Thorpe House – Built in 1950, this is a pre-fabricated house mad e of
3000 steel enamel-finished parts! Manufactured in an automobile/airplane factory in
Ohio it was shipped and assembled on site in Fort Lauderdale!
Name:
Haehle House
Address:
315 SW 19 AV
Year Built: 1925
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
Local
5/18/1999
Map # 27
Haehle House – a small bungalow with front facing gable is a good example of the
vernacular architecture of 1920s Fort Lauderdale.
Name:
Sam Gilliam House
Address:
11 SW 15 ST
Year Built: 1926
Use: Office
Designation:
Map # 28
5/18/1999
3/29/2001
Local
National
Sam Gilliam House – was built for lumberyard owner Sam Gilliam, one of the few
members of the Republican Party among prominent Fort Lauderdalians in the early days
of the town. It is a fine example of the Florida Mission style. The house was moved
from its original site to save it from demolition.
Name:
Himmarshee Court Apartment / Dr.
Harry Moon
Address:
717 SE 2 ST
Year Built: 1926
Use: Medical Office
Designation:
11/2/1992
Local
Map #29
Himmarshee Court - d esigned by prominent boom-time architect Fran cis L. Abreu for
Mr. Pape, a s a winter home with in come, the b uilding is Mediterranea n Revival in style.
Built as an apartment building it was restored with additions and is now used
as a
medical office.
Name:
Van Orsdel King House/Caroline
and Larry Groshart
Address:
1336 Seabreeze Blvd. A1A
Year Built: 1951
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
3/18/2003
Map #30
Van Orsdel King House - architect William (Bill) Bigoney e mphasized design strategies
adapted to the climate; this house shows all of the techniqu es commonly used by Mr.
Bigoney. The second o wner of the house, Dr. Willard Van Orsdel Kin g, was a medical
entomologist, who had a distinguished military and civilian career.
Local
Name:
William’s House/ Gilda’s Club
Address:
119 Rose DR
Year Built: 1926
Use: Non-Profit, Gilda’s Club
Designation: 9/28/2005
9/28/2005
Local
National
Local
Map # 31
William’s House/Gilda’s Club - Mediterranean Revi val in style it was owned by Mrs.
Anna C. Wil liams and later owned b y E. Ge x W illiams, who was then p resident of the
Williams-McWilliams Ice Cream Co mpany. The house is presently owned by Gilda’s
Club of South Florida, a not-for-profit cancer patient support group.
Name:
Lester Hugh House/Russo/ Smith
Address:
615 NE 15 AV
Year Built: 1928
Use: Private Residence
Designation: Local
Map # 32
Lester Hugh House/Russo/Smith - is a one-story, wood frame, vernac ular (folk) house
with a rectangular footprint. It is shown on the 1928 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Fort
Lauderdale. Apparently, it was one of perhaps as many a s 10 similar houses built o n
the street at the same time; now, it is the only one of three remaining.
Name:
Leonard Glasser Model Home/
Robinson/ Cobb
Address:
1109 NE 16 PL
Year Built: 1952
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
2002
Local
Map # 33
Leonard Glasser Model Home/Robinson/Cobb - Leonard Glasser,
contractor/architect/developer, designed and built the house as a model home for his
Land of Sun Homes, Inc. development.
Name:
Lauderdale Beach Hotel/ Las Olas
Beach Club
Address:
101 S Ft Laud Beach Blvd
Year Built: 1936
Use: Condominium
Designation: Local
Map #34
Lauderdale Beach Hotel - The Lauderdale Beach Hotel was the first large resort hotel
built on Fort Lauderdale beach. De signed by architect Roy M. France, built by James
and Charles Knight. Fro m June 1943 to January 1946, the U.S. Navy Radar and Range
Finder School at the Hotel and the neighboring Trade Winds Hotel.
Name:
Harold Saar House/ William Taylor
Home
Address:
1401 SW 1 ST
Year Built: 1941
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
6/17/2003
Local
Map # 35
Harold Saar/William Taylor - wa s permitted in April of 1941 shortly before the World
War II wartime slowdown in constru ction. It is a one story, frame, side gabled, irre gular
plan with a central porch recessed between two extensions. The house has a massed
plan and is characteristic of the housing stock of the SBHD.
Name:
Smoker Park
Address:
2.2 Acres Parcel Between New River
Drive, SE 5 CT
Year Built: Plat prior to 1918
Use: Open Space
Designation:
9/8/1993
Map #36
Smoker Park- part of one of the first subdivisions of Fort
Lauderdale; Home sites for
many promi nent pionee r families i ncluding Ed King, Blox ham Croma rtie and Fr ank
Bryan, first Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Local
Name:
Old Dillard High School
Address:
1001 NW 4 ST
Year Built: 1924
Use: Museum
Designation: 9/20/1991
National Register only
Map # 37
Old Dillard High School – the black community’s first high school named for James
Hardy Dillard a noted educator, presently operates as a museum for Black history.
Name:
St. Anthony School, Convent &
Gymnasium
Address:
816 NW 3 ST
Year Built: 1926 (School)
Use: School
Designation: 9/26/1997
National Register only
Map # 38
Saint Anthony School – Designed by Francis Luis Abreu for Saint Anthony Parish, it is
Mediterranean Revi val in style.
The school was completed just before the 1926
hurricane struck. The schoo l wa s largely u ndamaged and was a ble to prov ide
emergency housing for storm refugees.
Name:
Bryan Building/ Shepard Building
Address:
220 SW 1 AV
Year Built: 1913
Use: Office
Designation: 10/30/1997 National &
Local
Map # 39
Bryan/Sheppard Building – built by pioneer developer Tom Bryan the building was one
of the f irst to be con structed af ter the 191 2 fire tha t devastated downtown Fort
Lauderdale. Unlike earlier wood frame buildings it was built of brick to be fire-proof.
Name: Stranahan House
Address:
335 SE 6 AV
Year Built: 1901
Use: Museum
Designation:
10/2/1973 National
6/5/2007 Local
Stranahan Campsite
Local only: 6/5/2007
Map # 40
Stranahan House - is the oldest existing building in the Cit y of Fort Lauderdale. Fr ank
Stranahan commissioned Ed King , the community’s first contractor to build a proper
residence o n his lot. T he house is an excellent example of a type of folk archite cture
indigenous to parts of th e southern United States; it is an ea rly 20 th century version of a
type of colo nial architecture found throughout the tropics. It is now u sed as a house
museum.
Name:
Bonnet House & Bartlett Estate
Address:
900 Birch RD
Year Built: 1921
Use: Museum
Designation:
7/5/1984 National
11/19/2002 Local
Map #41
Bonnet House - Hugh Taylor Birch gave a near thirty-five acre parce l to his d aughter
Helen and her husban d Frederick Bartlett as a home-sit e on the o ccasion of their
wedding in 1919. Frederick Bartlett, an artist, designed the house and outbuildings. With
his 2nd wife Evelyn’s encouragement, Frederick undertook the decorative elaboration of
the house, creating a unique structure.
Name:
New River Inn
(H-1)
Address:
231 SW 2 AV
HD
Year Built: 1905
Use: Museum
Designation:
Map #42
6/19/1972
National Register
New River Inn – the h otel building was built f or Philemon Bryan by Ed King next to a
wood frame hotel build ing owned by Bryan. It is built of r ough faced concrete block
(artificial stone) made on site u sing beach sand. It had twenty-five guest rooms, dining
room, sewer and irrigation system a nd was lit with carbide lamps. It is now used as a
museum of history.
Name:
Progresso Plaza
Address:
901 Progresso DR
Year Built: 1925
Use: Office/ Retail
Designation:
11/18/2003
Local
Map #43
Progresso Plaza - Progresso Plaza is one of
the few remaining large commercial
buildings from the 1925-1926 “Boom” in Fort Lau derdale. In August of 1926 a post office
was opened in the building to serve the “New Town of Progresso. The buildin
g has
been restored to its 1920s appearance.
Name:
Woman’s Club
Address:
15 SE 1 ST
Year Built: 1917
Use: Private Club
Designation:
3/16/2004
Map #44
Woman’s Club - was built in 1916; designed by Miami architect August Geiger.
Geiger introduced the Mediterranean Revival style to South Florida. T he Woman’s Clu b
was the first architect-designed project in the City of Fort Lauderdale.
Local
Name:
Escape Hotel/ Tiffany House
Address:
2900 Riomar ST
Year Built: 1951
Use: Former Hotel/ ALF
Designation:
10/19/2004
Local
Map #45
Escape Hotel/Tiffany House – th e old Escape Hotel is a 1951 Mid -century Mo dern
structure. In 1948, contractor Bob Gill, of Gill Homes, was b ored with home building and
decided to investigate Fort Lauderdale’s other economy, to urism. The Escape was th e
first of Gill’s tropical style resorts, f eaturing amenities su ch as tennis courts, the first
hotel swimming pool, nine-hole pitch and putt golf and “name” entertainment.
Name:
Goulding / Dallas House
Address:
620 NE 3 RD
Year Built: 1925
Use: Dental Office
Designation:
6/21/2005
Map #46
Goulding/Dallas House - The Goulding/Dallas House is an excellent and rare (in
Broward Co unty) exa mple of the B ahamian or Miami Conc h house style. The orig inal
owners were Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Goulding. Mr. Goulding was principal of Fort Lauderdale
Central High School; his wife, Katherine operated a day sc hool on the first floor of the
building, while she and her husband lived on the second floor.
Local
Name:
Needham Estate
Address:
828 SE 4 ST
Year Built: 1925
Use: Private Residence
Designation:
11/16/2004
Local
Map # 47
Needham Estate - Needham House is one of five houses Francis Abreu houses built on
the New River during the 1925 “
boom” period . The fir st owner was John W esley
Needham manager of the Broward Hotel. In L ater years t he house belonged to Sheriff
Walter Clark of Kefauver hearing fame. Clark
entertained such notables as Franklin
Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the house.
Name:
Southern Bell Telephone
Exchange Bldg/ The Exchange
Bldg
Address:
115 NE 3 AV
Year Built: 1948
Use: Condominium
Designation:
1/18/2006
Map # 48
Southern Bell Exchange Building – designed by Schult z & Armistead the Sout hern
Bell Telephone Exchange building was built in 1948, the building was only three stories;
upper stories were added at a later date.
Local
Name:
Reed/ Manuel House
Address:
543 Victoria Park RD
Year Built: 1927
Use: Single Family House
Designation:
12/20/2005
Local
Ma # 49
Reed/Manuel House - built by Captain William J. Reed, a four-te
rm ma yor of Fort
Lauderdale and department store entrepreneur. In the lat e 1930s the home was sold to
Colonel Thomas B. Manuel, also a Fort Lauderdale mayor and later the Chairman of the
Florida State Turnpike Authority. A fine exa mple of the vernacular or folk architect ure it
also has significance as the home of two men who were imp ortant in the development of
the town and the region.
Name:
Mary Cutler House
Address:
1500 NE 4 PL
Year Built: 1941
Use: Child Care
Designation:
12/20/2005
Map # 50
Mary Cutler House - this handso me folk styl e house was built with day labor and
without a g eneral contractor. It is possible, given the sop histication of the design, that
the owner/builder purch ased plans from one of the man y architectural services of that
time.
Local
Name:
Phil Resnick
Address:
742 NE 17 AV
Year Built: 1948
Use: Single Family Residential
Designation:
11/7/2007
Local
Map # 51
Phil Resnick - This ma sonry verna cular one-story ho me is first listed in the 1944 Fort
Lauderdale City Directo ry located in the Victoria Courts subdivision, the Resnick ho use
was built much later than the designated cottages but references the cottages in style.
Name:
South Side Fire Station/ Tolber
Law Office
Address:
700 S Andrews AV
Year Built: 1925
Use: Office
Designation:
12/20/2005
Map # 52
South Side Fire Station – was built in the Spanish Eclectic style in 1925 as the second
fire station for the City of Fort Lauderdale. The station
served the Croissant Park
development and other boom time developments on the south side of the city.
Local
Name:
Annie Beck House
Address:
1329 N Dixie Hwy
Year Built: 1916
Use:
Designation: Local Pending
Map # 53
Anne Beck House built in 1916 it is a handsome example of a craftsman-style
bungalow. Annie Beck and her husband Alfred were pioneer settlers an d active in t heir
community.
Name:
John Kirchner House
Address: 1610 NE 2nd CT
Year Built: 1928
Use: Residence
Designation: Local
Map # 54
John Kirchner House- This two-story apart ment building constructed in 1928 is a very
good example of the Spanish Eclectic style of 1920s Fort Lauderdale.
Name:
Avis McSmith House and Kindergarten
Address:
611 NW 15th AV
Year Built: 1949
Use: Private residence
Designation: 2010 Local
Map # 55
The house is a good example of post war construction. Mrs. McSmith, an
educator, opened one of the first kindergartens to serve the African American
community of Fort Lauderdale.
Name:
Coca Cola Bottling Plant
Address:
644 South Andrews Avenue
Year Built: 1939
Use: Formerly Commercial/Vacant
Designation: Local
Map # 56
Designed by Courtney Stewart in the Spanish Eclectic style this 2 story building with
square tower was duplicated several times elsewhere in Florida as the iconic Coca Cola
brand expanded manufacture and distribution throughout the state in the twentieth
century.
Name:
Link Trainer Bldg.
Address: 4050 SW 14 AV
Use: Museum
Designation: 5/20/1998
National Register Only
Map #
Link Trainer Building – No map number. This is the U.S. Naval Air Station where World
War II pilot s were train ed to fly the “TBM Avenger Aircr aft” using instruments.These
torpedo bo mbers had folding wing s and were used on a ircraft carrie rs. The most
famous graduate was former Pres. George Herbert Walker-Bush.
SAILBOAT BEND HISTORIC DISTRICT
The Sailboat Bend District is located in the southwestern section of the city. It is
the largest of the three di stricts and has over 550 bui ldings. It is the old
est
neighborhood in the c ity and dates from t he early 1900s until the 1950s. The majority
of the houses are s mall one-s tory vernacul ar residences that add elements from
Bungalow, Mission, or Medi terranean Revival style det ails. These were popular styles
found in adjacent communities and throughout the United States. The inventory also
includes s ome larger homes located alon g the New River. There are several Key
Contributing sites associated with the growth of this community including the Swing
Bridge, the West Side Fire Station and the West Side School. T hese three sites ar e
also listed as local individual landmarks.
MAP 1.
Address:
SW 8 AV
Address:
930 Tequesta ST/ SW 4th ST
Address:
Palm Avenue
Address:
Waverly RD
Address:
1125 Palm Avenue
Address:
407 Seminole Ave/ SW 12 AVE
Address:
W Las Olas Blvd & SW 12 AVE
Name:
West Side Fire Station
Address:
1022 W Las Olas Blvd
Name:
David E. Oliver House
Address:
231 SW 8 Ave
Name:
West Side School
Address:
301 SW 13 AV
Name:
Harmon Monument & West Side
School
Address:
301 SW 13 AV
Name:
Snow-Reed Swing Bridge/ Eleventh
Avenue Bridge
Address:
SW 11 AV
Address:
425 Palm AV
Name:
Wave House
Address:
908 W Las Olas Blvd
HIMMARSHEE St./ SW 2nd AV. HISTORIC DISTRICT (H-1)
The Himmarshee Historic District is t
he oldest sec tion of the commercial
th
downtown. It includes early 20 century businesses located along the north and south
sides of Himmarshee Street. The district
is bounded on the east by the railroad
tracks, the New River on the s outh, and the west side of Nugent Ave. and portions o f
the north s ide of SW 2 nd St. There are about 17 pr operties here including the Fort
Lauderdale Historical Society in the Hoch He ritage Center, the Philemon Bryan House,
the King-Cromartie House and the rest ored New Riv er Inn wh ich operates as an
historical museum. In addition, the historic Bryant Homes operates as the River House
Restaurant. A replica of the first Fort Laude rdale school house has been reconstructed
within the district.
MAP 2.
Name:
New River Court
Address:
300 SW 2 St
Name:
Dicey Rileys
Address:
217 SW 3 Av
Name:
H1-Himmarshee Historic District
Streetscape South Side Himmarshee
St.
Streetscape, South Side Himmarshee
St. Sidewalk
Name:
Hoch Heritage Center/ Fort
Lauderdale Historic Society
Address:
SW 2 AV
Name:
Philemon Nathaniel Bryan House
& King-Cromarte House
Address:
SW 2 Av
Name:
King-Cromarte House & New River
Inn (Museum)
Address:
SW 2 Av
Name:
Bryan Homes/ Chart House
Restaurant / River House Restaurant
Address:
SW 3 Av
STRANAHAN HOUSE HISTORIC DISTRICT
In 1982 the City rezoned t he Stranahan House and property as an
historic district in order to protect the property from development.
MAP 3.
Name:
Stranahan House
Address:
335 SE 6 AV
National Register of Historic Places
This regi ster i s the official Federal lis t of di stricts, si tes, building,
structures and objects si
gnificant in American hi story, architecture,
archaeology, engineering, and culture
. They contribute to an
understanding of the histori cal and culture foundati ons of the Nation.
Standards for listing on this register are high.
Nine Historic sites in Fort Lauderdale are listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. Two are pending;
Fort Lauderdale sites on the National Register of Historic Places:
Name:
South Side School
Address:
701 S Andrews AV
Year Built: 1922
Designation: 7/19/2006
5/7/1996
National
Local
Map # 17
Rehabilitation in progress as a
Recreation Center
Name:
Croissant Park Admin Bldg
Address:
1421 S Andrews AV
Year Built: 1922
Use: Retail/ Office
Designation: 5/5/1998 National/ Local
Map # 19
Name:
Sam Gilliam House
Address:
11 SW 15 ST
Use: Residential
Designation:
5/18/1999 Local
3/29/2001 National
Map # 28
Name:
William’s House/ Gilda’s Club
Address:
119 Rose DR
Year Built: 1926
Use: Non-Profit, Gilda’s Club
Designation:
Map # 31
9/28/2005 Local
9/28/2005 National
Name:
Old Dillard High School
Address:
1001 NW 4 ST
Year Built: 1924
Use: Museum
Designation: 9/20/1991
National Register only
Map # 37
Name:
St. Anthony School, Convent &
Gymnasium
Address:
816 NW 3 ST
Year Built: 1926 (School)
Use: School
Designation: 9/26/1997
National Register only
Map # 38
St. Anthony Convent
St. Anthony Gymnasium
Name:
Bonnet House & Bartlett Estate
Address:
900 Birch RD
Year Built: 1921
Use: Museum
Designation:
7/5/1984 National
11/19/2002 Local
Map #41
Name:
Stranahan House
Address:
335 S Federal Hwy
Year Built: 1901
Use: Museum
Designation:
10/2/1973 National
6/5/2007 Local
Map # 40
Name:
New River Inn
(H-1)
Address:
231 Himmarshee HD (SW 2 AV)
Year Built: 1905
Use: Museum
Designation:
Map #42
6/19/1972
National Register
Name: Link Trainer Bldg
Address: 4050 SW 14 AV
Year Built:
Use: Museum
Designation: 5/20/1998
National Register Only
Map # 53
This is the U.S. Naval Air Station
where World War II pilots were
trained to fly the “TBM Avenger
Aircraft” using instruments. These
torpedo bombers had folding
wings and were used on aircraft
carriers. The most famous
graduate was former Pres.
George Herbert Walker-Bush.
Name:
Snow– Reed Swing Bridge/
Eleventh AVE Bridge
Address:
SW 11th AV
Year Built: 1924
Use: Bridge
Designation: National Register
Pending
Map # 21
Name:
Alfred & Olive Thorpe House
Address:
1001 NE 2 ST
Year Built: 1950
Use: Private Residential
Designation: National Register
11/1/2007
Map # 26
Thorpe House Interior
Imagine living in a pre-fabricated
house made of 3000 steel enamelfinished parts! Manufactured in an
automobile/airplane factory in
Ohio it was shipped and
assembled on site in Fort
Lauderdale!