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Historical Markers in Sarasota County |
The Sarasota County Historical
Commission has placed the majority of the historical markers
in Sarasota County. Markers placed by other organizations
have the organizations name in parentheses.
Occasionally, a marker is temporarily missing from its site
for repair and/or repainting.
- 337th Army Air Field Base Airport Avenue, Venice
Airport, Venice (Venice Aviation Society, Inc.) (1992)
Archaeological Court Between
Armada and Park Boulevard, in W. Venice Avenue median,
Venice (City of Venice Historic Preservation Board)
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot
1 S. School Ave., Sarasota (2002)
Bay Haven School 2901
Tamiami Circle W., west of U.S. Highway 41, Sarasota (1995)
Bee Ridge Community Bee
Ridge Presbyterian Church parking lot, 4826 McIntosh Road,
near the Proctor Road side, Bee Ridge area (1991)
Bee Ridge Turpentine Camp
Northern end of Legacy Trail (1993)
Bee Ridge Womans Club 4919
Andrew Ave., off Proctor Road, Bee Ridge area (1989)
Bidwell-Wood House 849
Florida Ave., Sarasota
Bispham Dairy 4613 S.
Tamiami Trail, Sarasota (2002)
Bobby Jones Golf Legend
Circus Boulevard, Bobby Jones Golf Complex, Sarasota (1994)
Booker Schools Booker High
School, 3201 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota (1988)
Buchans Landing South end
of Dearborn Street and Englewood Road, Englewood (1981)
CadZan House of John
U.S. Highway 41 at University Parkway on the grounds of the
John and Mabel Ringling Museum, Sarasota (Florida State
Society Daughters of the American Colonists, Sarasota County
Historical Commission, Historical Society of Sarasota
County)
Caseys Pass South of Venice
Inlet at the beginning of the South Jetty, Venice (1988)
Charles Ringling/Charles Ringling
Building 1927 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota
Edgewood Mundy Park, corner
of Groveland Avenue and Country Club Way, Venice (1999)
Edson Keith House 5500 South
Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, close to house in Phillippi Estate
Park (1990)
Edwards Theater Sarasota
Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple, Sarasota (1983)
First Black Community
Southeast corner of Central Avenue and Boulevard of the Arts,
Sarasota (1985)
First Post Office Cunliff
Lane and McCellan Parkway, Sarasota (Daughters of the
American Colonists)
First United Methodist Church
104 South Pineapple Ave., Sarasota (First United Methodist
Church)
First White Child 1232 12th
St., Sarasota (Sara de Sota Chapter, DAR) (1936)
Franklin Field Corner of
Rhodes Avenue at 2959 Fruitville Road, Sarasota (2001)
Fred Albee Municipal Airport
Along Intracoastal Waterway behind 200 E. Miami Ave., Venice
(2006)
Friendship Baptist Church
5700 Palmer Blvd., Fruitville area (1985)
Fruitville Elementary School
601 Honore Ave., Fruitville area (1991)
Green Street Church and Museum
416 West Green St., Englewood (2005)
Heritage Court East end of
W. Venice Avenue median, Venice (City of Venice Historic
Preservation Board)
Historic Dearborn Street 300
West Dearborn St., Englewood (2004)
Historic Spanish Point - 337
N. Tamiami Trail (Historic Spanish Point), Osprey (1985)
Indian Beach 3701 Bay Shore
Road, Sarasota, south of Sarasota Jungle Gardens (1986)
Indian Court Between Armada
and Park Boulevard, in W. Venice Avenue median, Venice (City of
Venice Historic Preservation Board)
John Hamilton Gillespie
Ringling Boulevard, behind Sarasota County Terrace Building, 101
S. Washington Blvd., Sarasota (1995)
Joseph Daniel Anderson At
Manasota Beach, Manasota Key Road, Englewood (1996)
Judah P. Benjamin Southwest
corner of U.S. Highway 41 and 10th Street, Sarasota (2000)
Judah P. Benjamin (stone monument)
Southwest corner of U.S. Highway 41 and 10th Street, Sarasota
(United Daughters of the Confederacy)
Laurel Turpentine and Lumber
Northwest Corner of Mission Valley Boulevard and Laurel Road,
Laurel (1987)
Lemon Bay Cemetery Corner of
State Road 776 (Indiana Ave) and 2nd Ave., Englewood (1983)
Lemon Bay Womans Club
Corner of Coconut and Maple Streets, Englewood (1989)
Lido Casino 400 Ben Franklin
Drive (Lido Beach), Lido Key (1997)
Little Salt Spring South of
Price and Lochier Boulevard, North Port (Daughters of the
American Colonists)
Little White Church 4826
McIntosh Road, south of Bee Ridge Presbyterian Church, Bee
Ridge (1999)
Miakka Community Cemetery at
Myakka Methodist Church, on Myakka Road, 1½ miles south of
the east end of Fruitville Road, Old Miakka (1982)
Miakka School Corner of
Myakka Road and Wilson Road, Old Miakka (1987)
Municipal Airport/Lowe Field
Corner of 12th Street and Beneva Road, Sarasota (1999)
Municipal Auditorium 801 N.
Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
Myakka River State Park
Founders Marker, inside south entrance to Myakka River
State Park, off State Road 72 (Park Service)
Nokomis Cemetery Colonia
Lane, ½ mile east of U.S. Highway 41, between Suncrest and Riverview
Drive, Nokomis (1984)
Nokomis School 234 Nippino
Trail, Nokomis (2004)
Oaklands/Woodlawn Cemetery
At end of Gillespie Avenue, south of 12th Street, Sarasota
(2004)
Osprey School 337 North
Tamiami Trail (Historic Spanish Point), Osprey (1996)
Owen Burns Intersection of
S. Orange and S. Pineapple, Sarasota (City of Sarasota)
Payne Park Adams Lane,
Sarasota (1996)
Pioneer Court Between Park
Boulevard and Avenue des Parques, in W. Venice Avenue median,
Venice (City of Venice Historic Preservation Board)
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and
Bailey Circus Winter Quarters- In median on Calliandra
Drive just east of Beneva Road, Sarasota (1982)
Rosemary Cemetery Central
Avenue between Boulevard of the Arts and 10th Streets,
Sarasota (1986)
Sarasota County Agricultural Fair
3000 Ringling Blvd., near Fairgrounds, Sarasota (1997)
Sarasota County Courthouse
2000 Main St., Sarasota (2002)
Sarasota High School 1001
South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota (1990)
Sarasota Terrace Hotel 101
South Washington Blvd., Sarasota (1982)
Sarasota-Bradenton Airport
Airport Circle, Sarasota (1996)
Scots Landing West corner of
Main Street and Gulf Stream Avenue, Sarasota (with the
Historical Society of Sarasota County and Florida Board of
Parks) (1963)
Seaboard Railroad Southwest
corner of Lemon Avenue and 1st Street, Sarasota (1987)
Siesta on the Gulf, Harry Higel
Galvin Park, intersection of Higel Avenue and Siesta Drive,
Siesta Key (1989)
Siesta Public Beach - Near
pavilion, off Beach Road, Siesta Key (1986)
South Lido Park South end of
Benjamin Franklin Drive, Sarasota, inside park on the bay
side, near the picnic tables (1986)
Southside School 1901 Webber
St., Sarasota (1989)
St. Armands Inside the north
edge of St. Armands Circle, Sarasota (1988)
St. Johns/Crocker Memorial
Cemetery Bee Ridge Road, east of Boston Market at U.S.
Highway
41, Sarasota (2001)
Venezia Park In park between
Salerno Street and Sorrento Street, Venice (1996)
Venice Apartment District
John Nolen Park, Palmetto Court and Menendez Street, two blocks
south of Venice Avenue, Venice (1997)
Venice Army Air Base Court
between Armada and Public Beach, in W. Venice Avenue median,
Venice (City of Venice Historic Preservation Board)
Venice Horse and Chaise
Corner of Nassau Street and Venice Avenue, Venice (1983)
Venice Post Office Southeast
corner of Portia Street N. and Hillcrest Drive/Oak Tree
Lane, Nokomis (1988)
Venice Train Depot At Venice
Train Depot, 303 East Venice Ave., Venice (2003)
Veterans Court West end of
W. Venice Avenue median, Venice (City of Venice Historic
Preservation Board)
Warm Mineral Springs North
of U.S. Highway 41, Ortiz Boulevard. to San Serando, North Port
Whitaker Gateway West of
North Tamiami Trail at 13th Street, inside Whitaker Gateway
Park, Sarasota (City of Sarasota, 1998)
Yellow Bluffs west side of
U.S. Highway 41, just south of 12th Street, Sarasota (1963)
(Historical Society of Sarasota County and Florida Board of
Parks)
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