About this Event
"Gillespie Park’s Iconic Boat and Lighthouse Property Is For Sale" Sarasota Magazine
SAHP Board Members and volunteers will join David Crawford for an open house at these historic homes on May 19th. We will have a 2 pm and 3 pm option to sign up. SAHP will talk about its historic connection to Sarasota's seafaring days, and ways in which a new owner can protect them from the threat of demolition.
"...Gillespie Park’s iconic boat and lighthouse homes still stand as quirky and cute as ever. Less than a mile from the bayfront, they tell the story of Sarasota’s water-loving legacy.
In 1933, boatbuilder Oliver Blackburn—a pioneering Sarasota merchant and politician who was George Blackburn’s brother—built the boat house, with its lapstrake hull (a method of boat building where the edges of hull planks overlap), for Arthur Rowe, who was a boat captain for John Ringling in the 1910s and then a captain for oil magnate William Selby (Marie Selby’s husband) until World War II."
by Kim Deletto, Sarasota Magazine
Contact the Agent: David Crawford
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
422 N Osprey Ave, 422 North Osprey Avenue, Sarasota, United States
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