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The Key West Historic District (also known as Old Town of the City of Key West) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on March 11, 1971) located in Key West, Florida. It encompasses approximately 4,000 acres (16 km 2 ), bounded by White, Angela, Windsor, Passover, Thomas and Whitehead Streets, and the Gulf of Mexico .
In the early 1970s Chris Belland, Mo Mosher, and Ed Swift combined efforts to restore historic storefronts in Key West, Florida. They saw that an increasing number of tourists were coming to the area, and therefore started Old Town Trolley tours to provide tours for visitors. They started with a converted bread truck and a homemade trailer.
The "Old Town" neighborhood is located on the west side of the island and is within the Key West Historic District. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). [1] The property has served various uses: as a grocery and butcher shop, a residence with a doctor's office, a boardinghouse, and a bed and breakfast inn.
In 1902, that camp became Bisbee, Arizona, a quintessential old west mining town. Today, Wild West enthusiasts can take guided walking tours throughout Bisbee, where there were once bustling ...
The earliest Key West neighborhoods, on the western part of the island, are broadly known as Old Town. The Key West Historic District includes the major tourist destinations of the island, including Mallory Square, Duval Street, the Truman Annex, and Fort Zachary Taylor. Old Town is where the classic bungalows and guest mansions are found.
Along College Road are the main campus of the College of the Florida Keys, the Rees Jones Designed 18-hole Key West Golf Club course [3] and the Key West Golf Club Homeowners Association, [4] Gerald Adams Elementary School, [5] the Lower Keys Medical Center Hospital with an emergency room, [6] the Palm Vista Nursing and Rehabilitation facility ...
At 3 p.m. on Nov. 11, Longboat will dedicate Phase 2 of its Town Center Green project and the pavilion, which was built with a combination of public and private funds.
The Richard Peacon House, also known as the Octagon House, is an historic octagonal house located at 712 Eaton Street (formerly 2nd Avenue) in the Old Town district of Key West, Florida. It was built around 1885 for Richard Peacon (1840-1914), who was the owner of Key West's leading grocery store located at 800 Fleming Street and who later ...