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The Edson Keith Estate (also known as the Phillippi Estate Park or Phillippi Plantation) is a historic site in Sarasota, Florida. It is located at 5500 South Tamiami Trail. The home's construction was finalized in 1916. [2] On March 14, 1991, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Robinson's store was notable since it was their first Florida store to open in an existing building and was smaller than their other Florida stores. [7] Robinson's sold its Florida stores to Maison Blanche, a Louisiana-based department store in 1987. The store was officially rebranded as Maison Blanche on March 28, 1988.
The area known today as Sarasota appeared on a sheepskin Spanish map from 1763 with the word Zarazote over present-day Sarasota and Bradenton. [12] The origin of the name is disputed, with some claiming that it is based on conquistador Hernando de Soto's daughter Sara, and others claiming that it comes from "sara-de-cota," meaning "an area of land easily observed" in the language of the Calusa ...
In 2007, the MSA was renamed the Bradenton–Sarasota–Venice MSA because Bradenton's population then exceeded that of Sarasota. [5] In 2009, the area was designated the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota MSA after North Port qualified as a "principal city" under the metropolitan statistical area definition and was determined to be the largest ...
The El Vernona Apartments-Broadway Apartments (also known as the Belle Haven Apartments) is a historic site in Sarasota, Florida.It is located at 1133 Fourth Street. On March 22, 1984, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Publix grocery chain, Florida's most well-known supermarket based in Winter Haven, ended its once-popular Publix Aprons Cooking School in store locations across the Sunshine State on July 31 ...
The library was moved to the club's headquarters, today the site of Florida Studio Theatre, where it remained from 1915 to 1931. [29] The Sarasota County School Board then donated a wing of a school building on Main Street when more space was needed to accommodate the library's growing collections.
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