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Location of Okeechobee County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Okeechobee County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Okeechobee County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which ...
[4] [10] Purchase from the family and sale of the preserve lands to the State of Florida and Lee County closed on July 31, 2006. [3] [4] As part of the arrangement, Kitson & Partners received $350 million for the land, with approximately $310 million provided in the final budget of Governor Jeb Bush and $40 million from Lee County, Florida. [12]
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Okeechobee County, Florida" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1960, Alfonso Sr., the father of the current CEO of Fanjul Corp. Alfonso Jr., bought 4,000 acres (16 km 2) of property near Lake Okeechobee along with some sugar mills from Louisiana and started over in the US. Alfonso Sr. and his son Alfy Fanjul got the firm off the ground and Pepe, Alexander and Andres joined in the late 1960s and 1970s.
The 1926 Miami hurricane ended the boom and the much smaller 1928 Okeechobee hurricane made certain it was extinguished. [19] [20] [21] The 1926 hurricane destroyed "whatever public enthusiasm for Florida vacation properties and real estate development that remained," as there had been little preparation for the storm. [22]
As the land from Lake Okeechobee slopes gradually to Florida Bay, water flows at a rate of half a mile (0.8 km) a day. Before human activity in the Everglades, the system comprised the lower third of the Florida peninsula. The first attempt to drain the region was made by real estate developer Hamilton Disston in 1881.
In April 2012, The Acreage Branch Library opened to serve the local community. [7] The Acreage Branch is a 30,000-square-foot facility on Orange Blvd. just east of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road. It is the first LEED-certified county building. The branch has a variety of materials including CDs, DVDs, new arrivals, books, newspapers and magazines.
Joseph Wesley Young Jr. (1882–1934) was a founder and developer of Hollywood, Florida. [3] He is listed as a Great Floridian. The house is described as looking like a "Moorish castle with two-dozen rooms" and it may have a resident ghost. One of the "most venerable and storied mansions in Broward County", it was for sale in 2008. [4]