McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, Florida
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N 26° 38.074 W 081° 52.777
17R E 412446 N 2946262
McGregor Boulevard starting in the "Downtown River District" of Fort Myers and continuing to Punta Rassa.
Waymark Code: WMV4KJ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2017
Views: 5
McGregor Boulevard was originally known as Riverside Avenue and was a dirt road used to drive cattle from the interior of the state to Punta Rassa where docks were located for transporting cattle to Cuba.
Tootie McGregor Terry lived on the road in a home next to Thomas Edison. Tootie approached the Fort Myers Town Council and the Lee County Commissioners in February of 1912 proposing that the road be paved. Tootie offered to fund part of the paving of the road if it could be named after her late husband Ambrose McGregor. After some negotiating a paved road was planned from downtown Fort Myers to Punta Rassa.
Unfortunately, Tootie died 6 months later before construction began. Her second husband Dr. Marshall Orlando Terry honored her plans for the road and authorized the city and county to begin construction as she had planned.
In 1915 the road project was completed and named McGregor Boulevard per her wishes. It was the first paved road in Fort Myers and Lee County.
The "Then and Now" photos are taken near the front of the homes of Tootie McGregor Terry and Thomas A. Edison.
Year photo was taken: 1920's
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