The Historic Cottages of Pine Avenue
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Markerman62
N 27° 31.785 W 082° 44.078
17R E 328696 N 3046310
Located at the Anna Maria Historical Museum on Pine Ave.
Waymark Code: WMVEKP
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2017
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In 1911, a group of businessmen from Anna Maria Island and St. Petersburg founded the Anna Maria Beach Company develop the island into a resort community. The company cleared land, laid out streets and sidewalks, dug wells and laid water pipes, and built stores and rental cottages. Many of these cottages can be seen along Pine Avenue. As was the custom, cottages were given names such as "Idlease," "Seawaves," "Coyne Cottage," and Marquette."
These mostly wood cottages were built with wide shady porches and deep eaves. Tall, shaded windows drafted out hot air at the top and pulled in cooler air at the bottom making the homes tolerable in Florida heat. Four artesian wells on the island provided water and, according to the company's brochure, the island water was supposed to have medicinal properties.
Islanders lived on fresh seafood from the surrounding waters and a variety of fruits and vegetables from their gardens. Homesteader George Emerson Bean supported his family by selling crops to the soldiers at Egmont Key during the Spanish-American War (1898).
Marker Number: None
Date: None
County: Manatee
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: Anna Maria Island Historical Museum
Website: Not listed
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