Everglades Laundry - Everglades City FL
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N 25° 51.438 W 081° 23.152
17R E 461337 N 2859938
The building was constructed in 1927 to house a commercial laundry operation.
Waymark Code: WM10811
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2019
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The building was constructed in 1927 to house a commercial laundry operation. The building has local significance as part of the original infrastructure and operation of the Town of Everglades, a planned community and company town developed by businessman Baron Gift Collier near the tip of the Florida peninsula during the 1920s. The laundry, as well as many of the other buildings in the town, was designed by architect William O. Sparklin of Fort Myers, and the Sparklin-Gift Construction Company supervised its construction. The Collier Company leased the laundry to several people, including T. M. Sellars and then
Christopher and Lois Ayers. Employees included various members of the Echols family. For nearly fifteen years, the business laundered the clothing of residents, Collier's employees, and even Collier's personal clothing while he was living in Florida. The laundry closed during World War II because of a lack of personnel, and was briefly used as an office, by the Civilian Air Patrol, and then as a woman's club. In 1988, the woman's club conveyed the property to County of Collier, which completed the rehabilitation of the building for use as the Museum of the Everglades in 1997.
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