This school is located at 1901 Webber Street, Sarasota, Fl.  It was built in 1926.  The architect was M. Leo Elliot, who also was the architect of the Bay Haven School.  The style of Southside Elementary School is Mediterranean Revival

Southside Elementary School

Southside Elementary School

Southside Elementary School

Gasparilla Resort Casino Building

      The Casino Buildimg has been asorbed into other structures. There was apparently no gambling in the casino.à

The Q House

Q House

     The Quarantine House is located near the Boca Grande Lighthouse on Gasparilla Island.  It was built in 1892.

     It served as a quarantine station for ships that had been placed in quarantine status in ports they had been previously.  The house was used by Florida State appointed quarantine doctor to monitor incoming vessels and to ensure the health and safety of the crew. It was not used for housing patients.  It was for the quarantine doctor’s office and staff.

     It was declared surplus in 1904 when the federal government built a Quarantine station at the northern of  Cato Costa Island.

     It was acquired  by the Johnson family who were first harbor pilots of Charlotte Harbor. It has been owned by them ever since.  It has been listed on the National Register of Historic  Places.

     The house is now for sale.

Remnant of the Charlotte Harbor And Northern Railway trestle bridge

     The Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad timber trestle bridge crossed Gasparilla Sound.  It once connected the main land at Placida to Gasparilla Island. It transported passengers and phosphate. It was built in 1907  It is no longer used for trains.

Same as above

     Parts of the trestle bridge are currently being repurposed for the Placida Fishing Pier in the north and the Boca Grande  Fishing Pier in the South

Same as above

Same as above

Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad Trestle Bridge  Note Bridge Tender House