Built in 1912, the McAlpin House was once  the residence of George McAlpin. He was known for his concrete work throughout Laurel Park and the bay front before Sarasota was incorporated.  

 

  George and Margaret McAlpin moved into the Sarasota area in 1904. In 1911, McAlpin and Owen Burns formed the Burns and McAlpin Construction Company.  During the next ten years, they laid more than 10 miles of sidewalk.  They also poured the foundation.of the Hotel Higelhurst.   In 1915, they dissolved their company. He died in 1922.  He left the house to his wife and son William.

     Over the years, the house changed hands 8 times and has been used as a residence and commercially.

     The exterior wall of the house is rusticated  blocks which were poured into mold no longer in existence