This historic church is located in Boca Grande, Florida      The First Baptist Church of Boca Grande is located at 421 4th Street West.  The congregation was founded in 1909.  In its early history, the congregation met outdoors, services led by traveling ministers.   From 1911 to 1912, the building commission was formed.  Construction was financed by a loan from the Southern Baptist Missionary Board and donations by the congregation.  Building was completed in 1915.  The building style was balloon frame carpenter gothic style.  The bell in the church tower was a locomotive bell donated by the Seaboard Railroad.        In 1928, the building was enlarged for Sunday school classrooms.  In 1934 a parsonage was built.   The church building  is the oldest one on Gasparilla Island.      In 2009, the church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

This building is located in Boca Grande, Florida

This Catholic Church is located in Boca Grande, Florida      Prior to the construction of this church in 1949–1950,  Roman Catholic services were held in local hotels.  Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy was built due to a gift of Mrs. Gertrude Hill Gavin.  The architect for the project was F. Burrall Hoffmann, Junior.  The style was old Spanish Mission.   The church is located at 240 Park Avenue, Boca Grande, Florida.

This historic inn is located in Boca Grande, Florida

     The Charlotte County Justice Center is located at 350 E. Marion Street in Punta Gorda, Florida.  It was completed in 1999.  The architect was Farley Bryant.  The style is post modernism.  It is 5 stories tall. It is a building with towers.  Facade material is antique brick.

     The court is in the 20th Florida Circuit.

     The view above demonstrates a relief  of sun with water entitled Charlotte Sunset.

This building was constructed in 1926. It is located on the corner of Bridge Street and Hickpochee Avenue. It faces north. It is a 2 story buff colored brick structure. Building Style is Mediterranean Revival –Mission Revival Style. There is a north facing one story portico supported by thin columns and a second story balcolny. In the ne corner the is a high square block brick clock.

The contractor was Marshall Jackson. The architect was Edward Columbus Hosford.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 1990

     Fort Denaud is a region in Florida in Hendry County.  It was the site of a prior fort.  It is also it is the site of a former town of the name Fort Denaud.  In this area, there is a bridge crossing of the Caloosahatchee River.

     In the 1830’s in Florida, the combination of  increased white settlement and the relocation of Indian.tribes west of the Mississippi River led to the outbreak of the Second Seminole War.

     Captain B.L.E. Bonneville and his troops of the 7th Infantry built Fort Denaud in 1838.   It was one of multiple establishments linking American troops south of Tampa to the east coast of Florida. The fort was built on land owned by Pierre Denaud a French Indian trader. It was on the south bank of the Caloosahatchee River 27 miles from Fort Myers.  The fort served as a supply depot to troops in the Lake Okeechobee region. It was used on and off until 1842 (the end of the Seminole River)

      Fort Denaud was reopened in January, 1855 under Brevent Major William Hays after the outbreak of the Third Seminole War. The fort was destroyed by a fire in 1856.  A new fort was built on the north bank of the Caloosahatchee River a mile to the west of the original site.  The fort guarded the bridge over the river.  In 1858, the military establishment was abandoned.

     Near the Fort, a small farming village developed. Crops grown included citrus and sugar cane.   After the fort shut down the residents left the area.

     The Florida State Route 29 bridge over the Caloosahatchee River is a deck plate girder double leaf bascule bridge.  It was built in 1959.  Bridge length is 133.2 feet.  Total length is 501 feet.  Width is 27.9 feet.  In 2018, the bridge was strengthened steel and concrete beams to allow for truck traffic.  At the base of the bridge is Barron Park.  This allows for excellent views of the river and bridge

    The previous bridge at this site was a lost through truss swing bridge   This bridge was demolished and replaced with the current bridge.