In January, 1917,the Reverend J.F. Winnard,D.D organized the Presbyterian Church of Bee Ridge.  Mrs Potter Palmer presented the church with 2 corner lots on the corner of Proctor and McIntosh Roads in Sarasota. A new church was built and dedicated on December 7, 1919.  Unfortunately, this church building was demolished by a hurricane in 1927.

     The church was rebuilt and was dedicated in on March 8, 1927. Unfortunately, on June 21, 1927,this Church building was struck by lightning and burned to the ground.

     During the reconstruction of a new church building, the congregation worshipped in the Bee Ridge Women’s Club Building.

     The new church Building was white wood frame Gothic style. It had a narthex, sanctuary and 2 class rooms.  It was dedicated on October 2, 1927.  This building was referred to as the Little White Church.  It was restored in 1989. It is still in use for weddings at and a Sunday service

This church was built in 1957.  Its style is mid century modern.  Architect was Victory Lundy.   He was one of the members of the  Sarasota School of Architecture.  Other local  Lundy  projects include the Blue Pagoda, Warm Mineral Springs Motel, Herron House

     This is a single story family home. Construction is masonry. It is a cable roof.

     There is 2 bedrooms and 2 baths.  It was built in 1961

     This is a single story house. It was built in 1952.  It is 1,144 square feet There are 2 bedrooms and one bathroom

In 1929, Dr. Waters Field Burrows and his wife Elsa Scherer Burrows purchased property on the Little Sarasota Bay in Osprey.  Their plan was to use this area for their new home in Florida.  This area that they purchased was later known as Bay Preserve at Osprey

Burrows was a retired New York Surgeon. His plan was to retire to Florida.  Ther new house was a 2 story brick and steel building in the neo classical style. It was built in 1931.  This was later repurposed into a environmental education center and Foundation Offices.

Other buildings on the estate included: A carriage house (later converted to the Floyd C. and Florence Singer Johnson Center for the Arts); a dock and boat house, Presentation Pavilion.   Dr Burrows and his wife also purchased the land that later become Oscar Scherer Park

In 1985, Richard and Cornelia Matson purchased the property.  The property was later sold to Conservation Foundation of of the Gulf Coast

    This house was one of the original large residences planned in 1925.  The style is Mediterranean Revival.  

    The house is two stories. Exterior is stucco.  The roof is gable hip.  There are 5 bedrooms and 3 baths.  Square footage is 4,911.    The home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 8/17/1989