The Sarasota County Judicial Center is located at 2002 Ringling Boulevard Sarasota.  It was built in 1998.  It was constructed by Turner Construction.  Architecture was Lionakis.  

     The building is 11 stories high.  There are six courtrooms. The exterior is is precast concrete panels and cut limestone.

     In 2006, the building was renamed the Judge Lynn N. Silvertooth Justice Center.

     Judge Lynn Silver tooth was a highly respected, long serving circuit judge in the 12th Judicial Circuit Florida

     The building is.located at 891 Tamiami Trail just north of the old Sarasota High School..  It was designed by well known architect Victor Lundy around 1959. It was a 2 story round  show case for Lynch’s signature glass walls and wood laminated trusses. The furniture store was operating from 1959 to the late.1960’s (1964 to 1966.)

     Vision works opened in the building in the 1970’s.  The show room underwent significant changes during the conversion.  The expansive glass walls, exposed morning glory wood framing and a floating mezzanine was concealed by the renovation.  The building’s  openness ,materiality, and structural innovation were lost.   Vision works vacated the building in 2016

Galloway Furniture Show Room Sarasota Old photo

     This building was purchased by Sarasota Art Museum.of Ringling College of Art and Design.  It is used for Museum Offices, ,storage, and various exhibitions.  Long range plans are to.restore the building to its original.state.

     This bridge crosses false creek.  It was built in 1932.  General contractors were Hodgson, King and Marble and Dawson and Wade Company.  Builder /Contractor was Western Bridge Contractor of Vancouver and Dominion Bridge Contractor  of Montreal.   J.R. Grant was the consulting engineer. Sharp and Thompson were the architects.

 

  This building is located at 2000 Main Street Sarasota, Fl.

The property on which courthouse stands was donated Charles and Edith Ringling.  In 1925 the county Commission hired Dwight James Baum as the architect for the county courthouse.  Mr. Baum was a New Yorker who designed many projects in the Sarasota area.  Among these are El Verona Hotel, Owen Burns Realty Office, Broadway Apartments, the John and Mabel Mansion.

     The County Courthouse project was finished in 1927.  The builder was Stevenson and Cameron.  The building style was Mediterranean Revival. 

     This H shaped building consisted of two 2 story rectangular structures connected to a central tower by an arcade. The two buildings had an exterior of hollow clay tile covered by stucco.  The roof was covered by barrel tiles from Spain.

     Samuel Yellin , a wrought iron artist, designed the decorative grills and railing. Polychromed  glazed terra cotta tile and cast stone adorned the entrances , windows and tower.

     The judicial portion on the east contained a court room, , jail, and accommodations for the jailer and sheriff. Separate jail cells,  rest rooms and witness rooms were labelled colored and white.

     These apartments were built in 1926.  They were built for Ms. Lillian Piper, owner and designer of the building.  El Patio was one of many buildings constructed during the Sarasota Land Boom. Its style was Spanish Colonial Revival.

     It was reported in a local paper that in October, 1926,  El Patio was completed. Leasing began in 11 four and five room apartment units some furnished and some not.  It was considered a convenient location.
     Features included covered roof top gardens, ornamental woodwork and large patios.

     The building features a masonry curtain wall of rough cast stucco over wood frame  construction.  There is a flat primary roof capped with clay barrel tiles.

     Current rent is $1,800.00 for a one bedroom / one bath unit

     2 Bedrooms/ one bath is $2,200.

  The formal entrance is an Italian Renaissance Style arch.  The exterior is pink marble.

  This 3 story L shaped stucco and cast stone Mediterranean Revival Building was designed Dwight James Baum. It was named for the wife of Owen Burns, the developer..  It was built by Ricketts and Hasworth.  It was owned by Burns Realty Company.  By March,1926, the 55 room complex of 20 furnished apartments was ready for occupancy.  Total cost of the complex was $250,00

     The site of the apartment complex overlooking Sarasota Bay, marked the northern Gateway of the Broadway development that included El Verona Hotel (later known as John Ringling Towers) the Burns Realty Complex, and the new headquarters of the Sarasota Times.

     The Broadway development was spearheaded by Owen Burns.  He commissioned the architect Dwight James Baum to design the hotel, offices, and apartment for his development.  The area was well planned and unified by the selection of the Mediterranean Revival style for all new buildings.