Breakfast Cottage, Nokomis, Florida

Breakfast Cottage, Nokomis, Florida

     

Breakfast Cottage

     The Breakfast Cottage is a restaurant located at 2301 Tamiami Trail, Nokomis, Florida. The owners are Brenda and Bob Hoover. They relocated from Pennsylvania.  They opened the restaurant in 2016.  The Breakfast Cottage specializes in breakfast dishes.

There is inside seating.for 32.  There is outside seating for 27.  Hours are from 7:30 am to 2 p.m. seven days a week.

Sarasota ACL Railroad Depot

ACL Railroad Sarasota, Florida Depot

Site of Previous ACL Railroad Depot Sarasota, Florida

     The Tampa Southern Railroad (Subsidiary of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) first entered Sarasota , Florida in May, 1924. The first passenger trained arrived in December, 1924. The first depot was a combination of freight and temporary passenger building.  It was located north of Fruitville Rd.

     The first permanent depot was built in 1925.  It was located at 1 South School Avenue, Sarasota, Florida. The architect was M. Alpheus  Griffin.  The building style was mission. Features included white stucco, red pantiled roof, and a large shell shaped elliptical planter.  There were separate passenger waiting rooms for white and black customers.

     The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 22 1984.  It was delisted on July 25, 2018.  The building was demolished on January, 1986.

Marker Historic Sarasota Railroad Station


Historic Marker Sarasota Railroad Station

Hoan Bridge

Hoan Bridge

     The Daniel Hoan Bridge (formerly Harbor Bridge) is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It connects I 794 in downtown to the Lake Freeway.  It crosses the Milwaukee River and a sewage treatment plant.   It was designed by Howard,Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff. Construction began in 1970 and was finally completed in 1977.

     The total bridge length is 3057 m.

       Width is 15.8 m

       Longest span is 185m

       Height is 120 feet

       Bridge Type is tied arch.

      The bridge was closed in December, 2000.. Two of the three support beams of  lake front span failed.   This was subsequently repaired.

     The bridge under went a total rehab which was completed as of 2016.