This church community was founded in 1886.  The current church building is located at 21440 Pearl Street, Alva, Florida.  It was built in 1903.  The church sustained considerable wind damage from Hurricane Irma in 2017.  The entire steeple was blown off the church building.

     Stevens Construction Company completed the reconstruction of the 115 year old steeple in 2018.  Costs was approximately $25,000.

The small town of Alva, Florida is the home of a library dating to 1909. This library was the first in Lee County. Its style is classical revival. The library was active for many years. Library closed in 1937. But remained in use for years for various purposes. In 1974, the Alva Garden Club converted into a museum. They received the permission of Library Association Trustees.

    This is a two lane bascule bridge carrying Broadway Street over the Caloosahatchee  Waterway in Alva, Florida. This is one of the four vehicle draw bridges in Lee County.  The bridge is 21 feet tall and 546.9 feet in length.

Bridge Condition
               Condition.                          Rating

 Superstructure.  Condition.          Rating.      Good 7 out of 9

  Substructure     Condition            Rating        Good 7 out of 9

  Deck.                     Condition.         Rating.     Satisfactory  6 out of 9

     The first bridge at this site was a swing bridge. It was built in 1903.  In 1925, it was replaced by a new swing bridge.  The first bridge was moved to Matlacha where it served for a short period of time.  The second bridge operated until 1966.  It was destroyed by a crash with a barge.  The current bridge was built from 1966 to 1969.

     The original pavilion was built in 1960.  The architect was Tim Seibert.   He used low maintenance reinforced concrete block and concrete block.  The appearance today is a modification from the original pavilion.

     This is a bascule type of bridge crossing the Intracoastal Waterway in Venice, Florida on Venice Avenue.  It was built in 1966.  Bridge length is 1,169 feet.

     Bridge Report

     Overall                                      Condition.                  Fair

     Superstructure   Condition             Rating   Satisfactory. 6 out of 9

      Sub structure    Condition              Rating    Good                7 out of 9

      Deck                      Condition            Rating      Good.             .7 out of 9