This building was completed in 1936. Architect was Thomas Reed Martin. The building was originally designed for Pittsburgh resident Captain Ralph S. Cain. The building style is Classical Revival. It employs cast stone and 12 classical columns. Cain used the building for a variety of businesses including Cain Automotive. A savings and loan and multiple restaurants occupied this space over the years. The law firm of Clyde Wilson,Sr and Clyde H. Wilson, Jr occupied half of the building. In 1973, they bought the office. The building was purchased by Caldwell Trust in 2020 for a future office.

     The Federal Building was constructed as a United States Post Office with a WPA subsidy approved by Congress in 1931. The subsidy was $175,000.  The style is neoclassical.  It is 2 stories high (23.97 feet).

     The architect was George Albee Freeman.  His associate was Harold N. Hall.  The supervising Architect was Louis A. Simon.   The project was completed in 1934.  Apparently, the building Currently functions as a Social Security Office.  

     The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 1984.

  

    The auditorium is located at 801 North Tamiami Trail.  In 1935, Mayor E.A. Smith proposed the idea of a city park in the last 2 waterfront lots between North Tamiami Trail in the front and Sarasota Bay in the back.The city purchased tax certificates for the property.  The city obtained federal funding under the auspices of the WPA. The clearing of the land and the beginning of construction began in 1937.  Municipal, combined efforts of civic organizations and concerned citizens spurred the effort.

     The city sponsored a contest for an architect to develop a plan for the design and use of the property.  A local architect Reed Martin won.  The city used his plan to obtain federal funding.  A total of $ 131,000 was awarded.  Work on the Municipal Auditorium began in 1937.  The design was classic with modern elements. Buttressed along the outer wall supported the roof and the patch arches in the building facade. The front showed current art deco trends.

     The architect of this project was Chuck Jones from Tampa.  It located 990 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota. 

    The Chidsey building was constructed in 1941.  Formal dedication sponsored by the Jaycees on November 13, 1941. Thomas Reed Martin and Frank C. Martin were the architects. The building style is Mediterranean Revival and Art Moderne.  The building opened in May, 1941 as the city’s first public library.  It was dedicated to John and Ida Chidsey whose $25,000 contribution made the project possible.  The building functioned as a library from 1941 to 1976.

    Over the years, the library needs outgrew the space in the Chidsey Building.  The replacement was the Selby Library in 1976.

     The former library building was used as a museum for the Sarasota History Center and was used by the Sarasota County Visitors and Convention Center.

     The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 2011.

     Mark Garrison Hampton was born in Tampa, Florida in 1923. In 1941, he enrolled at Georgian Institute of Technology in Beaux Arts architecture program.  His schooling was interrupted from 1943–1946 for service in the U.S Army Infantry, 42nd Division , Third Army Europe.  From 1946 to 1949, he returned Georgia Tech and received his B.S. degree (1948) and Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1949. 

    In 1949, Hampton attended the Summer School of Architecture in Fontainebleau, France.  In 1950, he taught at Georgia Tech School of Architecture.  At the same time he was employed at Godin and Lambertson, Atlanta. In 1951, he was employed by Twitchell and Rudolph, Sarasota.  They were both members of the Sarasota of Architecture.  In 1952, he established his own firm in Tampa.

     From 1953 to 1963, Hampton was the architect on the following projects:

Residence/Clinic Dr. George Morrison  Tampa, Florida 1953

Lara Hampton Residence  Tampa, Florida 1953

Jordan Residence   Lake Wales, Florida  1956

Galloway’s Furniture Store, Tampa, Florida 1958

Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church, Tampa Florida 1960

Weiss Residence, Savannah Georgia 1960

Amaryllis Park Primary School, Sarasota, Florida 1961

McIntosh Student Center Middle School, Sarasota 1962
Horizon House, Tampa, Florida  1963; Webb Residence, Tampa 1967.  Wolfe Residence, Miami 1967.

     From 1966 to 1973, Hampton associated with H.Herbert Johnson Associates, Miami and Tampa

     He was the architect of the Webb Residence Tampa, 1967.  From 1965 to 1989, he served as director of the Patrick Lannan Museum Foundation in Palm Beach, Florida.

    This house is located on 2572 East First Fort Myers.  It was built for banker Frank Alderman.  The architect was Addison Mizner.  He designed many houses for wealthy clients.  He was known for Mediterranean and Spanish architecture. 

     In 2016, the home was purchased by Doreen Lehner.  For the prior 30 years, the building was used as office space.  It had no kitchen or full bathrooms.  Lehner began a refurbishment project that included installing modern conveniences.  She added a full kitchen and a butler’s pantry.  Full bathrooms were added adjacent to the five bedrooms.  This building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1988.

     The estate has five bedrooms and five full and two half baths.  It has 3,388 square feet of space.  The current owner uses all of the guest rooms as Airbnb.  The house is currently listed for 1.499 million.
     

Extends from Sarasota to Venice

     The Glore House was designed  for an investment banker, Charles Gore.  The House sits on 2 acres in Lake Forest one block from Lake Michigan

   This house was commissioned by Isidore Heller, an Austrian immigrant.  The architect was Frank Lloyd Wright.  It was built in 1897.   This is a three story villa with 6100 square feet of space.  There are seven bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. There are 4 fireplaces.  The exterior is yellow Roman brick.  There are rows of trimmed windows.

     

  This house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places 8/18/2004