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

     As a celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation developed a permanent interactive public art installation.

     This exhibit consisted of 10 bronze 10 inch bronze sculptures. Each of these were one of native shark species both living and prehistoric.  These are located throughout the Venice downtown area.  The sculptures were created by artists at Sarasota Bronzart Foundry.

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     This is a Mediterranean Revival style house built in 1926..  It is 2 stories and 1.5 bathrooms.  The square footage is 1578.

     The Blalock House is one of the original medium sized houses built in 1926 in Venice, Fl.  It was built by the union the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

     The house has areas of one story and 2 story. The exterior is stucco.  The roof is tile.  The style is Mediterranean Revival.