Florida - Martin County
Martin County Florida has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Georges Valentine Shipwreck Site, House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar, Mount Elizabeth Archeological Site and Trapper Nelson Zoo Historic District and Burn Brae Plantation--Krueger House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Orange Iii Period, East Okeechobee Cultural Area and Late Archaic dating back to 2499 BC.

The famous person Vince "Trapper" Nelson is associated with one of more of the Martin County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Martin County places including Bowdler Chaffer & Company, Albert Blaisdale, Vince "Trapper" Nelson, A.L. Doenges, John Sherwood, Mario Fatio, Clarke L. Phillip, Chalker & Lund, Treanor and Fatio and Isaac Matthew Elkins. Prominent architectural styles found in Martin Country are Mission/Spanish Revival, Art Deco and Beaux Arts.

Burn Brae Plantation--Krueger House (added 2002 - - #02000002)
1170 South East Ocean Blvd. , Stuart
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Cypress Lodge (added 2008 - - #08001040)
Also known as Cypress Plantation, MT520
18681 SW. Conners Hwy. , Port Mayaca
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Elkins, Isaac Matthew
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Gate House (added 2001 - - #01001246)
214 S. Beach Rd. , Jupiter Island
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Georges Valentine Shipwreck Site (added 2006 - - #06000619)
Offshore of the House of Refuge , Stuart
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Landscape, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Underwater, Water-Related
More Information:
Golden Gate Building (added 2017 - - #100001736)
3225 Southeast Dixie Highway, Stuart
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1936 AD
House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar (added 1974 - - #74000651)
Also known as Gilbert`s Bar House of Refuge
North of Bathtub Beach on Hutchinson Island east of Stuart, Florida , Stuart
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Public Works
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Research Facility
More Information:
Lyric Theatre (added 1993 - - #93001204)
Also known as Site #8MT00086
59 SW. Flagler Ave. , Stuart
Clariosophic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Casto, Mark, Sherwood, John
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Theater
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Theater
More Information:
Martin County Court House, Old (added 1997 - - #97001329)
Also known as Court House Cultural Center
80 E. Ocean Blvd. , Stuart
Clariosophic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Chalker & Lund, Phillip, Clarke L.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco, Modern Movement
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
More Information:
Mount Elizabeth Archeological Site (added 2002 - - #02001011)
Also known as Races (Racey's) Tuckahoe; St. Joseph's Novitiate, Florida Institute of Technology; 8MT30
1707 NE Indian River Dr. , Jensen Beach
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Orange Iii Period, East Okeechobee Cultural Area, Late Archaic
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 2000-2499 BC, 1500-1999 BC, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
Olympia School (added 2002 - - #02001534)
Also known as Picture City School; Hobe Sound White School, FMSF no. MT1338
9141 SE Apollo St. , Hobe Sound
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Treanor and Fatio, Fatio, Mario
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Seminole Inn (added 2006 - - #06000442)
Also known as FMSF# MT73, Seminole Country Inn
15885 SE Warfield Blvd. , Indiantown
Jellymuffin40, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Harvey, Henry Stephen
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
Stuart Welcome Arch (added 2004 - - #04000971)
Also known as Stuart-Jensen Arch; FMSF#MT854, 1926 Welcome Arch; Rio-Jensen Beach Arch
Bet. 2369 and 2390 NE Dixie Hwy , Jensen Beach
Clariosophic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker
More Information:
Trapper Nelson Zoo Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000918)
Also known as Trapper Nelson Hunting Camp, Trapper Nelson Interpretive Site;MT01449
16450 SE Federal Hwy. , Hobe Sound
Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Nelson, Vince "Trapper"
Historic Person:
Nelson, Vince "Trapper"
Significant Year:
1933, 1960
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Camp, Outdoor Recreation, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
More Information:
Tuckahoe (added 2005 - - #05001339)
Also known as Leach Estate; St. Joseph College, Florida Institute of Technology; FMSF #MT30, MT1047
1921 NE Indian River Dr. , Jensen Beach
BotMultichillT, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Keck, Berton D.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
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