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Walkway amid palms, c. 1923
Long wooden walkway leading to stairs, amid thick palms. -
Land along a waterway, c. 1923
Possibly the banks of the St. Lucie River or the intracoastal. -
Land along a waterway, c. 1923
Probably the banks of the St. Lucie River or the intracoastal.Tags Beaches -
Railroad bridge, 1910
Bridge for the railroad over St. Lucie River.
Florida Photographic Concern negative number 3276 recorded in record book 1 as 3276 R.R. Bridge, Stuart Fla. -
St. Lucie Locks, 1925
Lucie Lock and Dam, located along the St. Lucie Canal, approximately 15.5 miles upstream of the intersection of the St. Lucie River and the Intracoastal Waterway.
First lock was built at this site by the Everglades Drainage District in 1925.
Published in the South Florida Developer (28 July 1925) with the caption: "Draining the everglades - water rushing at the rate of 3,000 cubic feet per second over one of the locks on the St. Lucie Canal. This canal is one of five draining the Everglades and Lake Okeechobee, and carries more water than the other four combined. It is the key of the drainage system of inland Florida. The lock is six miles west of Stuart."
Recorded in the Florida Photographic Concern Record Book #2 (p. 56) as 8883-8899 Views for Fla. Developer, Stuart, L" -
Stuart School, 1910
Stuart School. The building became the Martin County Courthouse for Stuart, Florida in 1925.
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 143) as "3275 School house, Stuart, Fla." -
Stuart High School, c. 1926
Located at 500 Southeast Ocean Boulevard. The ground-breaking for the school was 12 October 1922; the school opened 21 September 1923. Ethel C. Youngblood was the first principal and approximately 300 students were enrolled grades 1 through 12. The school served as a school from 1923 to 1964.
Published in the South Florida Developer's Martin County Birthday Festival program of events (1926) with the caption "The New High School Building at Stuart." -
Emil Svilokos house, 1925
Published in the South Florida Developer (28 July 1925) with the caption "Home of Emil Svilokos on the St. Lucie River front in Golfview. This has long been one of the attractive show places of this region." -
High Point Rod and Gun Club, 1931
Built in 1917 by Pennsylvania businessmen after moving the smaller Tyndall house "El Nido" to the side. Purchased in 1925 by Otto and Katherine Schaum. Sold in 1936 to Leonard Fillmore Knowles; however his secretaries, sisters Elsie E. Harrington (b. 1885) and Maude (b. 1892) lived there year round as caretakers and at Knowles' death, he bequeathed the property to them as it became known as "Harrington House." After their death, the property was not occupied and became abandoned.
Published in the Stuart News (5 May 1931) with the caption "High Point Lodge bought by L.F. Knowles" -
