Stranahan House
| Stranahan House | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 The south side of the building facing the river |
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| location | Fort Lauderdale , Broward County , Florida | ||
| Coordinates | 26 ° 7 '5 " N , 80 ° 8' 17" W | ||
| Built | 1901 | ||
| NRHP number | 73000569 | ||
| The NRHP added | 2nd October 1973 | ||
The Stranahan House is located at the Tarpon River (New River) in downtown Fort Lauderdale in Florida . Erected in 1901 by Frank Stranahan , it is the oldest building in Broward County . The building is a listed building and is now used as a museum.
history
The building erected in 1901 by Stranahan as a base for trade with the Seminoles became the residence of the builder and his wife Ivy Stranahan in 1906. The house was expanded until 1915. After Stranahan's suicide in 1929, the widow was forced to use the upper floor of the house as a guest house. The basement, which was later expanded by an annex, served as a restaurant until the 1970s. On October 2, 1973, Stranahan House was added to the National Register of Historic Places .
Ivy Stranahan bequeathed the building to the Seventh Day Adventist Church , from which the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society took over in 1975. In the first half of the 1980s the house was restored and taken back to its 1915 state. Since 1984 it has been run as a donation- funded museum by Stranahan House Museum, Inc.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Stranahan House in the National Register Information System . National Park Service , accessed May 13, 2016