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3 days 1 hour agoFriends of the Sarasota County History Center
Last Friday (March 7, 2025), Sarasota County History Center staff and members of the Sarasota County Historical Commission unveiled a new historical marker describing the founding of Gillespie Park, as well as the story of its namesake, John Hamilton Gillespie, Sarasota’s first mayor and an important figure in the story of the town’s establishment in the 1880s. The new historical marker, which was sponsored by the Gillespie Park Neighborhood Association, is located on the west side of Gillespie Park at the corner of North Osprey Avenue and 8th Street in Sarasota.
3 days 21 hours agoFriends of the Sarasota County History Center
LATEST COALITION EVENTS: mailchi.mp/f92b121f1a0d/preservation-news-for-sarasota-county-19875337
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- Renee Di Pilato, Director of Libraries and Historical Resources with Friends’ President Dr. Frank Cassell
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- Bertha Palmer (Kathryn Chesley) at our gathering at the Fruitville Library with board members (L to R) Betty Nugent and Betty Intagliata.
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- Dr. Josh Goodman, Manager of the History Center giving one of his marvelous lectures
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- Our Kathryn Chesley as Mabel Ringling
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- The History Center Archives holds hundreds of baseball-related items from Sarasota’s rich past
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- Moving the History Center from Porter Way to the Historic Osprey School House on the Tamiami Trail
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