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    Punta Gorda Train Depot

    4.0 (1 review)
    Open 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Military Heritage Museum

    Military Heritage Museum

    4.8(17 reviews)
    0.8 mi

    I spent 2 1/2 hours with a Veteran guide, Jeff Sherwin, the Gallery Section Captain. Jeff had many…read moredetails, anecdotes and personal experiences to share, it made for a fascinating afternoon. There are many exhibits, well laid out, including artifacts, videos, newspaper clippings, interactive opportunities, and much, much more. It makes discovering facts about our American history a little less overwhelming. Many things I discovered I either never learned in high school or didn't remember. Everyone I encountered who works and volunteers here is friendly and welcoming, with a terrific sense of humor. So many stories, I could go back and spend another few hours and learn even more. I highly recommend a trip to this museum. If you are fortunate enough to have Jeff as your guide, you will learn the 3 things required for victory, common to every war (Hint: W.A.O.). Find out where Kleenex got its start before manufacturing hygiene products and why Lucky Strike changed is packaging from green to white. I am very proud to be an American. The history on display conveys where we came together, where we messed up, how we learned and how we continue to grow as a nation. I learned so much in a short period of time, mostly that history is important for each of us to understand our heritage. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" --George Santayana. Thank you, Jeff, for your service and for spending your time with us.

    We visited often. The volunteer staff are knowledgeable and fun to chat with. School trips are a…read morepriority for these folks. Education is key to remember our history

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    Price House - foyer at cottage's front door

    Price House

    4.0(1 review)
    0.6 mi

    The former summer home of 1890's Architect Price was moved to History Park from the riverfront…read morealong Etta Esplanada after 2004's Hurricane Charley. The Punta Gorda Historical Society offers free tours. Inside, period furnishings, not owned by Price but donated and collected by the Historical Society, add to the atmosphere. Price was ahead of his time and recognized that the religious fervor that swept the country was a business opportunity. All the new converts needed a church. So he designed mail order churches that were sold and shipped by the thousands all over the country. Once a shipment arrived, the local parishioners could put up the structure. The Methodists still attend services in a Price design in Punta Gorda. Price's style is recognizable by its faux carillon and pointed arch facade. On the domestic front, Price didn't seem so successful. The docent pointed out the doors that lead to the outside from every room. It was first believed that this was for fire safety, but old timers soon corrected this assumption with the long-lived public knowledge that it was Price's wife who had to have quick and immediater access outside. They said she was an insanely jealous woman who chased down the sound of any woman's voice that might be in the garden with her husband. The Price lovenest was a bit of a takeoff on the cuckoo too. Price didn't build from the ground up, but chose to buy two cottages, then attached them with a center structure. It became a modern split plan with the bedrooms on one side and the kitchen and dining on the other. He also added a porch to the bedroom side of the shingled house.

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    PG Methodist Church - a Price design

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    Cigar House - Status!  Ice House Keys

    Cigar House

    4.5(2 reviews)
    0.6 mi

    The Cigar House is located in the Punta Gorda History Park. The park was formed after the historic…read moreHector House where the city charter was signed was demolished in 1988 because the city didn't have anywhere to move it to. In 1999 the Cigar House was the first of four historic structures to be moved to the park when it was donated to the historical society by owner Mike Nicholson. Before the turn of the century, cigar smoking was a common past time among men. The best cigars were made by Cubans in Key West. After a fire in 1886, cigar production was moved inlaid and closer to the railroad terminals. Aided by the Southern Florida Railway, two Bartow businessmen named Willard Emerson and Warren Tyler obuilding a cigar factory in Punta Gorda. Florida Southern offered six acres of land for the factory in exchange for being able to ship the product. The men accepted the railroad's offer and founded the El Palmetto Cigar Manufacturing Company. The factory was a large wooden structure and a row of cottages for workers was built in the 1890's. The cottages housed two families and did not contain a kitchen. The cottages were moved to Brown Street in 1901 when El Palmetto was liquidated that same year and the fate of the factory is unknown. The cottage contains historical displays and it is open for tours from 10 to 2 daily and by appointment. It has a QR code so you can learn about it even if it is not open.

    The Punta Gorda Historical Society preserves this sample of turn of the Century history in the…read morecompound of buildings named History Park. Inside, walls are lined in wood from the days when tobacco drying, turpentine manufacturing, and fishing were the leading industries. The walls of this house are still lined in wood and serve as backdrop for historical photos of the short-lived industrial era. Three keys are framed and hang on one wall. They are homage to the keeper of the ice house who assured that fish stayed away from the tropical heat and that resident's ice boxes could stay cool. Memorabilia from the nearby WWII airfield is also on display for self-guided visits.

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    Cigar House - Cigar House, bordered by locally hybridized hibiscus

    Cigar House, bordered by locally hybridized hibiscus

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