Englewood in Charlotte County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

The Cookie House

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 21, 2016

1. The Cookie House Marker

Inscription. The unique "Cookie House" was built c. 1931 by John Foster Bass, Jr. (1897-1939) founder of the Bass Biological Laboratory and Zoological Research Supply Company, to serve as his personal office and laboratory near the Bass home on New Point Comfort Road near Gottfried Creek. The Bass operation was the first full-time land-based marine station on the Florida mainland, where eminent naturalists, biologists and zoologists studied and identified at least 470 marine and terrestrial animals between 1931 and 1944.

The log "stovewood" construction technique and architectural style of the small one-story Cookie House are rare. Once popular among rural Wisconsin immigrant populations, no other examples are known in Florida. This practical pioneer building technique utilized local resources. Log disks cut from lighter knot pine logs were stacked on edge in cement mortar mixed with beach sand, leading to an appearance resembling brown cookies on a white plate.

As many as a dozen log cabins were built on the Bass property in the 1930s, but all of the other Bass structures have been demolished over the years. The historic Cookie

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House is the only one remaining today. It was relocated within the Lemon Bay estuary in 2006, moved here to Cedar Point Environmental Park in a public-private effort to ensure its preservation.

Erected 2013 by Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1931.

Location. 26° 55.517′ N, 82° 20.066′ W. Marker is in Englewood, Florida, in Charlotte County. It can be reached from Placida Road (County Route 775) 0.3 miles south of Health Drive, on the right when traveling south. Marker is located in the Cedar Point Environmental Park at the house. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2300 Placida Road, Englewood FL 34224, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

The Cookie House and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 21, 2016

2. The Cookie House and Marker

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New Point Comfort (approx. 0.7 miles away); Bass Biological Labs/Cookie House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Green Street Church and Museum (approx. 2.2 miles away); Lemon Bay Cemetery (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Paulson Point Midden (approx. 2.8 miles away); Indian Mound Park (approx. 2.8 miles away); Historic Dearborn Street (approx. 3 miles away); Lemon Bay Woman’s Club (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Englewood.

The Cookie House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 21, 2016

3. The Cookie House

Credits. This page was last revised on June 8, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,568 times since then and 203 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 7, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.