Port Charlotte in Charlotte County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Town of McCall
Photographed By Tim Fillmon, July 8, 2020
1. Town of McCall Marker
Inscription.
Town of McCall. . In 1905, the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad (CH&N) built a depot and section house along its rail line from the phosphate mines at Mulberry to the port of Boca Grande. The CH&N Railroad platted the town of McCall in 1909 and named it for C.B. McCall, the general freight and passenger agent at Boca Grande. The section house was home to the section foreman and his family. More houses were built for other railroad workers and their families. A bunkhouse was built for the single men. This cluster of buildings was the beginning of the town of McCall. The town soon contained a turpentine camp, sawmill, store, post office, one-room school house and two churches. Trains would stop and take on water for their boilers from a nearby pond. By 1928, McCall was a non-stop station and cattleman Arthur “A.C.” Frizzell purchased the railroad property, demolishing most of the buildings. The McCall Section House was the last remaining structure left standing until it burned down in 2004. The intersection of County Road 771 and State Road 776 is the only visible remnant of what was once the town of McCall.
In 1905, the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railroad (CH&N) built a depot and section house along its rail line from the phosphate mines at Mulberry to the port of Boca Grande. The CH&N Railroad platted the town of McCall in 1909 and named it for C.B. McCall, the general freight and passenger agent at Boca Grande. The section house was home to the section foreman and his family. More houses were built for other railroad workers and their families. A bunkhouse was built for the single men. This cluster of buildings was the beginning of the town of McCall. The town soon contained a turpentine camp, sawmill, store, post office, one-room school house and two churches. Trains would stop and take on water for their boilers from a nearby pond. By 1928, McCall was a non-stop station and cattleman Arthur “A.C.” Frizzell purchased the railroad property, demolishing most of the buildings. The McCall Section House was the last remaining structure left standing until it burned down in 2004. The intersection of County Road 771 and State Road 776 is the only visible remnant of what was once the town of McCall.
Erected 2016 by Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners.
Location. 26° 55.852′ N, 82° 13.406′ W. Marker is in Port Charlotte, Florida, in Charlotte County. Marker can be reached from Gasparilla Road (County Route 771) 0.1 miles south of South McCall Road (Florida Route 776). Marker is in the Cape Haze Pioneer Trail Park at parking area. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1688 Gasparilla Road, Port Charlotte FL 33981, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Town of McCall Marker from parking area looking toward the Placida Bunk House
Credits. This page was last revised on July 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 450 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 12, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.
