Bradenton in Manatee County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Bradenton Kiwanis Club
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Kiwanis Trailer Park
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 17, 2023
1. Bradenton Kiwanis Club side of Marker
BRADENTON KIWANIS CLUB
The Bradenton Kiwanis Club was originally chartered on August 22. 1922 as the Manatee River Kiwanis Club. Later the name of the club was changed to Kiwanis Club of Bradenton. Founding members. Robert M. Beall, Whitney Curry, John T. Campbell, Dewey A. Dye, Everett Patrick Green. Sr., John Pope Harllee, William Thomas Harrison, James A. Howze, W.L. Kimball, W.P. Kirby, W.V. Lathrop, William A. Manning, Elon Rood, G.P. Smythe and M.O. Thomas first met in June 1922 to organize the club. On Tuesday, September 5, 1922, at noon, the first Manatee River Kiwanis Club luncheon meeting was held in the dining room of the Juplinor Hotel located at 435 12th Street West, Bradentown. Over time, the Club met in a variety of locations until 1953 when it moved into the Kiwanis Hall at the corner of 14th Street and 21st Avenue West until 2013, when it moved to Manatee Performing Arts Center.
KIWANIS TRAILER PARK
In 1936, under the leadership of Dan Blalock, Sr., the Bradenton Kiwanis Club constructed this trailer park to attract winter visitors to Bradenton and provided a place for those with travel trailers to stay for $1.50 a week. This created a source of revenue to the Club for community projects and promoted local business. By 1950, 1,190 lots filled the grounds, and became the largest trailer park in
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Erected by Bradenton Kiwanis Club.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is August 22, 1922.
Location. 27° 28.757′ N, 82° 34.512′ W. Marker is in Bradenton, Florida, in Manatee County. It is on Tamiami Trail/14th Street West (U.S. 41 BUS) just north of 23rd Avenue West, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located in front of the Bradenton Tropical Palms Mobile Home Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2310 14th Street West, Bradenton FL 34205, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Gulf Coast and on Tampa Bay. 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 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bradenton Nine Devils (approx. half a mile away); William Boyd McKechnie (approx. half a mile away); Camp Weatherford (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bradenton General Hospital
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 17, 2023
2. Kiwanis Trailer Park side of Marker
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 17, 2023
3. Bradenton Kiwanis Club / Kiwanis Trailer Park Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2023, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 431 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 19, 2023, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.
