Englewood in Charlotte County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
New Point Comfort
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 26, 2024
1. New Point Comfort Marker
1891: Colonel James M. Lewis built a hunting lodge near here on Deer Creek and named it "New Point Comfort" after his boyhood home, Old Point Comfort. in Virginia.
1893: The Gottfried family from Milwaukee settled on Deer Creek, now named Gottfried Creek, and raised pineapples, cabbage, and celery.
1919: Colonel Lewis bought all the land between Deer Creek and Rocky (Ainger) Creek, including the waterfront, from the Grove City Land Company. He named the entire area "New Point Comfort" and platted it into lots.
1924: A. Stanley Lampp (1887-1960) bought all the unsold Lewis and Gottfried lots. A plat for New Point Comfort was recorded in 1925, and the area promoted as "The Largest Point on Lemon Bay." This was the first subdivision platted in the Charlotte County side of Englewood.
Circa 1931: The Bass Biological Laboratory was founded at New Point Comfort by John F. Bass Jr. to "furnish research facilities to investigators in biological fields." The first full-time marine station on the Florida mainland, the laboratory remained in operation until 1944.
Today: New Point Comfort is a quiet residential neighborhood that contains the largest numbers of historic buildings in Englewood. This site, the last remaining Lampp lot. was donated to Charlotte County in March 2023 by Stanley Lampp's nephew
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Erected by Charlotte County.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.
Location. 26° 56.092′ N, 82° 20.314′ W. Marker is in Englewood, Florida, in Charlotte County. It is on Lemon Bay Road just east of Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Englewood FL 34223, 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 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: Bass Biological Labs/Cookie House (approx. Ό mile away); The Cookie House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Green Street Church and Museum (approx. 1½ miles away); Lemon Bay Cemetery (approx. 1½ miles away); The Paulson Point Midden (approx. 2.1 miles away); Indian Mound Park (approx. 2.1 miles away); Historic Dearborn Street (approx. 2.3 miles away); Lemon Bay Womans Club (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Englewood.
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 26, 2024
2. New Point Comfort Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 1, 2024, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 398 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 1, 2024, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.
