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Indian Hill Barfield Homesite

 
 
Indian Hill Barfield Homesite Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Patrick Duggan, July 2, 2025
1. Indian Hill Barfield Homesite Marker
Inscription. Originally “The Heights” (51 feet) highest elevation in SW Florida;

Site of The Heights Hotel - 1908.

Home of J.M. and Tommy Barfield. Mrs. Barfield was very important in the development of Caxambas, Marco Island and Collier County.

Caxambas School
Site of early school, 1890-1928
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.
 
Location. 25° 54.751′ N, 81° 41.734′ W. Marker is on Marco Island, Florida, in Collier County. It can be reached from the intersection of Indian Hill Street and Scott Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marco Island FL 34145, 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
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Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Burnham Clam Factory (approx. Ό mile away); Caxambas Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Plantation House (Circa 1877) (approx. 0.8 miles away); Pineapple Plantation (approx. 1.2 miles away); Goodland Village and Access Road (approx. 2.8 miles away); The Blockhouse (approx. 8.3 miles away); Bay City Walking Dredge No. 489 (approx. 8.4 miles away); How the Dredge Walks (approx. 8.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marco Island.
 
Indian Hill Barfield Homesite Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Patrick Duggan, July 2, 2025
2. Indian Hill Barfield Homesite Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2025, by Patrick Duggan of Los Angeles, California. This page has been viewed 176 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 2, 2025, by Patrick Duggan of Los Angeles, California. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 25, 2026