Longboat Key in Manatee County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

The Town Dock

Photographed by Michael Cece

1. The Town Dock Marker

Inscription. There was a large dock at the end of Broadway for steamships like the Mistletoe which landed tourists and fishing parties from Tampa, then taking on vegetables at Corey's Landing further south, en route to Sarasota.

The dock was enclosed and had an ice house for the storage of fish. The dock was swept away in the hurricane of 1921 which also leveled most of the homes on the Key.

Broadway then was only a dirt road running from the Bay to the Gulf. It crossed a wooden foot bridge over Stone Crab or Savarese Bayou. The Bayou was filled by Manatee County when the road was rebuilt in the mid-1920s.

Erected by The Longboat Key Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1921.

Location. 27° 26.346′ N, 82° 40.843′ W. Marker is in Longboat Key, Florida, in Manatee County. It is at the intersection of Bay Side Drive and Broadway Street, on the right when traveling north on Bay Side Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7015 Bay Side Dr, Longboat Key FL 34228, 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: Longboat Key’s First Home (approx. ¼ mile away); The Abutments Of The Old Longboat Pass Bridge

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Birthplace of Resorts and Condominiums (approx. half a mile away); The Village of Cortez (approx. 1.9 miles away); The 1890 Bratton Store / The 1912 Cortez Rural Graded Schoolhouse (approx. 2 miles away); Propeller from the 1892 Steamboat 'Mistletoe' (approx. 2 miles away); Pillsbury Boatshop/Pillsbury Tienda de Barcos (approx. 2 miles away); Pillsbury Boatshop (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Longboat Key.

Photographed by Michael Cece

2. The Town Dock Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2025, by Michael Cece of Sarasota, Florida. This page has been viewed 59 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 24, 2025, by Michael Cece of Sarasota, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.