On West 3rd Street just east of Gilchrist Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
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The oldest church on the island. On Jan.10, 1910 the Rev. D.B. Sweat was sent to minister to the needs of the growing community. Six months later the church was chartered with 17 members as Boca Grande Methodist Episcopal Church, . . . — — Map (db m156467) HM
On 4th Street West at Gilchrist Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 4th Street West.
The First Baptist Church of Boca Grande is the oldest church building on Gasparilla Island and housed one of the island’s two oldest congregations. In the early 1900s, phosphate companies decided to use the port of Boca Grande as a primary shipping . . . — — Map (db m128323) HM
On Railroad Avenue 0.1 miles south of 7th Street East, on the right when traveling north.
The Gasparilla Inn, built by the Boca Grande Land Company, subsidiary of a national phosphate company that was an early major island land holder, opened in 1911. Under the leadership of company principal, Peter Bradley (1850-1933), the hotel . . . — — Map (db m128322) HM
On Park Avenue at 4th Street West, on the right when traveling north on Park Avenue.
On November 28th, 1905, the steamboat Mistletoe of Tampa with the engineer corps and a force of sixty laborers landed on the beach directly opposite this spot, and the initial work of surveying and constructing the Charlotte Harbor and Northern . . . — — Map (db m128324) HM
