Historic Palm Apartment Building (Sarasota, Florida)

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The Palm Apartment building located on the north side of 2nd Street between U.S. 41 and Cocoanut Avenue is a rectangular, two-story detached building. The Mediterranean Revival style, stucco-covered masonry building of the 1920s representative of this era, was originally built during 1924-25 as a four-plex. Numerous tenants occupied the four-plex over the last six decades. Some tenants were winter residents, although most lived and worked in Sarasota .

The builder of this structure was Benjamin Franklin McCall. B.F. McCall was born in Madison County, Florida on February 16, 1874. Mr. McCall settled a 150 acre homestead on Siesta Key between 1896 and 1902, which he later sold to his brother, Josh, for $500.00.

For more information, visit the floridahistoryalive website and click on historic designations. While on the site, check out other interesting short stories that tell our unique history, walking tours and now a video spotlight.