The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Bertha Palmer, known as Mrs. Potter Palmer, came to Sarasota in 1910, and resided on Little Sarasota Bay for her winter home. She improved agricultural methods to the land, added lavish gardens and buildings, which is now the Historic Spanish Point garden and historic site. While the house The Oaks is gone, outbuildings and landscape remain, including remnants of designs by Achilles Duchene, after whom the Duchene Garden is named. Other former Palmer family holdings now open to the public include the Myakka River State Park and an expansion of Oscar Scherer State Park. After her death, Bertha Palmer gave the land to her sons Potter Jr. and Honore, who continued developing the property as a ranch.
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2000
Nothing in Palmer Ranch is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Palmer Ranch has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Osprey School in Osprey, 2.8 miles away.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.