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• 231 SW 2nd Avenue
• Tuesday through Sunday Noon to 4 PM
• Admission is $10 and includes a self-guided tour of the New River Inn and a docent-led tour of the 1907 King-Cromartie House and the 1899 Replica School House.
• Docent-led tours begin at 1 PM, 2 PM and 3PM.

This 1905 hotel was the first property in Broward County to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is Broward’s oldest remaining hotel building, and it was constructed for owner Philemon Bryan by Edwin T. King, the area’s first contractor. Built of hollow concrete blocks made with sand barged from the beach, it set the standard for south Florida construction. The hotel, which operated until 1955, featured 24 guest rooms, a dining room, sewer and irrigation systems, running ice water and was lit with carbide lamps. Today the building houses our history museum.

• 227 SW 2nd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

This hollow concrete block home was built in 1905 by Edwin T. King for Philemon Bryan, at the request of Bryan’s two sons, Tom and Reed. The Bryan House features Classical Revival architectural detailing. It functioned as a boarding house during World War II and later as a yoga center. It now houses the administrative offices of the Fort Lauderdale History Center and the Fort Lauderdale chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

This small structure was erected in 1905 to house an acetylene gas generator, which provided light to both the New River Inn and the Philemon Bryan House.

• 229 SW 2nd Avenue
• Tuesday through Sunday 1 PM, 2 PM and 3 PM
  
• Admission is $10 and includes a self-guided tour of the New River Inn and a docent-led tour of the 1907 King-Cromartie House and the 1899 Replica School House

Originally built in 1907 on land in what is now Smoker Park on the south bank of New River, the King-Cromartie House was the home of contractor Edwin T. King and his family. In later years King’s eldest daughter Louise resided in the house with her husband, Bloxham Cromartie. The house was originally a bungalow, but a second story was added in 1911. Built of sturdy Dade County pine with joists made from salvaged ship’s timbers, the house was also supplied with running water and carbide lamps. The King-Cromartie family occupied the house until 1968. In 1971 the Junior League of Fort Lauderdale moved the 150-ton house by barge to its present location and opened it to the public as a historic house museum. The Fort Lauderdale Historical Society, Inc. took possession of the house in 1994.

• 219 SW 2nd Avenue
• Tuesday through Friday 10 AM to 4 PM;
  Monday and Saturday noon to 4 PM
• Research appointments are appreciated

Built as a post office annex in 1949, this warehouse structure has been the home of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society, Inc. since 1978. Today it is a public research library and houses the archives as well as our collections. It holds the largest collection of material related to the history of Greater Fort Lauderdale, including more than 250,000 historic images.

• 230 SW Third Avenue
• Tuesday through Sunday 1 PM, 2 PM and 3 PM
  
• Admission is $10 and includes a self-guided tour of the New River Inn and a docent-led tour of the 1907 King-Cromartie House and the 1899 Replica School House

Constructed in the 1970s as a project for the U.S. Bicentennial, this reconstruction of Broward County’s first schoolhouse is where the education department’s Pioneer School Day Program brings the past alive for Broward’s 21st-century school children. The original school house was built in 1899 on South Andrews Avenue at SE 5th Street. The first school teacher in the county was the 18-year-old Ivy Julia Cromartie.

This project has been financed in part with Historic Preservation grant assistance provided by the Bureau of Historic Preservation, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State, assisted by the Florida Historical Commission.

Funding for this organization is provided by our members and by the Broward County Board of Commissioners as recommended by The Broward Cultural Council.