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Punta Gorda (/ ˌ p ʌ n t ə ˈ ɡ ɔːr d ə /; English: Fat Point), [5] a city located in Southwest Florida, is the county seat of Charlotte County, Florida, United States. [6] As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 19,471, up from 16,641 at the 2010 census.
The house is owned by the City of Punta Gorda, Florida and is leased to the Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce. [2] It is open to the public. It was deemed significant for reflecting Queen Anne style architecture, asserted to be rare in South Florida, and for association with businessman and politician Augustus C. Freeman.
African Americans have played a significant role in Punta Gorda's history. [4] About half of the city's founder were Black; and four Black people signed the papers incorporating the city, out of a group of 34 men. [4] [5] Almost half of the city's 15 original settlers were Black, according to a press release from the Charlotte Harbor and The ...
January 7, 1987 (639 East Hargreaves Avenue: Punta Gorda: 7: Icing Station at Bull Bay: April 11, 1991 (Off Bull Key in Bull Bay: Placida: Part of the Fish Cabins of Charlotte Harbor MPS
The Old Charlotte County Courthouse is an historic two-story yellow brick courthouse building located at 226 Taylor Street in Punta Gorda, Florida. Designed in the Classical Revival style by architects Leitner and Henson of St. Petersburg, it was built between 1927 and 1928 by Paul H. Smith of Haines City. Additions were made to the building ...
The H. W. Smith Building (also known as the Smith Arcade) is a historic site in Punta Gorda, Florida, United States.It is located at 121 East Marion Avenue and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The Charlotte Harbor Division was completed with its first train to Punta Gorda (initially known as Trabue) on July 24, 1886. [5] Plant would go on to open a hotel in Punta Gorda in 1896. [6] This hotel, the Hotel Punta Gorda, would later be owned by Barron Collier (the namesake of nearby Collier County). [7] Florida Southern steam locomotive
Twenty-two city blocks are included in the National Register District, which extends west from the city's commercial core and contains 125 mostly residential structures. The noteworthy era for the district was 1884 to 1930 with both wood-frame vernacular buildings and American Queen Anne style architecture, built during the mid-1880s through ...