321 West Retta Esplanade

 

Built in 1932 by the Greenwald family from Black Rock, NC as a winter fishing retreat.  Lena Greenwald, daughter of the original owner, married a local horticulturist/nursey man named Ed J. McCann.  McCann owned a nursery and hybridized amaryllis lilies.  He also served as mayor of Punta Gorda. 


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