Punta Gorda History Center Historic Buildings and and Site Records
Retta Esplanade Park
Marion Avenue and Taylor - Punta Gorda Herald
. The first issue of the Punta Gorda Herald was published February 17, 1893. Its original building was at Cross Street and Retta Esplanade located on the lower floor of a cigar factory, burned to the ground in 1895. The offices then moved to the location pictured at Marion Avenue and Taylor Street. In September, 1901 the Punta Gorda Herald was purchased by Adrian P. Jordan. In 1913, Jordan built a new building on the corner of Taylor and Herald Court. The building was used until it was damaged by Hurricane Charley in 2004. The Herald SUN is currently located on Harborview Road in Port Charlotte.
4124 Taylor Road
In January of 1976, Harry Thomas and Virgil Felton presented the messages. An article appeared in the Herald on March 13, 1976 that read: “C...
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This prairie style home which originally had open porches was built for Edward and Nora Yeager in 1920. Their son E. Burnett Yeager was C...
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Circa 1920 Over its history, this cottage built in the 1920s has served as the home to many Punta Gorda businesses including early on a f...
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This lovely historic home was built in 1924 as a manse for the vicar of the First Presbyterian Church, which was originally across the stree...