130 Marion Avenue

This replica of a turn of the century street clock replaces the public clock that was originally over the First National Bank entrance.  When the First National Bank failed, the clock was moved to the Punta Gorda State Bank at the southwest corner of King Street and Marion Avenue.  That bank became First Florida which moved to a new building.  The clock was then sold to a bank in Wauchula, FL.  Funds for the present street clock were raised by concerned citizens in 1990 when negotiations to buy the original clock back proved fruitless.  Chimes ring on the half hour and hour.  *See National Bank Building.

123 Gill Street

This house was built for the Wotitzky family in 1890.  From Austria and Czechoslovakia, Jacob Wotitzky came to open a dry goods store, the Wotitzky General Merchandise Store, in 1886.  His wife Rosa and two children joined him from New York where they had been staying with relatives. some 2 years later.  He extended his trade by peddling wares from the schooner "Mollie O" among coastal customers throughout Charlotte Harbor and Southwest Florida.  

108 Gill Street

This Queen Anne Style home was originally a small cottage built in 1895 by the Riberos family. Then sold in 1896 to the Farrington's enlarging it in 1897 creating the house we see today. The Farrington's lived in this house until 1909 upon Mr. Farrington's death and Sadie Farrington* who rented it. In 1943, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe S. (Mary ) Maxwell purchased. Maxwell was the owner of the Maxwell pharmacy and soda fountain which was a popular congregating place to wait twice a day for the mail to arrive via train located in the Smith Arcade where the Post Office was until 1958. 

*Sadie then moved to the house at 413 Retta Esplanade.