Island Hotel
The Island Hotel (also known as Parsons and Hale's General Store) is a historic building in Cedar Key, Florida, Cedar Key, Florida, located at 224 2nd Street. On November 23, 1984, it was added to the United States, U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The building was erected between 1859 and 1861 by Major John Parsons and Francis E. Hale for use as a general store. It has Tabby (cement), tabby walls that are thick and oak beams that are wide. The Cedar Key Post Office and Custom house, customs house were also located in the building in the 1860s. The building may have housed both United States Army, Union and Confederate States Army, Confederate troops at various times during the American Civil War, Civil War, as the town changed hands more than once. Part of the building was used as a boarding house by the end of the 1880s. The store closed in 1910. The building became a hotel in 1946. References External links Island Hotel & Restaurant
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Cedar Key, Florida
Cedar Key is a city in Levy County, Florida, United States. The population was 702 at the 2010 census. The Cedar Keys are a cluster of islands near the mainland. Most of the developed area of the city has been on Way Key since the end of the 19th century. The Cedar Keys are named for the eastern red cedar ''Juniperus virginiana'', once abundant in the area. History Early While evidence suggests human occupation as far back as 500 BC, the first maps of the area date to 1542, when it was labeled "Las Islas Sabines" by a Spanish cartographer. An archaeological dig at Shell Mound, north of Cedar Key, found artifacts dating back to 500 BC in the top of the mound. The only ancient burial found in Cedar Key was a 2,000-year-old skeleton found in 1999. Arrow heads and spear points dating from the Paleo period (12,000 years old) were collected by Cedar Key historian St. Clair Whitman and are displayed at the Cedar Key Museum State Park. Followers of William Augustus Bowles, self-decl ...
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