The Bank of Everglades Building is a building in Everglades City,

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, which originally housed a bank called the Bank of Everglades. It is located at 201 West Broadway. On July 15, 1999, it was added to the

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History

The Bank was founded by Barron Collier in 1923 when the new

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was established and moved into this edifice in 1927. The building was designed by William O. Sparklin who was also the architect of the Collier County Courthouse (now Everglades City Hall) and the Everglades Laundry (now the Museum of the Everglades). The bank moved to Immokalee in 1962 after the

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relocated to East Naples, and the building was used as a boarding house or bed and breakfast. It is now being renovated by the Everglades Society for Historic Preservation.

References

External links

Collier County listings
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National Register of Historic Places

Bank of the Everglades
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Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
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Everglades Society for Historical Preservation