Nokomis Beach Pavilion is a historic site located in
Nokomis
Nokomis is the name of Nanabozho's grandmother in the Ojibwe traditional stories and was the name of Hiawatha's grandmother in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, ''The Song of Hiawatha'', which is a re-telling of the Nanabozho stories. Nokomis is ...
, Florida. The pavilion is Sarasota County's first beach pavilion.
History
The pavilion was designed by architect
Jack West
John Melville West (17 February 1889 – 30 March 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Military service
He was both a footballer and a resident master at Me ...
, a member of the
Sarasota School of Architecture
The Sarasota School of Architecture, sometimes called Sarasota Modern, is a regional style of post-war modern architecture (1941–1966) that emerged on Florida's Central West Coast, in and around the city of Sarasota, Florida. It is characterize ...
, and is an example of
minimalist architecture
In visual arts, Minimal music, music and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in post–World War II in Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimal ...
associated with
mid-century modern architecture. It was constructed in 1954 and includes an open pavilion connected by a covered walkway to a building for restrooms, changing rooms, and showers. There was also paved plaza, fountain, and landscaped area. Design elements include flat thin roofs on multiple planes, ribbon windows, and a blending of interior and exterior spaces. The bathhouse is made of Ocala block.
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During renovation the thin posts were enclosed in concrete and stuccoed. It also suffered a ceiling collapse and underwent restoration.]
Gallery
File:Nokomis Beach Pavilion 1.jpg, alt=, 2022
File:Nokomis Beach Pavilion 2.jpg, alt=, 2022
References
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National Register of Historic Places in Sarasota County, Florida
Modernist architecture in Florida