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LONGBOAT KEY REAL ESTATE :: waterfront
property
Elegant, perfectly manicured, Longboat
Key is Sarasota’s center for glamour. Fifth Avenue
style penthouse apartments co-mingle with expansive estates,
the renowned Longboat Key Club and world class golf and tennis
resorts. During the winter season there are black tie events
in Sarasota almost every night. Bring your diamonds, reserve
your limousine, and revel in the international lifestyle
of Longboat Key’s residents.
History
of Longboat Key
The history of Longboat
Key, a barrier island, includes the Calusa And Timucan Indians
who vacationed here in the 1500s when the Gulf of Mexico
was six feet lower than today.
Longboat Key was initially settled by hardy pioneers who
were awarded land grants under the Homestead Act of 1862.
Farming was extensive with tomatoes,
guavas, avocados and citrus crops abundant. The steamboat,
Mistletoe, out of Tampa
stopped at Corey’s Landing, at mid-key, and Longbeach,
at the end of Broadway, to load the crops and debark passengers
in the early 1900s.
The 1921 hurricane flooded the key and ended truck farming.
That same year, Sarasota County was created and Longboat
Key was divided in half: Manatee County in the north and
Sarasota County in the south.
During World War II, the center of the island was a target
range for Army Air Force pilots flying P-40s, B-26s, and
B-51s.
Tourism took over in the 1950s, the town was incorporated
in 1955, and condominium living began in the late 1970s.
Today the town has about 1,500 single family homes, 7,000
condominium units and about 1,000 tourists.
This is a far cry from the 14 families that the Sarasota
Times reported on the key in 1915.
For more
information on Longboat Key real estate contact me at 941.376.2688
or email
me direct.
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