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Convent of Mary Immaculate, 600 Truman Avenue, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Convent of Mary Immaculate, 600 Truman Avenue, Key West, Monroe County...

Significance: The Convent of Mary Immaculate is the oldest educational institution in Southern Florida. The school opened in 1869 and has been located in the present building since 1875. The building is an ex... More

Tift-Hemingway House, 907 Whitehead Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Tift-Hemingway House, 907 Whitehead Street, Key West, Monroe County, F...

Significance: The house possesses both architectural and historic interest. Built by Asa F. Tift, a prominent early settler who was active in the Confederate cause during the Civil War, the house is best known... More

Fishermen, Key West, Florida. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Fishermen, Key West, Florida. Great Depression public domain photograp...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Warehouse, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Warehouse, Key West, Monroe ...

Significance: This building was originally used as a warehouse. Although the building proportions and relationship to the historically significant building create architectural interest, the building has no his... More

A fisherman's paradise Long Key fishing camp--between mainland and Key West, Fla.

A fisherman's paradise Long Key fishing camp--between mainland and Key...

Stereograph showing beach covered with palms trees; man sitting at base of palm tree; camp lodg buildings in background. J283164 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 26815.

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Ferguson House, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Ferguson House, Key West, Mo...

Significance: The Ferguson House was an existing private residence acquired by the Navy in 1902. Architecturally it is significant as an example of indigenous Key West domestic architecture which contributed to... More

Captain John Lowe Jr. House, 620 Southard Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Captain John Lowe Jr. House, 620 Southard Street, Key West, Monroe Cou...

Significance: This building is typical of the mid-nineteenth century houses built by successful Key West mariners. It is one of the few such houses still standing. Unprocessed Field note material exists for t... More

Fishermen, Key West, Florida. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Fishermen, Key West, Florida. Great Depression public domain photograp...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Warehouse, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Warehouse, Key West, Monroe ...

Significance: This building was originally used as a warehouse. Although the building proportions and relationship to the historically significant building create architectural interest, the building has no his... More

Key West and Harbor, showing North Atlantic Squadron

Key West and Harbor, showing North Atlantic Squadron

No. 9144. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Custom House and harbor, Key West

Custom House and harbor, Key West

Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-5810) lists title as: View from hotel, Key West, Fla. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53507". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection.... More

Fisherman mending his net. Key West, Florida

Fisherman mending his net. Key West, Florida

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Key West, Fla. U.S.A. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Key West, Fla. U.S.A. - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereograph showing rooftops of several homes on quiet neighborhood street. Copyright 1900 by Whiting Bros. No. 941. On mount: Twentieth Century Series.

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Sponge fleet preparing for the spring cruise, Key West, Fla.

Sponge fleet preparing for the spring cruise, Key West, Fla.

Men preparing boat. D14137 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by C.L. Wasson (International View Co.). No. 543-d. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ind.

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Fresh Water Cistern, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Fresh Water Cistern, Key Wes...

Significance: Early example of cistern construction on the Naval Station. Survey number: HABS FL-530-A Building/structure dates: before 1889 Initial Construction

Samuel Roberts House, 1025 Fleming Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Samuel Roberts House, 1025 Fleming Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: The Samuel Roberts house is an excellent example of the typical one-and-a-half-story Conch cottage of Key West, traditionally built by mariners, spongers, and fishermen. Unprocessed Field note ma... More

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Sloppy Joe's was Ernest Hemingway's favorite haunt in Key West, Florida

Sloppy Joe's was Ernest Hemingway's favorite haunt in Key West, Florid...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House, Key West, Florida

The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House,...

Built in 1933 in the Art Deco style, the two-story, Key Largo limestone clad building was designed by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. T... More

The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House, Key West, Florida

The Sidney M. Aronovitz U.S. Courthouse, Post Office and Custom House,...

Built in 1933 in the Art Deco style, the two-story, Key Largo limestone clad building was designed by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. T... More

Tift & Company, Ships Chandlery & Icehouse, Mallory Square, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Tift & Company, Ships Chandlery & Icehouse, Mallory Square, Key West, ...

Significance: The northern building is the city's oldest commercial building, and was built by Amos C. Tift and Co. as a ships chandlery. The land on which the building was constructed was part of the Naval Ya... More

U. S. Navy Coal Depot & Storehouse, Front & Whitehead Streets, Key West, Monroe County, FL

U. S. Navy Coal Depot & Storehouse, Front & Whitehead Streets, Key Wes...

Significance: This building is the oldest brick building and the first permanent navy building to be constructed on Key West. Survey number: HABS FL-190 Building/structure dates: 1861 Initial Construction

Captain John Lowe Jr. House, 620 Southard Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Captain John Lowe Jr. House, 620 Southard Street, Key West, Monroe Cou...

Significance: This building is typical of the mid-nineteenth century houses built by successful Key West mariners. It is one of the few such houses still standing. Unprocessed Field note material exists for t... More

Captain Richard Roberts House, 408 William Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Captain Richard Roberts House, 408 William Street, Key West, Monroe Co...

Significance: According to local tradition this building is one of two houses originally constructed in the Bahama Islands, then dismantled, shipped to Key West and rebuilt there after the hurricane of 1846. T... More

Perky Bat Tower, Airport Road, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Perky Bat Tower, Airport Road, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: An unusual structure built to house bats as part of a local experiment in mosquito control. Survey number: HABS FL-193 Building/structure dates: 1929 Initial Construction National Register of H... More

Eduardo H. Gato House, 1209 Virginia Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Eduardo H. Gato House, 1209 Virginia Street, Key West, Monroe County, ...

Significance: The building was constructed as a residence by Eduardo H. Gato, a Cuban immigrant who made a fortune in the cigar business. Although of wood construction with Victorian trim, typical of the late ... More

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Seaman's Barracks, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Seaman's Barracks, Key West,...

Significance: Used to house sailors during WWI Survey number: HABS FL-530-F Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Seaman's Barracks, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Naval Air Station Key West, Truman Annex, Seaman's Barracks, Key West,...

Significance: Used to house sailors during WWI Survey number: HABS FL-530-F Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Taylor, Whitehead Spit Vicinity, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Significance: A mid-nineteenth century fortification built of brick and local stone, the remains of which provide an excellent example of military construction of the period. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

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