The Egbert Reasoner House (also known as Beth Salem) was an historic house located at 3004 53rd Avenue, East in Oneco, Florida. It was built in 1896 for Egbert Reasoner, a horticulturalist who was inducted into the initial 1980 class of "Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame" members. Reasoner and his brother founded Royal Palm Nurseries. He is credited with introducing the pink grapefruit to Florida.[2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Despite this, it was demolished in 2015.
Egbert Reasoner House | |
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| Coordinates | 27°26′48″N 82°31′34″W / 27.44667°N 82.52611°W |
| Area | 3.8 acres (1.5 ha) |
| Built | 1896 |
| Architect | Parke T. Burrows |
| Architectural style | Shingle Style |
| Demolished | June 30, 2015 |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000555[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 4, 1995 |
Efforts to conserve the house edit
In August 2013, the home was still in the Reasoner family, which hoped to have it relocated and saved when the underlying land was sold for commercial development.[3] The home was scheduled to be demolished for construction of a RaceTrac gas station.[4]
On June 30, 2015, the Reasoner house was demolished. After standing for 119 years, it was torn down in approximately one hour.[5]
References edit
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#95000555)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Egbert Reasoner Florida Hall of Fame
- ^ Kennedy, Sara (August 16, 2013). "Manatee historic preservation efforts criticized by owner of 117-year-old home". Bradenton Herald. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara (June 6, 2014). "Plans for new RaceTrac mean demolition for historic "Beth Salem" house". Bradenton Herald. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- ^ "Historic 119-year-old Reasoner home becomes rubble - Real Estate". Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
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