Historic Laurel Park

Click here for a printable walking tour of the historic district.

The following are references to the historic structures listed on the above map:

Morrill Street:

• 1. 1630 Morrill Street – “Dunnebacke House”, ca. 1919
• 2. 1672 Morrill Street – “Roseburn”, ca. 1880’s
• 3. 1936 Morrill Street – “Kimmel Chapman House”, ca. 1925
• 4. 1944 Morrill Street – “Lemont House” , ca. 1920
• 5. 1952 Morrill Street – “Mary Staller Guest House”, ca. 1925

Laurel Street:

• 6. 1630 Laurel Street – craftsman style bungalow, ca. 1925
• 7. 1646 Laurel Street – “Craig Clements Home”, ca. 1925
• 8. 1667 Laurel Street – ca. 1924
• 9. 1677 Laurel Street – ca. 1899
• 10. 1685 Laurel Street – “Louise Apartments”, ca. 1925
• 11. 1702 Laurel Street – Seventh Day Adventist Church, ca. 1925
• 12. 1836 Laurel Street – “Robar Apartments”, ca.1924
• 13. 1868 Laurel Street – Workman’s cottages, ca. 1925
• 14. 1870 Laurel Street – Workman’s cottages, ca. 1925
• 15. 1920 Laurel Street – “Nash Residences”, ca. 1925
• 16. 1927 Laurel Street – “Katie Mae Hale House”, ca. 1926

Rawls Ave:

• 17. 525 Rawls Avenue – monterrey style balcony apartments, ca. 1929

South Orange Ave:

• 18. 539 S. Orange Avenue – “Sarasota Herald Building”, ca. 1925

Oak Street:

• 19. 1608 Oak Street – “Belvedere Bungalow”, ca. 1928
• 20. 1616 Oak Street – “Lynn L. and Mildred G. Silvertooth House” , ca. 1928
• 21. 1630 Oak Street – “Marable House”, ca. 1924
• 22. 1637 Oak Street – “Spanish Oaks”, ca. 1925
• 23. 1675 Oak Street – “Jerome K. Martin House”, ca. 1931
• 24. 1703 Oak Street – “Sperry Apartments”, ca. 1925
• 25. 1716 Oak Street – “Ella Dula Westerman Tenant House”, ca. 1927
• 26. 1739 Oak Street – “Harrness Carriage Shop”, ca. 1914
• 27. 1824 Oak Street
• 28. 1840 Oak Street – “Town of Tomorrow House”, ca. 1940
• 29. 1841 Oak Street – “Honorable John Early Home”, ca. 1925
• 30. 1855 Oak Street – ca. 1925
• 31. 1873 Oak Street – “Gesneriad Research Foundation”, ca. 1925
• 32. 1876 Oak Street – “Dr. Walter C. Kennedy House”, ca. 1926
• 33. 1911 Oak Street – “Lynn A. Curtis House”, ca. 1925
• 34. 1922 Oak Street – “Pat Valdo House”

Ohio Place:

• 35. 320,326 Ohio Place – Homes of Developers Rhodes & Hale, ca. 1925
• 36. 325 Ohio Place – “San Juan El Dorado Apartments”, ca. 1925
• 37. 542 Ohio Place – “J. Walter Taylor Family Home”, ca. 1941
• 38. 642 Ohio Place – “Grace and Effie Bills House”, ca. 1925
• 39. 651 Ohio Place – “John and Mary Erte House”, ca. 1925
• 40. 652 Ohio Place – ca. 1925
• 41. 659 Ohio Place – “”E.J. Bacon House”, ca. 1914

South Osprey Avenue:

• 42. 229 S. Osprey Ave. – Silva Apartments
• 43. 310 S. Osprey Ave. – “Frederickson House”, ca. 1939
• 44. 404 S. Osprey Ave. – “Seminole Apartments”, ca. 1925
• 45. 540 S. Osprey Ave. – “Frederick and Margaret Meyer House”, ca. 1925
• 46. 555 S. Osprey Ave. – “Sen. Joseph Humphries House / Nelson Lodge”, ca. 1903
• 47. 558 S. Osprey Ave. – “Warren Guptil House”, ca. 1916
• 48. 636 S. Osprey Ave. – “Moses L. Tomlinson House”, ca. 1910
• 49. 700 S. Osprey Ave. – Lily White Cleaners

Madison Court:

• 50. 512 Madison Court
• 51. 527 Madison Court
• 52. 543 Madison Court

Julia Place:

• 53. 324 Julia Place – “Chief Francis Scott Home”, ca. 1925
• 54. 315, 327 ,405 Julia Place – ca. 1925

Over the century, Laurel Park has been the home to many notable people, including:

• Grace and Effie Bills
• Lynn and Helen Curtiss
• John and Mary Dunnebacke
• Eliza Webb-Guptil
• Joseph H. Humphries
• Dr. Walter Kennedy
• Bertwood and Clara Lemont
• Eddie and Ethel Marable
• Jerome Martin
• Frederick and Margaret Meyer
• Joseph and Clara Nash
• Irving M. Nelson
• Gene Plowden
• Lynn and Mildred Gill Silvertooth
• J. Walter Taylor
• Pat Valdo