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Photograph of Sam Gilliam House
Photograph by Dtobias, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Sam Gilliam House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1949.

From the record

“The Sam Gilliam House is a historic home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is located at 11 Southwest 15th Street.”

Wikipedia article Sam Gilliam House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 39 National Register listings published here for Broward County · listed in 2001 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Gilliam, Sam, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 11 SW 15th St., Ft. Lauderdale, 33315
  • When was it listed? March 2001
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Fort Lauderdale
  • Architectural style. Mission Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 01000289 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1949 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Sam Gilliam House, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Sam Gilliam House, surveyed 1949

Fires near this property

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sam Gilliam House between 2011 and 2015, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 May 2015Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMEMORIAL (6)
23 November 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDUMP ( 06)

Every fire recorded in Broward County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sam Gilliam House: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dania PitPeat, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Powerline PitSilicaPast Producer
State Road QuarryStone, DimensionUnknown
Pegram MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sterling Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bates ProjectStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Deem PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ferncrest QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gateway QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rhodes PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Broward County

Maps showing this location

9 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Croissant Park Administration Building0.3 miles2001
South Side School0.5 miles2006
Williams House0.6 miles2005
New River Inn1.1 miles1972
Bryan Building1.1 miles1997
Stranahan House1.2 miles1973

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 01000289 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Broward CountyAll 39 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.