Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1956.
One of 103 National Register listings published here for Sarasota County · listed in 2002 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Hermitage-Whitney Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,971 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 10 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRIDGE ST 2 (58) |
| 9 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BARNACLE CT (58) |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ENGLEWOOD SPORTS COMPLEX (58) |
| 4 August 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LINCOLN DR (58) |
| 30 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 58-LEMON BAY PARK FIRE-0471 |
| 30 August 1995 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Natural | 14 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROBIN RD. (58) -0543 |
| 21 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BRIDGE ST (58) |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hermitage-Whitney Historic District: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit Number 007 | Calcium | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Englewood, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Englewood | 1 hurt, $12,000 | Thunderstorm winds of up to 45 mph produced five foot waves which capsized a fourteen foot boat and injured a man thrown overboard in Lemon Bay. |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Englewood | $30,000 | A total of 5 to 9 inches of rain fell during the event with the hardest hit area along Price and Salford Boulevards in North Port. The flooding was severe enough that the American Red Cross opened a shelter for displaced residents. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Englewood | - | Hail the size of quarters was reported in Englewood. |
| October 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Englewood | - | A 79 mph wind gust was measured by a tide monitor in Englewood. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Englewood | - | Public reported golf ball-size hail in the Englewood area. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lemon Bay Woman's Club | 1.6 miles | 1988 |
| Manasota Beach Club Historic District | 2.1 miles | 2023 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02001261 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sarasota County | All 103 listed properties in this county. |
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