Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1956.
“The Punta Gorda Fish Company Ice House is a historic site near North Captiva Island, Florida. It is located at the north shore entrance to Safety Harbor.”
Wikipedia article Punta Gorda Fish Company Ice House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Lee County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 38 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 1 fire within 5 miles of Punta Gorda Fish Company Ice House in 2015, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CAYO COSTA (36) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whidden Fish Cabin at Captiva Rocks | 2.4 miles | 1991 | |
| Leneer Fish Cabin at Captiva Rocks | 2.4 miles | 1991 | |
| Hendrickson Fish Cabin at Captiva Rocks | 2.5 miles | 1991 | |
| Punta Gorda Fish Company Cabin | 2.5 miles | 2003 | |
| Norton Fish Cabin at Captiva Rocks | 2.5 miles | 1991 | |
| Larsen Fish Cabin at Captiva Rocks | 2.5 miles | 1991 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000320 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lee County | All 50 listed properties in this county. |
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