The Keewaydin Club is a historic site in
Naples, Florida
Naples is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the historical city (i.e. in the immediate vicinity of downtown Naples) was 19,115. Naples is a principal city of the Naples-Marco Island, Flori ...
. The Inn, which opened in 1934 and closed in 1999, is located at the north
end of
Keewaydin Island
Keewaydin Island is a primary barrier island located off the coast of Naples, in Collier County, Florida, United States. It can be reached only by boat.
It is managed by the State of Florida's Coastal Office, in cooperation with NOAA, within the ...
.
On December 22, 1987, it was added to the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
. The Island remained basically natural with no cars or vehicles other than a golf cart at the club on the few southern hundred yards of the 7 mile long island where the rustic but charming club and its guest cottages were located. The island guest strollers would carefully scan the tidal harvest for the daily incoming batch of sea shells, one of the best beaches in Florida for finding many unusual specimens. From mid island, beach walkers could see
Marco Island
Marco may refer to:
People
* Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco
* Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor
* Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin
* Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish ...
in the distance, highly glitzy and very developed since the 1960s, the opposite of the old pre World War II Florida on untouched and in no way commercialized or developed Keewaydin Island.
Ferry access to the Inn was aboard the ''Kokomis'', a 21-footer now part of the
Collier County Museum.
References
External links
Collier County listings at the National Register of Historic PlacesFlorida's Office of Cultural and Historical ProgramsFlorida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs: Collier County listingsFlorida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs: Keewaydin Club
National Register of Historic Places in Collier County, Florida
Buildings and structures in Naples, Florida
1934 establishments in Florida
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