The Executive House is a historic house located at 125 West Del Monte Avenue in

Clewiston Clewiston is a city in Hendry County, Florida, United States. Its location is northwest of Fort Lauderdale on the Atlantic coastal plain. The population was 7,327 at the 2020 census, up from 7,155 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city in ...

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. The house is locally significant as a well preserved example of the

Mediterranean Revival style Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references to Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonial ...

in Clewiston and as a representative work of Palm Beach architect Clark J. Lawrence.

Description and history

It is a two-story, Mediterranean Revival style house with a three-story square tower with an irregular floor plan at one corner. The exterior walls have a stuccoed finish, resting on a concrete slab foundation, and are covered by cross-gable, hip, shed, and flat roof components. Tar and gravel is used for the flat roof; asphalt shingles cover the remaining roofed surfaces. The house is constructed of wood frame, covered with stucco. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

on February 5, 1998.

References

External links

Hendry County listings
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National Register of Historic PlacesHendry County listings
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Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
Houses in Hendry County, Florida Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida National Register of Historic Places in Hendry County, Florida Houses completed in 1929 1929 establishments in Florida Mediterranean Revival architecture in Florida {{HendryCountyFL-NRHP-stub