UPDATE: Almost 100 Historical Society supporters enjoyed a perfect November Sunday cruise.
The Historical Society of Sarasota County (HSOSC) is hosting its 21st Cruise and Tour of Sarasota Bay on the LeBarge tour boat on Sunday, November 4, 2012 from 11 am to 1 p.m. The cruise will be narrated with fascinating facts about Sarasota by popular local historian John McCarthy while guests enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast and a cash bar at noon.
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Mother’s Day (or any other gift-giving occasion) is always a conundrum: she seems to have everything and need nothing (but your love and devotion of course). But fortunately, the Historical Society of Sarasota County has the perfect solution to your gift-giving problem: a brick!
Nothing says loving like a brick.
The Historical Society of Sarasota County salvaged the bricks from Main Street and Lemon Avenue when the station depot was being demolished. We have them laid as the walkway into the 1882 Bidwell-Wood House, Sarasota County’s oldest surviving residence, for a lasting memorial. Each year the new etched bricks are laid on Pioneer Day with a celebration for new brick owners.
You can honor anyone including yourself with an etched historic brick. A donation of $100 or more creates a permanent reminder of your loved one and participation in Sarasota History. Each year the new etched bricks are laid with ceremony to honor those who support Sarasota history in the walkway.
To honor your mother in front of this historic home, or to inscribe a brick for yourself, your loved ones, or a special occasion, simply print out this form and mail it in: Brick Reservation Form. Prefer to do it by phone? Call Linda, Site Manager, any weekday between 10 and 2 at 941-364-9076 or email us at hsosc1@gmail.com
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LeBarge Historical Cruise March 2012
Members of the Advisory Board and the Board of Directors attending the Historic Cruise on March 11, 2012. From left: Brenda Lee Hickmann – Advisory Board and Committee Head for the Cruise / Linda Garcia – Board Member and Site Manager / Veronica Morgan – Advisory Board and the preservationist that saved our buildings from destruction! / Jane Kirschner-Tuccillo – Board Member and Immediate Past President. Jane’s husband John Tuccillo got the greatest seat up with the mermaid! It was a beautiful day and Larry Kelleher did a great job story telling as we traveled north all the way to the Ca’d’Zan in honor of the Ringlings 100th anniversary of arriving in Sarasota. We do these tours twice a year as a major fund raiser for the Historical Society of Sarasota County. The next one is scheduled for November 4, 2012….hope you can plan to join us. We leave from the bayfront at 11am and return at 1pm and a continental breakfast is included in the price of the ticket. Please sign up as a follower on the right side of this page if you have not done so already to get all the new posts as they happen in your email.
We finally found a great “Full Spectrum Handyman” – Mr. Rolbin Rodriguez who finished the outside work on the Bidwell-Wood House this spring
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He was able to use the pieces of frames we had on property and finish all the window screens. He also finished painting the east side of the house and all the window trim. THANK YOU Rolbin!
Now Available!!! The Spring Newsletter which has been mailed to all our members is now posted on our website in COLOR!!! Please take a moment to get all the latest updates and news.
We are so fortunate to have great donors in our area that are willing to part with their treasures knowing they have a safe place to live here at the Historical Society of Sarasota County.
Click on this link to check out the upcoming classes: classes winter 2012
#1 – The Board of Directors voted for an increase in our membership dues beginning January 1, 2012. Single membership will be $30, Family membership, $50 and a Lifetime membership, $300. Please send in your renewal or call the HSOSC office at 941-364-9076, M-F 10 to 2, and charge your renewal quickly and easily.
#2 – Member Survey – Please fill out this form: Member Survey October 2011 at your earliest convenience and return to us. We need to know for what our members would like to participate in to help us raise operating funds. Just print out the survey, fill it in, bring it to our next meeting or event, or drop it in the mail to us at: HSOSC, PO Box 1632, Sarasota, FL 34230.
We hope you get a chance to visit the Crosley “Festival of Trees” and enjoy over 50 decorated Christmas Trees including OURS!!! Our fabulous volunteer (soon to be a member?) Margaret Behrends did a splendid job using Margret Bering’s paintings from our 2010 calendar. The tree is named “Historical & Whimsical” with each painting displayed and an adorable pink flamingo sitting atop with the flamingo sand dollars and colored candy canes. Click for info on the event.
AND in the Bidwell-Wood home our tree was decorated by Lorraine Orr – member and volunteer extraordinaire – with ornaments made from the nuts off the ground of the front yard! Lorraine also donated the wreaths in front of the house and Museum Gift Shop.
You are invited to join us for
on Sunday, January 8, 2012 from 2p – 4p in the Crocker Memorial Church. Barry & Judy Alexander are putting on display, for a limited time, their 3 story – “Beacon Hill Miniature Victorian Mansion.” We are celebrating its arrival with a special celebration to help generate operating funds.
Reservations are required. We will have limited seating so sign up at your earliest convenience. Live music will be provided by Sal Garcia 0f OMNI fame.
Call the office – 941-364-9076 to secure your seats….What a great idea to give tickets as a wonderful holiday gift!!!
HSOSC Member Lois Greer brought her Red Hat group to the Historical Society for an outing recently. Docent (and HSOSC Prez) Howard Rosenthal was on hand to greet them as they drove up 12th Street in a bevy of pre-WW1 automobiles driven by Lois’ husband Ed and his fellow old-car enthusiasts.
The ladies were a remarkable group – 11 women, all dressed in purple dresses with red hats (except for the one renegade who opted for a red dress and purple hat!)
Lois and Ed Greer are exceptional volunteers for HSOSC. They donated uncountable hours working on the restoration and painting of the two historic buildings in Pioneer Park since HSOSC moved the buildings to Pioneer Park in 2006. We always count on Lois for assistance as needed, and just try to keep Ed from posing one of his beloved cars for vintage photo ops during our events!
After touring the Bidwell-Wood House the ladies and their chauffeurs followed the music coming from the Crocker Memorial Church, our second historic building. The Sarasota Earlye Musicke Consort happened to be practicing that morning, and director Charlotte Trautwein graciously explained the early music and early recorder instruments to our guests. The group played a selection for the ladies, who then headed out for a luncheon.
If your club or social group is interested in such an outing, please contact our Site Manager Linda Garcia at 941-364-9076 or hsosc@yahoo.com for available dates and reasonable rates. Our Back Porch is perfect for your picnic or refreshments during season, but you’ll have to find your own vintage cars! We also have speakers available for club meetings.
Nancy Dunn has made a fabulous donation of a Tiger Oak Pedestal Table with Lion Head and Paw legs for the Bidwell-Wood House dining room. Her company is Estates Sales by Nancy Dunn, LLC and she also generously donated five matching chairs for the dining room and two beautiful red cushioned Victorian chairs for the upstairs hallway.
Your Historical Society will be putting our flag at the proper half-mast whenever we have a proclamation to do so. We have purchased the black ribbon to put on our flag to be doing it correctly.
How to fly your flag at Half Staff depends on what sort of flag pole you are using
When raising the flag to half staff on a vertical pole, always raise it briskly to the top of the flagpole for a moment before lowering it. When taking it down for the night, raise it to the top of the flagpole again & lower it to the bottom.
With a telescoping flag pole it is acceptable to put the USA flag on the second set of rings instead of the top set. In this case the top set would be left empty.
When the United States flag is flown at half-staff, State & other flags should be removed or flown at half-staff too.
For flags that can’t be lowered, such as those on many homes including our historic Bidwell-Wood House, the American Legion says that attaching a black ribbon or streamer to the top of the flag is an acceptable alternative. The ribbon should be the same width as a stripe on the flag and the same length as the flag.
Every so often, we get all of our members together for a Clean-Up Day, and we hope you can lend a hand next time.
All sorts of help is needed, from painting to dusting. Working together on a Clean-Up Day is the ideal time to learn what we have planned, to chime in with your thoughts and ideas, and to interact with some really cool folks: your fellow Historical Society members. Even if all you can do that day is pour the lemonade or take pictures, we urge you to come on down!
We scheduled a clean up day for Saturday – September 10, 2011 from 10am until 1pm. We had a very good turn out of working folks who did lots of furniture moving and rearranging the Bidwell -Wood house to be ready for docent tours.
The Sarasota Senior Theater Choral Group invites you to a concert in the Crocker Memorial Church on Sunday – August 28, 2011 at 2pm. Please join us for their departing event before becoming the Sarasota Silver Stars.
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