Experience the legacy of former slave Lawrence Brown who became a self-taught, highly successful business leader. The Historic L.B. Brown House is owned and operated by the Neighborhood Improvement Corporation of Bartow, Inc (NIC), a nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)(3)…
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Meet at the historic Polk County Courthouse in Bartow, on the third Saturday of the month at 11am to take an architectural tour of the iconic building that houses the Polk County History Center. Learn about the neoclassical…
The tour begins in the downtown area, continues to six locations in the city’s government center, and finishes with residential areas before returning to City Hall. A full walking tour, led by a docent, is available by appointment.…
Located along the highland ridge of Lake Wales, Florida, the Lake Wales History Museum is a historical museum housed in the town’s original Mediterranean-style 1928 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad station, which is listed on the National Register of…
Frostproof Historical Society’s downtown walking tour features six buildings by renowned Tampa architect M. Leo Ellion. The tour is approximately 1.5 miles and features 51 buildings. Guided tours are available by appointment. Contact Bea Reifeis at (863) 635-2523…
Florida Southern College is home to architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s largest collection of structures for one client in the world. Tours featuring the architecture go out daily. For more information, please visit our website at: https://www.flsouthern.edu/frank-lloyd-wright/home.aspx Shopping at…
Gene Leedy, a founding father of the “Sarasota school” of architecture, chose to make Winter Haven his home in 1954 when commissioned that year to build the Sparrow House. It was his first work in the quiet Polk…
Pick up a print copy of Art-i-facts at the Central Florida Visitor’s Center on Hwy 27 in Davenport, or at Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, RP Funding Center, Lake Wales Arts Center, Theatre Winter Haven, Public Libraries,…
Kenneth Treister at Florida Southern College March 23, Bok Tower Gardens: America’s Taj Mahal Dr. Jorge Santiago-Blay at Bok Tower Gardens March 24, The Gooey Stuff that Plants Ooze LAKE WALES, Fla. — The public is invited to…