Swampy in Punta Gorda
The Chamber of Commerce in Punta Gorda is also the 1903 former home of A.C. Freeman. He was quite the business man in Charlotte County and thus had one of the grandest houses at the time. His story, what I could quickly find of it, reminds me of Mr. Breckinridge, the merchanile store owner in Richard Powell’s book, ‘I Take This Land’, that was fictionally set in the same area.
Below, believe it or not, the VERY large sculture below sits in front of the building above. The combination is odd. The statue was dedicated in 2006 and is named ‘Calostimuku’.
March 26th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
[...] was out in southwest Florida. While there I roamed Punta Gorda. See a couple photos by clicking here. Then I was in Englewood where I saw a bobcat in the Rotunda development. See the bobcat photos by [...]