Category: Historic Building

August 13, 2020 – “The Sanibel School for White Children was constructed in 1896 at the corner of what is now Bailey Road and Periwinkle Way. In 1903, it was moved up Periwinkle”[…]

June 28, 2020 – “Prior to 1926, the postal system on Sanibel was run out of the postmasters’ homes, which were located on the eastern end of the island.”[…]

June 30, 2020 – “A Poem By Sam Bailey. In 1900 was the beginning of Bailey’s store. However, some of us […]

May 21, 2020 – “If we don’t have it, you don’t need it!” That was the motto Sam Bailey gave to his family’s general store, and a humorous one for a general store located on a still pretty isolated island. […]

April 21, 2020 – Visitors to the Sanibel Historical Village can explore Burnap Cottage, an 1898 fishing cottage built by Sam Woodring. The building sat on the tip of Tarpon Bay for about 100 years before being moved to the village. Photos of Esperanza Woodring, Sam’s widow, adorn the walls. […]

April 7, 2020 – Miss Charlotta’s Team Room once sat on the bay next to the old Bailey General Store. It now resides at the Sanibel Historical Village and is one of the favorite buildings of visitors. […]

March 26, 2020 – There is a place on Sanibel where visitors can step back in time and see a real “Cracker house” built in 1913.[…]

January 28, 2020 – When visitors come to the Sanibel Historical Museum & Village, we take them as far back as the late 1800s on Sanibel and show them what life was like for the pioneers who braved the harsh conditions of the time. […]

October 2, 2019 – The Sanibel Historical Village re-opens October 15, Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Among this season’s highlights are several Twilight Talks and the village’s annual gala fundraiser, which will be held on February 18 at The Community House. “We are again offering a reciprocal museum membership,” Alfino explained. […]

May 3, 2019 – The Sanibel Historical Village will remain open during the BIG ARTS construction project. The project will continue through the remainder of the historical village’s season and into next season, but parking and access for village guests and volunteers will be available throughout that time. The traditional entrance to the village has […]