Donate TodayHistorical Village Home to 1927 Sanibel Post Office
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.”[…]
A POEM BY SAM BAILEY (1924-2010)
June 30, 2020 – “A Poem By Sam Bailey. In 1900 was the beginning of Bailey’s store. However, some of us […]
SEE A GENERAL STORE FROM FOUR GENERATIONS AGO AT THE SANIBEL HISTORICAL VILLAGE
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. […]
EXPLORE AN AUTHENTIC FISHING COTTAGE AT THE HISTORICAL VILLAGE
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. […]
WOULD-BE GAS STATION BECOMES TEA ROOM IN 1926
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. […]
BELOVED CRACKER HOUSE AT SANIBEL HISTORICAL VILLAGE
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.[…]
MEET SOME VOLUNTEERS FROM THE SANIBEL HISTORICAL VILLAGE
March 18 2020 – Alan and Edina Lessack started volunteering at the village around 2010 and came to Sanibel in the late 1980s when a cousin invited them to spend a week at their Casa Ybel condo. “We fell in love with the island and immediately purchased two weeks of timeshare, which we did over the next 20 years,” they explained.[…]
HISTORICAL VILLAGE HONORS VOLUNTEERS
March 18, 2020 – Although the luncheon honoring the volunteers of the Sanibel Historical Village had to be canceled due to the coronavirus, the village still wants to celebrate its devoted volunteers, in particular those celebrating milestone years of service.[…]
EVENT CANCELED: FISH – AND FISHY – STORIES TO BE TOLD AT HISTORICAL MUSEUM TWILIGHT TALK
March 13, 2020 – The Sanibel Historical Village will present its final Twilight Talk of the season on April 7 at 7 p.m. at The Community House. The topic is “Fish (and Fishy) Stories of Sanibel.” Speakers will be Jim Pickens, Ray Rhodes, and Ty Symroski.[…]
EVENT POSTPONED: QUILT SHOW COMING TO SANIBEL HISTORICAL VILLAGE
March 6, 2020 – Quilts, quilts, and more quilts will be on display at the Sanibel Historical Village starting March 24 through April 30. Forty (40) vintage quilts from all over the country and dating from the 1830s through the late 1900s, will be arranged and hung for viewing in the village’s nine historical buildings.[…]