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“In the City’s Comprehensive Plan
                                                                                              there is a line, which has been there
                                                                                                  since the plan was formed in the
                                                                                             late 1940s, which states that officials

                                                                                            ”need to …protect the character and
                                                                                                         identity of our community.
                                                                                            In the City’s Comprehensive Plan there is a line, which has been there since the
MARKING HISTORY                                                                             plan was formed in the late 1940s, which states that officials need to …protect
                                                                                            the character and identity of our community. Since officials have a hard time
On March 1987, Mayor Edwin Putzell, along with                                              defining the character and identity of the City, because all subsequent decisions
Naples City Council, of which Mayor Barnett was a                                           of developments and variances, would be measured by these points, the best I do
council member then, put forth resolution 87-5225                                           to “save history” was to plot the points where the history and heritage of the City
supporting the application for a section of Old Naples                                      of Naples began. You can find the complete 20 site listings at www.Naplesgov.
to be placed on the National Registry of Historic                                           com/NaplesBronzeMarkers/.
Places. This resolution was sent to the State of Florida
and the United States of the Interior and on December                                       On April 13, 1925, the Town Council of Naples met in the 1921 Olde Naples
17, 1987, the Historic District of Naples was officially                                    Building at the corner of Broad Avenue and Third Street South, which thankfully
accepted along with the Keewaydin Club and its 13                                           has been brought back to it its original look. To learn more on the character of
cottages located on Key Island. (The cottages have                                          Naples History, visit Palm Cottage, the Naples Depot and the Heritage Trail
since been torn down and part of the clubhouse, which                                       Museum inside Naples Trolley.
was moved, is still in use.)

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