Stranahan House

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One of Florida's oldest residences, the landmark Stranahan House is a fine example of Florida frontier design. Constructed from Dade County pine, the house has wide porches, exceptionally tall windows, a Victorian parlor, the original furnishings and fine tropical gardens. It was the home and store for Ohio transplant Frank Stranahan, who built a small empire trading with the Seminole but killed himself by jumping into the New River after real-estate and stock-market losses in the late 1920s.

It was constructed as the home and store for Ohio transplant Frank Stranahan, a trader who built up a small empire through dealings with the Seminole Indians. Eventually, Stranahan became despondent over losses in the land and stock market busts of the late 1920s and over the collapse of his Fort Lauderdale Bank, and he committed suicide by jumping into the New River.