The Sewall Home, Dock and Pineapple Fields

The Sewall Home, Dock and Pineapple Fields (HM2CZS)

Location: Stuart, FL 34996 Martin County
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Country: United States of America
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N 27° 10.715', W 80° 11.302'

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Henry Edwin Sewall (1848-1925)

In 1889, Capt. Henry Seawall and his wife, Abbie, settled on the peninsula that bears their name. Previously, the Sewall family inherited a third of the 16,000-acre Miles-Hanson Grant, awarded by the king of Spain in 1823. Within the grant were the southern 130.8 acres of the Sewall's Point peninsula.

Henry Sewall built a home, cleared his land and planted pineapples. A long freight dock was built into the Indian River at the southeastern tip of the peninsula and for many years served as a popular stopping place for travelers.

A Sewall's Point Post Office was established in May 1891 and continued in operation until 1918.

Henry Sewall served as a Dade County commissioner in 1893, when south Sewall's Point was within Dade County, and as a state representative in 1894-95. A public-spirited person, he was also active in the Pineapple Growers' Association and the Club of Hutchinson island from the time it was established in 1895 until his death thirty years later.
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HM NumberHM2CZS
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Placed ByTown of Sewall's Point
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Date Added Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 at 4:01am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 580400 N 3006475
Decimal Degrees27.17858333, -80.18836667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 27° 10.715', W 80° 11.302'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds27° 10' 42.9" N, 80° 11' 18.12" W
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Area Code(s)561, 772
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3 E High Point Rd, Stuart FL 34996, US
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