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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WSQ_eduardo-h-gato-house-historical_Key-West-FL.html
This house, with its elaborate Queen Anne style detailing, was built c. 1894 by E. H. Gato, Sr. (1847-1926). The Gato family was one of Key West's most prominent families, and three generations of the family lived here until 1951. Eduardo H. Gato …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WSP_war-of-1898-historical_Key-West-FL.html
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In April of 1898 it was graciously offered and converted to a 400 bed United States Army Hospital for the treatment of soldiers and sailors, ill with dangerous tropical diseases or wounded in battle, during Cuba's War of Independence.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WGX_cornish-memorial-ame-zion-church-historical_Key-West-FL.html
Founded in 1864, Cornish Chapel members began building their church in 1885. Designed to resemble European cathedrals, it served as a place of worship, school, and refuge during inclement weather. The foundation was quarried from the site and its …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W55_navy-days-at-fort-jefferson-historical_Key-West-FL.html
In 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine sailed from this anchorage to her destruction in La Habana harbor. "Remember the Maine" became the rallying cry for the Spanish-American War that followed. The anchorage served the navy through World Wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W54_the-dry-tortugas-home-to-a-myriad-of-life-historical_Key-West-FL.html
These coral islands surrounded by warm water are ideal habitats for birds, turtles, shellfish, coral, fish, and other form of ocean life. Nearby Bush Key is a spectacle of sooty and noddy terns during their March to September nesting season. View …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W51_gunrooms-historical_Key-West-FL.html
The 8- and 10-inch columbiads were standard U.S. cannon for coast defense. They were cast-iron, muzzle-loading smoothbores. The 8-inch weighed 9,210 pounds and when elevated 4" threw a 65-pound ball about a mile. From the top of the fort, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VJQ_eduardo-gato-cigar-factory-historical_Key-West-FL.html
This is the second Gato cigar factory located on this site. The first structure was a wooden factory built in 1884 and destroyed by fire in 1915. The second factory was built as a hurricane and fire proof structure in 1920. It features large windo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R9W_e-h-gato-cigar-factory_Key-West-FL.html
The Gato Cigar Factory was constructed by Eduardo H. Gato in 1916. This Neo-Classiscal Revival, poured-concrete structure with a large central courtyard was constructed after an earlier wood frame factory on this site burned. Numerous windows prov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N2M_the-history-of-the-southernmost-point_Key-West-FL.html
In 1773 George Gauld, a British surveyor & cartographer, placed the Southermost Point at 24°29'N latitude and 82°35'W longitude. At the time Cayo Hueso, now called Key West, was part of the Spanish Empire. John Simonton purchased the island Dece…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LR4_the-samuel-o-johnson-house_Key-West-FL.html
Constructed in 1886 by Samuel Otis Johnson. The structure started out as a grocery and butcher shop as well as a residence. It was purchased in 1913 by Dr. William Richard Warren. Doctor Warren's medical offices consisted of the front porch used a…