The best of the... 10. Dancing Crane Gallery. It offers a great place for local artists to display work and is comfortable gallery space. It is a paid show gallery... 11. St. Joseph Catholic Church. Bell ringing choir, homily, and sound system (Bose), made first visit enjoyable.

Saturday Openings: . June 8, June 22. July 13, July 17. Located At: 1404 Manatee Avenue East (SR 64) Bradenton, FL 34208. Our main entrance is on 14th Street East. Just look for “Old Cabbage Head”, our 1913 Baldwin Locomotive, welcoming visitors to the museum from SR 64.

Sweets Bakehouse. 4811 Manatee Avenue West Bradenton. 311 8th Street East Bradenton. Woman Owned. Recently Updated. Favorite. +1 941-928-0776.

They demonstrate how hard work and events, and sometimes serendipity, formed Manatee County. Our markers are placed all over the county from Bean Point in Anna Maria to the Craig Sugar Mill Chimney in Ellenton. The markers include steamboats, wharves, docks, sailboats, streets, churches, and schools. Featured residents include mayors, doctors ...

813. Braden Castle Ruins J Ginsberg (Atlas Obscura User) In the early 1840s, two brothers, Dr. Joseph Addison Braden and Hector Braden, arrived from Tallahassee to what is now the town of ...

Cuban food lovers will definitely enjoy the amazing selection of authentic Cuban sandwiches at Cafe Havana. This restaurant is located on 63rd St. and has some of the best sandwiches in town that you can enjoy alongside with a cup of rich Cuban coffee. Address: 1440 63rd Ave E, Bradenton, FL 34203. Phone: 941-751-9287.

The Society began identifying historical sites and events and erecting historical markers to commemorate them back in 1965. LEARN MORE. ... and images pertaining to local history. LEARN MORE. College Scholarships ; The Manatee County Historical Society has established a college scholarship for a deserving high school senior.

The docks bustle with fishermen - professional and amateur anglers alike - bringing in the day's catch. Pick up a walking tour map from the Cortez Village Historical Society and check out the rustic bungalows and fish houses, fine examples of Florida vernacular architecture. The village is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Names are powerful words. We call places, cities, and counties by their given names, often without a thought as to how they came to be called those names. Join Curator, Matthew Woodside, to learn about the forgotten origins of Florida place names through history, stories, and people who have called Florida home throughout the centuries.

Manatee Village Historical Park opened on July 6, 1976, to preserve and share the heritage of Manatee County's founding period (1840-1918). We do this through museum exhibits and a collection of historical and replica buildings set on nearly four acres under the shade of hundred-year-old oak trees. With 15 points of interest, we have something ...