Rufus P. Jordan House

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Rufus P. Jordan House
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Location760 Broadway St., Longboat Key, Florida
Coordinates 27°26′16″N82°40′55″W / 27.43778°N 82.68194°W / 27.43778; -82.68194 Coordinates: 27°26′16″N82°40′55″W / 27.43778°N 82.68194°W / 27.43778; -82.68194
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built1920
Architectunknown; builder, Rufus P. Jordan
NRHP reference # 05000844 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 12, 2005

The Rufus P. Jordan House, also known as Mar Vista, is an historic house located at 760 Broadway Street at the north end of Longboat Key in Manatee County, Florida. Built by Rufus P. Jordon for himself out of rusticated cement blocks fabricated on site, it remained a single family residence until 1942, when then owners Wayne Sipe and his wife, relatives of Rufus Jordan and his wife, divided it into apartments. In the 1980s it became the Mar Vista Restaurant. [2]

On August 12, 2005, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. About the historic Mar Vista Reataurant

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