Historic Spanish Point Campus

This walk in the footsteps of the past is sure to delight you if you love nature and are interested in Florida history. You can explore the park independently or join one of the guided tours offered. The building where you will begin your visit is the old Osprey Schoolhouse. It was one of five Sarasota County schools built between 1926 and 1928 to accommodate the population increase during the real estate boom of the twenties. Noted architect M. Leo Elliott designed this school in a simple, classic Spanish Colonial style. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Today it houses the visitor center. Your walk into the past begins here with the purchase of tickets, a short visit to the museum and a film screening. You will also receive a German brochure here. To the actual park entrance you drive a few more minutes with your car.

1 Review for Historic Spanish Point Campus

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Will be so surprised May 21, 2019 2:43 pm

5.0

After years of driving past this park, inconspicuous from the road (always with the thought in the back of our minds: we should check it out sometime), I finally took a trip to Spanish Point with two dear guests from Germany. This walk in the footsteps of the past really thrilled us. If you love nature and are interested in Florida’s history, I can only recommend a visit to Spanish Point – we found it to be a “quiet oasis with everyday life fading away”.

You can explore the park independently or join one of the guided tours offered.

The building where you begin your visit is the old Osprey schoolhouse. It was one of five Sarasota County schools built between 1926 and 1928 to accommodate the population increase during the real estate boom of the twenties. Renowned architect M. Leo Elliott designed this school in a simple, classic Spanish Colonial style. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Today it houses the visitor center. Your walk into the past begins here with the purchase of tickets, a short visit to the museum and a film screening. You can also get a German brochure here, which served me as a model for the following description. To the actual park entrance you drive a few more minutes with your car.