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Another one of my favorite buildings in Sarasota is the Woman's Club on the corner of Cocoanut and Palm Aves. It was built in 1915 and served as the Woman's Club throughout most of the 20th Century. It now belongs to the Florida Studio Theater. A couple of reasons come to mind as to my attraction to this building; first, in among all the Mediterranean Revival architecture styles around town, here was a little building that was more English Tudor in design. What was that about? It certainly stood out and was unique among all the red tiled roofs and quatro foil designs with its half timbered exterior walls and diagonal mullioned windows (or perhaps leaded glass). Of course, it was not strictly English Tudor but certainly enough so to distinguish it from all the Mediterranean buildings that prevailed in Sarasota. And second, but certainly not lesser in importance to us, it was where our wedding reception was held more than 53 years ago.