Historical Markers

Sarasota County Historical Marker

Historical markers are placed around the county to inform the public about Sarasota County persons, places and events that are prominently identified with local, state or national history or pre-history.

Historical plaques are frequently placed on or near a building or other historic resource that has been officially designated as historically important. On recommendation of the county's Historic Preservation Board, the Sarasota County Board of Commissioners approves such designations in the unincorporated part of the county.

The Sarasota County Board of Commissioners authorized the marker program in 1976 as a function of the Sarasota County Historical Commission.



average vote = 5
Miakka School
average vote = 5
Municipal Airport/Lowe Field
average vote = 5
Municipal Auditorium, Recreation Center and Hazzard Fountain
801 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
average vote = 5
Newtown Community Center/Robert L. Taylor Community Complex
 Nokomis Cemetery
 Nokomis School
234 Nippino Trail, Nokomis
average vote = 5
Oaklands-Woodlawn Cemetery
 Owen Burns Historical Marker and Burns Court Herald Square
Junction of Orange Ave. and Pineapple Ave., Sarasota
average vote = 5
Payne Park
 Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus Winter Quarters

Featured Markers

Oaklands-Woodlawn Cemetery

The Florida Mortgage and Investment Company deeded five acres in 1905 to Trustees John Mays, Willis G.P. Washington, Lewis Colson, Campbell Mitchell and J. P. Carter for a "colored" cemetery. The land was platted in 1910 as Oaklands Cemetery. For a few years in the late 1920s the cemetery was known as Pepperhill. By 1929 it was called Woodlawn.Read More »

Newtown Community Center/Robert L. Taylor Community Complex

The Robert L. Taylor Community Complex grew out of the “Colored Service Men’s Club” building that had served black soldiers during World War II. Newtown resident John Floyd supervised construction of the wood frame structure.

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Circus in Venice

Among the number of circuses that have called Sarasota County home, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus [RBBB] is the largest and the one that has had the longest association with Venice.  Its roots go back to a small show the five Ringling brothers established in 1884. The winter quarters was in Baraboo, Wisconsin, home of the Ringlings. Bridgeport, Connecticut, winter quarters of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, became its second home.  In 1927, John Ringling brought the circus winter quarters to Sarasota, where it remained until 1959.

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