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Monday 9:30am - 4pm Tuesday 9:30am - 4pm Wednesday 9:30am - 4pm Thursday 9:30am - 4pm Friday 9:30am - 4pm Saturday 9:30am - 4pm Sunday 9:30am - 4pm

Everglades Society for Historic Preservation, Inc.

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The Everglades Society for Historic Preservation (ESHP) aims to raise awareness of our unique history and of our wealth of historic buildings.

Our Mission Statement:
Through advocacy, education, and stewardship, ESHP connects the Everglades Area to its rich past, celebrating its diverse heritage, and inspiring future generations by preserving its shared history, arts, and culture. It is unusual in Southwest Florida to find an area with so many original structures and so many families who can trace their ancestors back to settlements here in the late 1800’s. ESHP’s mission is to preserve historic sites, structures, documents, artifacts and memories within the Everglades area. The Society was founded at the end of 2004. Its territory of interest includes Everglades City, Plantation Island, Chokoloskee, Ochopee, Copeland & Lee Cypress, and Jerome.

11/04/2026

11/03/2026

These two turkeys have been seen walking along the streets in Everglades City. Hope they make it through the upcoming holidays.

11/02/2026

As you know, the Calusa were a native tribe that lived on islands and shores in Southwest Florida. On Fort Myers Beach you can visit a place where one of their shell mounds is cut away so you can see the centuries of shells they built their society - and houses - on.

🐚 You can walk down a set of stairs on Fort Myers Beach and step straight into the inside of a two thousand year old mountain of shells, built by hand by the Calusa, the powerful people who ruled southwest Florida long before Europeans arrived. The place is called Mound House, and its cut away view into an ancient shell mound is unlike anything else in the state.

The Calusa did not farm. They harvested the astonishing richness of the estuaries, and over many centuries they piled up the empty shells of whelk, oyster and clam into enormous mounds that raised their villages above the water and the storms. These mounds were engineering on a grand scale, foundations for a society of fishers, traders and warriors who resisted the Spanish fiercely for generations. A later house was built right on top of this one, and when it was studied, archaeologists opened a window straight into the layered heart of the mound.

Standing beside that wall of packed shell, layer upon layer, you are looking at twenty centuries of daily life stacked up like the pages of a book. 🌊 It is one of the clearest views into the ancient world the Calusa left behind. Have you ever seen one of Florida's great shell mounds up close and felt just how old this place really is?

11/02/2026

Come join us this Friday for our First Friday Social!

11/01/2026

Five new banners have been installed on the lampposts along Collier Avenue in Everglades City. These highlight our Florida Trail Town recreational activities: Birding, Hiking, Biking, Paddling, and Fishing! Come Stay and Play in the Everglades and the other area parks and preserves!

10/30/2026

If you'd like a fun day out, not far from home, remember our "sister" historical society in Bonita Springs!

Meet the locals. The feathered ones.

Everglades Wonder Gardens has been here since the 1930s. Ask our docents on Saturday at the Historic McSwain Home about the Piper Brothers, visit local history landmarks. Flamingos, gators and the oldest Florida vibes in town. Bring the kids or bring yourself.

Historic McSwain Home is at 27451 Old 41 Road, Bonita Springs
Open House - Saturday 11Am-5Pm

10/29/2026

Today, the Barron Collier Companies took a walking tour of historic Everglades City with Patty Huff, followed by a delicious lunch at the Rod & Gun Club. Thank you, Taylor, Patty, Denise and staff!

10/29/2026

Autumn in the Everglades!! The Muhly grass is blooming all around. Be sure to stop by and walk around the pathway for a beautiful spectacle of pink and purple!

10/28/2026

New puzzles available at our Everglades Area Welcome Center!! Stop by and see all our gift ideas. These are unique, and beautiful!

Address

207 Broadway Avenue W
Everglades City, FL
34139

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 4pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 4pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 4pm
Thursday	9:30am - 4pm
Friday	9:30am - 4pm
Saturday	9:30am - 4pm
Sunday	9:30am - 4pm

Website

http://www.eshp.org/

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