Fort Lauderdale Real Estate- How its Past Helps Shape its Future

By Alexandra Tarallo

The archaeological excavation of the second Stanahan Store has turned into an extremely popular exhibit that will run through February 11, 2007

The exhibit “Digging up the past” will showcase an array of artifacts uncovered during the site’s 1996-97 dig. The Stranahan Store is a Fort Lauderdale real estate treasure and a contributing factor to the knowledge our historians have obtained about South Florida’s past.

Frank Stranahan arrived in 1892 to take charge of the overnight camp and ferry crossing established at the New River by the Dade County government. He soon turned it into a succesfull trading post with the local Seminoles and a few years later, the Stranahan Trading Post was a South Florida landmark.

The second Stranahan Trading Post was built in the year 1906 by Ed King. In 1912, it was destroyed by a fire and the Oliver Building soon replaced it.

The center of action of that newly born community became the new city of Fort Lauderdale’s umbilical cord, feeding it with its rich history and molding it into a city that proudly preserves its architecture but has also taken a challenging leap into the new millennium with many state-of-the-art commercial and residential buildings.