- February 25, 2025
Guild member expects the designation will bring more visitors
The Casements, 25 Riverside Drive, has been designated a Florida Heritage Site by the Florida Bureau of Historic Preservation. A historic marker was dedicated on Oct. 22 in a ceremony and it will be installed near The Casements sign, visible from Granada Boulevard.
The effort to get the designation was sponsored by the Casements Guild, and chaired by member Bob Akam.
“We don’t know why it hadn’t been done already,” Akam said at the ceremony. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The Guild is currently celebrating its 100th year in existence.
The marker provides a detailed history of the building.
Akam said he expects the marker to attract more people to take the free tours, which are available six days a week. Also, The Casements will be listed as a historic site on flheritage.com, which should bring visitors from out of town, he said.
Akam and others in the Guild applied online for the designation, and paid $2,550 which covered the cost of manufacturing the sign. The guild raises money for The Casements with fundraisers throughout the year.
