Reasoner, Egbert, House

3004 53rd Ave. E., Oneco, Florida. County/parish: Manatee.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 04, 1995. NRIS 95000555.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Beth Salem

From Wikipedia:

Egbert Reasoner House

The Egbert Reasoner House (also known as Beth Salem) was an historic house located at 3004 53rd Avenue, East in Oneco, Florida. It was built in 1896 for Egbert Reasoner, a horticulturalist who was inducted into the initial 1980 class of "Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame" members. Reasoner and his brother founded Royal Palm Nurseries. He is credited with introducing the pink grapefruit to Florida. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Despite this, it was demolished in 2015.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77843022

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