Colonial Revival (1876 – Present) The colonial revival style became popular after the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Chicago. The style is characterized by symmetrical front faÇades with a columned porch and evenly spaced windows on either side. The structures are typically two stories.
Tucked into an area on the west side of Vero Beach, bounded on the north by State Road 60, on the south by 16th Street, on the east by 20th Avenue and on the west by 27th Avenue lies a woodsy neighborhood of big trees and little houses. Catty cornered to the north and east is the original town of Vero. It is these two areas that caught the attention of the Vero Beach City Council as they were making plans to carry out the goals of the 2005 Vision Plan.
To that end, they hired Anna Brady to update the first historic survey of the city that had been conducted in 1990 by Historic Properties Associates of St. Augustine, Fla. They couldn’t have chosen a better person. Not only was she a resident of one of the neighborhoods, she had been involved with a number of groups interested in preserving the historic landmarks in our community. It is in her 2008 report that much of the information for this article is found.
Essentially established by the Indian River Farms Company to attract developers and residents to the area, the town of Vero was officially named in 1913. An area just west of the Florida East Coast Railroad was laid out for business and residential neighborhoods – that’s the Original Town neighborhood on the map. Herman Zeuch, the treasurer and general manager of Indian River Farms Company, played an important role in the town design. He named the streets after Native Americans with 14th Avenue called Seminole Avenue, 16th Street called Mohawk Avenue and 20th Street called Osceola Boulevard, after the warrior chief of the Seminole Tribe.
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