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Osprey, Florida
Real Estate
Sarasota Mainland
Judge John G. Webb of
Utica, New York was the first man to settle in
the area he later named Osprey, after the large
bird that nests in the loftiest branches of the
town’s indigenous pines, live oaks and
gumbo limbo trees. The Osprey Post Office was
established in 1884 with Webb as its first postmaster.
Today’s Osprey,
located on Little Sarasota Bay, is a thriving
community with abundant residential
opportunities. Osprey is noteworthy for being
the site selected in 1910 by Bertha Honore Palmer,
widow of Chicago magnate Potter Palmer and an
early Sarasota visionary, for her winter estate
and gardens.
At Spanish Point, site
of the estate, she designed elaborate gardens
while preserving early pioneer
dwellings and the remains of the area’s
prehistoric past. Historic Spanish Point remained
in the Palmer family until 1980, when the site
was donated to Gulf Coast Heritage Association.
Osprey is also home to Oscar Scherer State Park,
1,384 acres of pine and scrub flatwoods located
on the banks of a small tidal creek. The park
offers canoeing, a swimming lake, campgrounds,
nature trails, bicycle paths and picnic areas.
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