Centennial Banners

There were 42 charter members, and the event was celebrated with a dinner at the Rod and Gun Club in Everglades City.

In 1939 the Collier Corporation offered land on the Circle in Everglades City for a building with the condition that the church be completed by October 1940.

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office was created on July 7, 1923, and William Riley “W.R.” Maynard was named the first Sheriff of Collier County.

In 1922 Barron Gift Collier, a wealthy streetcar advertising entrepreneur, bought the town of Everglade from the Storter family.

When Collier County was established in 1923 with the town of Everglades as its county seat, the county officials met in various buildings until this Collier County Courthouse was completed in 1928.

This Spanish-style stucco building was built in 1928 and typical of the 1920s Florida railroad architecture.