Pigeon Key
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Pigeon Key Historic District | |
Location | Off US 1 at mile marker 45, Monroe County, Florida |
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Nearest city | Islamorada |
Coordinates | 24°42′14″N 81°09′19″W / 24.703991°N 81.155308°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1912 |
Architectural style | Vernacular Frame |
NRHP reference No. | 90000443[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 16, 1990 |
Pigeon Key is a small island containing the historic district of Pigeon Key, Florida. The 5-acre (2.0-hectare) island is home to 8 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, some of which remain from its earliest incarnation as a work camp for the
The island was originally known as "Cayo Paloma" (literally translated as "Pigeon Key") on many old Spanish charts - said [
Much of the 1978 television film Hunters of the Reef was shot on Pigeon Key.[2] Pigeon Key was one of the locations for the "Bal Harbor Institute" in the 1995 series of Flipper. It was seen in three episodes during season one including the pilot episode. It was also the site of the Finish Line of The Amazing Race 18 "Unfinished Business" in 2011.[3]
Pigeon Key Historic District
The Pigeon Key Historic District is a
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-hunters-of-the-reef-c/112246734/
- ^ Andy Dehnart. "Amazing Race ends with high notes but still has unfinished business of fixing its broken self". realityblurred. Retrieved May 13, 2017.