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that connects Stuart’s downtown with the
Atlantic Ocean.
In 1926, when St. Lucie Estates began its
second year, a brochure called “St. Lucie
Estates on the Beautiful St. Lucie River in
Stuart” was distributed nationwide. The
brochure enticed readers with the abundance
of tropical trees and foliage, boasting
that more than one million plants and
trees grew in a nursery to supply St. Lucie
Estates.
An excerpt reads: “One street, shaded by
the dense foliage of ancient mangos, has
become one of the show spots of Stuart”
— a reference to one of the boulevards
lined with giant mango trees that remain a
hallmark of the subdivision.
St. Lucie Estates Inc. platted one final
section in 1927. Two years later the stock
market crash ended South Florida’s land
boom and triggered the Great Depression.
Some later sections remained undeveloped
until after World War II.
An era of prosperity after World War II
brought a new wave of development to St.
Lucie Estates, driven by returning soldiers
and the baby boom demand for new housing.
Unfinished streets were paved and a
new building type — the ranch house —
joined the older revival-style houses.
Now considered historic, these ranch
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