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Celebrate Stuart’s 100th
The city of Stuart’s official
incorporation 100 years ago will
be observed with a celebration
March 29 at the Lyric Theatre in
downtown Stuart. The event, “A
Century in Review,” presented
by the Stuart Heritage Museum
and the Woman’s Club of Stuart, will feature music,
singing, dancing, skits, period fashions and a narrated
photographic retrospective of life in Stuart over the last
100 years. Volunteer actors will present re-enactments
occurring in Stuart during its pioneer years, the
Roaring ‘20s, the Great Depression, the war years and
continue to the present.
Proceeds will benefit the nonprofit Stuart Heritage
Museum and the Woman’s Club of Stuart.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and may be
obtained at the Lyric, at lyrictheatre.com or by calling
772.287.7827.
Century-old
Houses
celebrated on tour
I In observance of the city
of Stuart’s 100th anniversary
since incorporation, the Stuart
Heritage Museum held its
annual homes tour at a dozen
houses or buildings constructed
before 1914. Here are the stories
of some of the vintage locations
featured on the Feb. 15 tour. Alice L. Luckhardt
The Kitching home, built in 1894, is still owned by descendants of the original owners.
Kitching Home
The oldest home on the tour route is the Walter and Emma Kitching home
at 210 SW Atlanta Ave. George Fultz built a wooden vernacular frame
home for the couple in the fall of 1894 on land purchased by Walter in
1883. The Kitching residence was the first modern home built in the community
and was further modernized when Stuart’s first windmill was erected around
1902, along with installation of the first indoor bathroom. The property is still
owned by descendants of the Kitchings.
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