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1928

In 1928 he bought the Stuart Daily News.

1936

In 1936, Atlanta businessman Willaford Leach and his wife Anne Bates Leach, a Coca Cola heiress, purchased Mt.

1939

Named “Tuckahoe” (thought to be a Native American term for “Welcome”), the estate was completed in 1939 with the latest in architectural design for that time.

1950

The Leach family moved to Palm Beach in 1950 and sold the mansion and surrounding property to the Catholic Church and the Sisters of St Joseph based in St Augustine.

By Edwin A Menninger, reprinted in the 1950 Anniversary of the Stuart News with my location references.

1972

The sisters operated Florida’s only 2-year liberal arts college until 1972 when the entire property was purchased by Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), a 4-year college offering degrees in marine science.

1986

In 1986, the Town of Sewall’s Point commissioners ordered the demolition of a lovely old home that stood on a bluff overlooking the St Lucie River.

After closing FIT in 1986, the mansion and surrounding property stood vacant for more than a decade until local community leaders led a referendum drive to encourage Martin County to purchase the property.

2014

His words: “Going across the old Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart Florida this morning facing the new Roosevelt and old Railway bridges; Second photo is the fishing pier under the bridge.” September 22, 2014.

2021

State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/321138>, accessed 22 May 2021.

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