Lido Key Real Estate
Beach Homes in Sarasota - Barrier Island Real Estate
About Lido Key
An intriguing blend of past and present, this stylish
neighborhood is only a short walk from the famed St.
Armands Circle and Lido Beach. The 225 home neighborhood
offers a wide mix of architectural styles, ranging from
Old-Florida to Mediterranean to Contemporary. Many of
the smaller or older homes are currently being renovated
or replaced with miniature mansions and elaborate estates.
Residents are conveniently close to downtown
Sarasota,
the airport and theater district.
Just to the north, Lido Shores is surrounded by the Gulf
of Mexico, Sarasota Bay and New Pass. This picturesque
locale provides the perfect backdrop for dramatic, upscale
homes created by some of Sarasota's most talented architects
and designers. The area has attracted artists, intellectuals
and successful entrepreneurs. Many of the homes on the
Gulf are now being sold, remodeled or replaced, as are
some bayside homes with their views of the Sarasota skyline.
Deed-restricted, the area offers its own private beach,
accessible only to homeowners of Lido Shores.
History
of Lido Key
Paleo
and Calusa natives lived on the shores of Lido Key for
approximately 4,000 years. Evidence suggests they worshipped
the sun. They all but disappeared with the arrival, in
the 1500s, of Ponce de Leon, Hernado de Soto, and Panfilo
Narvaez, who sought, but didn't discover, gold and silver.
The Spanish Explorers left. There would be hardly any permanent
residents on Lido Key for the following centuries. Sarasota, Longboat Key, and St.
Armands grew in wealth and population
when businesses, such as a Scottish group, the Florida
Mortgage and Investment Company, and single developers,
such as Bertha Potter Palmer and John and Mabel Ringling,
bought land. It is said that the first golf course was
developed in Sarasota by the Scottish group. John Ringling
of the Ringling Bros, saw in Lido Key and St.Armands prime
land for an international shopping mall and a mansion as
a second white house for President Warren G.Harding. He
constructed bridges and named each street on Lido Key after
a president.
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