The home of New River pioneers Frank and Ivy Stranahan will be closed for two months this summer for renovations. Work will begin on July 1 to renovate the second-floor porch at the landmark ...

Frank Stranahan, an Ohio businessman ... After Stranahan's untimely death in 1929 during an economic crisis, Ivy Stranahan rented out rooms of the home and leased the lower floor to a few restaurants.

Children will spend a week as a pioneer of Fort Lauderdale just like the city’s founders Frank and Ivy Stranahan. They will participate in pioneer activities such as butter making, craft ...

Eighteen-year-old Ivy Julia Cromartie was hired at $48 a month to teach in a school house built by Fort Lauderdale pioneers. She met Frank Strahahan who was managing a camp and ferry business at ...

Ivy Cromartie was born in 1881 in White Springs on the banks of the Suwannee River. She came to Fort Lauderdale in 1899 as Broward County’s first schoolteacher and married Frank Stranahan in 1900.

Frank Stranahan, and the first schoolteacher, Ivy Cromartie Stranahan. Stranahan House opened as a museum in 1984. The 2025 Pineapple Jam sponsors included Akerman, Amazon, Rogers, Morris ...

On the banks of the New River, the 117-year old Historic Stranahan House and Museum is the oldest building in Fort Lauderdale. It was home to the city’s founding family, Frank and Ivy Stranahan.

was among the first developments in the area for builder and landowner Frank Stranahan, who established the Stranahan Trading Post and together with wife Ivy Cromartie, became what is considered ...

Frank Stranahan, a three-time USA Walker Cup Team member who enjoyed a stellar amateur career, died on June 23 at the age of 90 in West Palm Beach, Fla. Stranahan won 51 amateur titles, including the ...

Is the Stranahan House . . . haunted? Stories have persisted for years that spirits linger in the 100-year-old home where Fort Lauderdale pioneers Frank and Ivy Stranahan lived. On a recent night ...