Frank Stranahan built the house as a trading post that later became the city’s first bank, hotel, and post office. His wife, Ivy Stranahan, was the city’s first schoolteacher. Today ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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.

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.

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 ...

Built on land purchased from Fort Lauderdale pioneers Frank and Ivy Stranahan, Old Dillard was the city's first school for African-American students in 1907. Lining the walls of the museum are ...