History
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1885
Walter N. Haldeman founded Naples in 1885.
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1885-1889
A dock on the western shore of Naples Bay was built for initial access to Naples.
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1885-1889
Population: Madison and Nancy Weeks, their three sons and a daughter.
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1887
Naples was platted in 1887 and filed in Lee County.
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1888
The first two structures built in 1888 were the 600-foot Naples Pier and the 16-room Hotel Naples facing it.
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1888
Pier under construction 1888
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1894-1911
Dock on Naples Bay 1911. Storter houseboat with windows beside fishermen.
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1894-1911
The dock on Naples Bay being initial access to Naples. Sketch by Robert L. Storter, born 1894. He remembers it. Dock on Naples Bay.
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1894-1919
First bridge over Gordon River. Sketch by Robert L. Storter, born 1894.(he remembers it). A one-car wooden bridge over the Gordon River was built.
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1950-1959
Population: 1,465.
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1950-1959
The original two-cell jail on 10th Avenue South was demolished.
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1950-1959
The Naples Mosquito Control District was created.
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1950-1959
The development of Port Royal began.
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1950-1959
Tourism picked up and motels began being built at a fast rate.
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1950-1959
Fifteen-bed Naples Community Hospital opened.
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1950-1959
Caribbean Gardens, established in 1919 by Dr. Henry Nehrling, was developed this decade.
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1950-1959
The Naples Garden Club was founded.
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1950-1959
Naples Players, Inc. was organized.
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1950-1959
Naples Civil Air Patrol was organized.
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1950-1959
Two more banks opened on Fifth Avenue South, Naples Federal Savings & Loan and the First National Bank.
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1950-1959
The Naples Art Association was incorporated.
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1950-1959
Coquina Sands was developed.
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1950-1959
River Park was developed.
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1950-1959
The Moorings was developed.
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1950-1959
Third Street was developed.
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1950-1959
The City of Naples Zoning Board of Appeals was created.
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1950-1959
Royal Harbor was developed.
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1950-1959
The City purchased the Robert L. Storter house at 758 8th Street South for the first City Recreation Center.
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1950-1959
Naples’ second school, Lake Park Elementary, was built.
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1950-1959
The city’s first sewer system extension program was initiated.
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1950-1959
Television service was inaugurated.
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1950-1959
The City constructed a second water plant.
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1950-1959
Originally paved with shell, city streets began being paved with crushed limerock.
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1950-1966
The City began using voting machines, on loan from Collier County.
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1952
W. Roy Smith, Mayor 1950; 1952; 1954; 1956; 1958.
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1953
The 1953 expansion of City Hall included the addition of a Fire Department and Police Department and Jail.
