LEMON BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
EIN 65-0128320 · Visual Arts (A40)
What they do
Although The Lemon Bay Historical Society Owns The Historic Building That Was Englewoods First Church, The Land It Sat On Was Leased. The Lease Was Set to Expire In 2018 and The Society Was Informed That The Lease Would Not Be Renewed. The Society Offered to Buy The Land But The Owner Declined The Offer. In Addition, Parking Was An Issue. In Order to Save This Historic Building, to Ensure Problem-free Parking and Access for Community Events, The Historical Society Elected to Raise The Funds Required to Move The Building to A Lot It Owned On The South Side of The Lemon Bay Cemetery. This New Location is More Appropriate As An Historical Setting As It is Adjacent to The Burying Ground of Many of Englewoods Pioneer Families. Over $200,000 Has Been Raised and The Building Was Successfully Moved to Its Permanent Home On 9/11/18. Over $30,000 Was Raised In 2019 to Restore/preserve The Historical Building. Renovations Were Completed In 2019 and The Building Was Available for Use As of October
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Leadership and board
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CAROL GARRETTPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1989
- Location
- PO BOX 1245, ENGLEWOOD, FL 34295-1245
- County
- Sarasota
- In care of
- Carol E Garrett
- Primary officer
- Charles Hicks
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- KRUEGER AND ASSOCIATES PA
- NTEE classification
- Visual Arts (A40)
- IRS tax category
- Visual Arts