Bacon and Tomlin, Inc. ran their real estate and insurance office at 201 South Palm Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. This building was built sometime before 1925 and for years served as the real estate and insurance office of Bacon and Tomlin, Inc. Its use as a commercial office for real estate and insurance ties it directly to the economic life recorded at this address. The building's historic importance was officially recognized on March 22, 1984, when it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
That listing places this address among the preserved sites noted in Sarasota County. As you stand here, you can consider the continuity represented by a single structure that carried a company's name and a city's commercial activity through decades. You are close enough to examine details and appreciate how this place connects to Sarasota's recorded history.
Notice the entry and windows at 201 South Palm Avenue, a single structure that carried one company's name through decades of Sarasota's commercial life.