Fort Lauderdale - Fort Lauderdale Historical Society Museum

The Fort Lauderdale Historical Society follows the history of the area from the Pioneers of Fort Lauderdale to the present day. The complex, located on the New River, consists of four historic structures: the 1905 New River Inn, which houses the Museum of History and was the first building in Broward County to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places; the 1905 Philemon Bryan House, a four-square Vernacular style house; 1905 Acetylene Building, which produced acetylene gas to light the New River Inn; and the 1907 King-Cromartie House Museum, which belonged to one of the first pioneer families in Fort Lauderdale. Also on site is a replica of the first Broward County school house and the Hoch Heritage Center, a public research library that holds the largest collection of material related to greater Fort Lauderdale, including more than 250,000 historic photographs