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Indian Hills Golf Course has been a cornerstone of Fort Pierce since 1938. The Par 72 course, designed by Herbert Strong, challenges and welcomes golfers of all levels of play. For those not up to par, Indian Hills offers a variety of quality instruction by PGA Professionals, which include private instructions, group lessons and junior golf instructions.
Indian Hills Golf Course
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Seven Gables Visitors Information Center
c. 1905
(408 North Indian River Drive)
P.P. Cobb Building c. 1875 The Cobb building was one of the first trading posts on the Treasure Coast of Florida, located at the end of the Cracker Trail which crossed the state. Constructed with cypress siding and representative of Florida Cracker architecture, the building is used for retail on the first floor and businesses on the second.
(772) 468-9152
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Sunrise Theatre
c.1923
Completed in 1923, the Sunrise was built as a vaudeville theatre. The interior features a full-size stage, orchestra pit and balcony. Closed in 1983, the theatre is being renovated to its original elegance as a 1200 seat performing arts theatre
www.sunrisetheatre.com
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Old City Hall
c. 1926
Old City Hall is one of the best-regarded and frequently used buildings on the Treasure Coast of Florida. Built at the height of the Florida boom in 1925, it was the first historic building to be restored in downtown Fort Pierce in 1995. Since then, historic preservation has been one of the principal successes of Fort Pierce’s redevelopment efforts and many beloved landmarks have found a new life in the contemporary world. To rent the second floor for a special event, please call (772) 466-3880
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Manatee Observation and Education Center
(406 North Indian River Drive)
The Manatee Observation and Education Center is open year-round and features a classroom, exhibit area and gift shop open six days a week. Manatees can be observed in Moore's Creek all year long, although more are found frolicking in the Creek in the winter months.
www.manateecenter.com
E-Mail: manatee@fpua.com
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Backus Gallery
(500 North Indian River Drive)
Backus Gallery is home of "Bean" Backus, Florida's foremost landscape artist. Many of his Florida landscape paintings are displayed here.
(772) 465-0630
www.backusgallery.com
The Backus Studio
122 A E Backus Avenue
(772) 460-5517
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Fort Pierce City Marina
(1 Avenue A)
Fort Pierce City Marina is the only downtown marina serving the Treasure Coast. Conveniently located along the beautiful Indian River Lagoon, the marina is one of Florida's best all-weather inlets and offers 284 slips.
(772) 464-1245
www.fortpiercecitymarina.com
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Heathcote Botanical Garden
(210 Savannah Road)
A live museum of tropical flowers and foliage, both from native and exotic, including an enchanting Japanese Garden. Educational programs year round.
(772) 464-4672
www.heathcotebotanicalgardens.org
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*St. Lucie County Historical Society Museum
(414 Seaway Drive) (772) 462-1795
*UDT/SEAL Museum
(3300 North A1A) (772) 595-5845
*St. Lucie County Marine Center
home to the Smithsonian Marine Ecosystem Exhibit
www.sms.si.edu.index.htm
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Fort Pierce Magnet School for the Arts
The Magnet School for the Arts buildings housed the first high school in St. Lucie County. At the time, city leaders designed schools to last well into the future, and to be elegant and noticeable. Today, several buildings in these well-planned urban campus have been skillfully restored and the surrounding historic neighborhood has become a very attractive place to live.
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Downtown Roundabout
The Downtown roundabout is the best-known public space in the city. It was the first of many streets rebuilt in the mid -1990’s designed to improve pedestrian safety and enhance the aesthetics of otherwise routine public works. Future urban projects throughout the Treasure Coast of Florida, including several roundabouts built in Fort Pierce and St. Lucie County, followed many of its innovative features.
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Willie B. Ellis Police Substation
The Willie B. Ellis Police Substation is a beautiful public building. The street and building were designed to complement each other with a porch that wraps around the sidewalk and a small public meeting room.
(772) 461-3820
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Public Library
(101 Melody Lane)
The new Public Library is the most used facility in the library system. Citizens and visitors enjoy the waterfront location and the comfort of the Mediterranean style building. The Library was the first new public building of the 1990’s and was constructed in a very visible location and designed to inspire a new standard of construction for future downtown buildings. The Library’s reading room overlooks the Indian River Lagoon and the downtown’s waterfront park.
(772) 462-1615
www.st-lucie.lib.fl.us
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