With the belief there s no time to start like the present, the society is holding a rummage sale of the building s contents from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 17.
The two-story Roman classical-style building was operated as a bank from 1927 to 1962, even expanding with a rear addition. But after the bank closed, it went through a series of lessees and owners. At one time it was the publishing house for the Everglades Echo. It served as a boarding house and got a makeover to become a bed and breakfast, with a spa shortly after 2000.
Empty building blues only part of the problem