The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 13, 1953, Page 8

THOMPSO F ede Real Est. One of the showplaces of Key. West, Thompson island and home, Blend Of Solid Northern Construction And Tropical Splendor In Landscaping By SUSAN MsAVOY bil ate Editor ~ the Norberg “Tslita’” off Roosevelt boule- vard is built for cdolness in summer and warmth in winter, Mrs. Thompson, widow of Key West's leading entre- preneur, lives in the lovely West Indian Colonial house with her daughter and son-i Knight. The Thompson house planned for tropieal living and forglarge scale entertaining is in the grand man- ner, . Driving over a curving wooden wwidge, reminsicent of a medieval noat, I pulled into the spacious lriveway and before the large two- | itory solid conerete house, The entrance hall of the man- sion tiled in large blocks black ‘and white, is two stories, with a circular wrought iren and brass stairway leading to the four bedrooms and balcony up- stairs. n-law Mr. and Mrs. Edward} normal size to eat . Thompson guests, A huge pantry and kitch- | en, utility room and powder room complete the first floor of the mansion. Decorated in subdued colors and | mogifiedsmodern furniture, the Thompson “house is comfortable and gracious. Coppleted in 1942, Mrs. Thomp- }son said the. key was originally + | boulevard, Her husband had a seawall built then pumped in marl from the | ocean bottom to create “‘Islita” the real name’‘of the place. jand Catherine Streets, just a small patch of marl off the | 8: , ISL SOT AND MA \Gato Real Estate Sells : KW Property For $23,500 Tax Certificates Issued To Mrs. Dorothy Daniels Gato Real Estate and Improve- ment Company made the largest sale of the week, $23,500 to Sou- | thern Enterprises, Inc., which has its offices at 1101 Eaton Street, Key West. The Gato company sold land at| bidder at the Courthouse tax sale the southeast corner of Grinnell) on Monday. The property thus ac- together | quired by Mrs. Daniels is all in with buildings and privileges. Loren: C. Troup sold to Mr. and! NSION. owner, for $610, of four acres on Key Latgo; to Harold Sundvall, 226-D Poinciana place for $125, land in Palm Villa, Big Pine K and to Sundvall for $70 each, two |Mrs. Webster Lee Brainerd {oy [100 im Fine en, Tie or Key; = : s ‘o J. B. Hartley, 225-D Poinciana 915,000 the west half of tract tem place, $60 for a lot in Pine Crest: in Edmonds Acreage Tracts. ‘to Florence E. Torres, 1022 Grin- Dr: and Mrs. Joseph J. Groom! nell Street, for $50 a lot in Palm }of Miami have bought 15 acres of | Villa }land on Key Largo from Mr. and} | Mrs. Harry Goldberg. Robert A. Dion and John B. Dion have made sales of land in Seven tax certificates were is- Grassy Key as shown by correc- | sued to Mrs, Dorothy Daniels, 822/ tive deeds recorded last week, The Fleming Street at $60 each, for| first deed-is from Mr. and Mrs. Property she bought as highest| Robert A. Dion to Mr. and Mrs. Neal B. Witmer, of lots 16 through 25, Crain’s. Subdivision of Grassy Key. The second deed is from |Palm Villa, Big Pine Key, Other tax sales Were made to! through 25; The third from Rob- John Dion to the Witmers; lots 16! | Parrish, Marathon; for lots { through 15, Crain’s subdivision, | Mr. and Mrs, Ernest R, Smith have sold for $1,000 to William | B. Shealey, an undivided one- half interest in 40 acres on Key Largo. The Smiths have sold an undi- vided half interest in another | Parcel to Shealey also. Shealey 8 | teenths interests being in the oil, g minteral rights of that land. Mr, and Mrs. Matey Thomas have sold for $1,000 to Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Formont, land at Lowe Street and Ocean Avenue, Taver- nier Beach. Lucy E. Lowe, widow has sold has bought an undivided two-six- | in 280 acres | held by the Smiths, the interest | and other | ‘for 1800 to Hilario Ramos, 207 Sa R. E. Crane, largest Keys land- yert Dion and his wife, to Mary E. | Duval Street, part of the Virgil S. | price, $800. Lowe subdivision in Big Pine Key,| Eva Warner Gibson and Talbot She has also sold to the Strand) R, Gibson her husband, and Wil- | Theater of Key West part of the|liam W, Warner and Margery same. subdivision, for the same (Continued On Page Nine) [trees FOR THE KEYS AND COAST Grajied Sapodilias . . . Mam arinds . oe tee tae « (Tabebula Olive 4 Bio andy J rxiirs. NEWCOMB NURSERY onnaituraus ff ey Apples... Mangoes .. . Tam- - Therniess Key Limes .. . Air Layers of Ruby X Fi ++» Jacaranda ri a anu Date Palms... Plone 262, Rt. 2, Box 519, Homestead, Fla.— Redland Rd. So. of Bise. Dr. + « Post rig ag « =» Seedlings of : Always Open... . 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Flanking the east side of the entrance hall is the formal din- . Ing reom with its painted blue walls showing a tropical scene, and» mahageny oblong table that has stretched out twice its ~ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ion, Landseape architects and in- | terior decorators were employed | to finish the job. | ‘The insular location of the house | on its seven acres of marl gives it | more privacy than almost gny other place in Key West. Only the } sound of planes from nearby Mea- cham and the distant rumble of sic jest tao ears on the Boulevard bring in the | outside world. j | ‘The second floor of the house | | contains four bed rooms and four | ; baths. Servants quarters are over | | the garage. | j Actually the house is a blend of | | the solidity of a northern mansion | iin a tropical setting. | | Native New Yorker = Mrs. | Thompson, perhaps with Hudson | River ansions’ in mind, ~ has | caught some of that feeling in the | design of her house. 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