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Jolly Roger Hotel
The Fort Lauderdale City Commission's consideration of landmark status for the Jolly Roger currently, The Sea Club Resort, has been deferred until January 2009. See details below.
Jolly Roger Hotel currently known as The Sea Club Resort, 619 North Atlantic Boulevard
On March 6, 2006 . The Fort Lauderdale Historic Preservation Board recommended City Commission approval of landmark status for the original 1952 structure. Yielding to economic and market conditions affecting the owner, and in the spirit of cooperation, the Trust entered into an agreement with the owner to request delay of Commission approval until new construction plans were also set for approval. The owner has agreed, meanwhile, to commence specified restoration work.
Constructed in 1952-54, it is a unique example of Mid-Century Modern (MiMo) architecture with its whimsical, pirate ship motif, porthole windows, dramatic lobby with a two-story glass wall, and use of local coral rock throughout. The hotel's original section was the first in Fort Lauderdale to provide in-room air conditioning and has long been a favorite of honeymooners. The Jolly Roger's architect, M. Tony Sherman, was an inspired practitioner of nautical tropical modern style. Known for apartment buildings, hotels and shopping malls, he is especially recognized for the 1957 Las Vegas Tropicana Hotel and the beloved 1956 Lauderdale Beach Yankee Clipper. The Jolly Roger was built by Gill Construction Company whose owner, George W. Gill, has been described as "a promotional genius" and the "undisputed innovator and entrepreneur in the hospitality industry," who put Fort Lauderdale Beach on the tourist map.
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