Agenda 10/28/2008 Item #17B
Agenda Item No. 178
October 28, 2008
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
HD-2007-AR-11828, The Collier County Historical and Archaeological Preservation
Board, requests a Historical Designation for the existing specimen plants and trees on Lot 5
of the Naples Zoo, and the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse on Lot
5, which were part of the Dr. Nehrling tropical garden located on Collier County property
and leased by the Naples Zoo. The current zoning of the parcel is C-3 and "A" Rural
Agricultural, consisting of 13.35:!:: acre and is located at 1590 Goodlette Road North,
Section 27, Township 49 South, Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida.
OBJECTIVE:
This petition seeks to have the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) officially designate the
Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse and the native plants and trees that are
located on the original 13.35:!:: acre tract that was developed as a tropical garden by botanist Dr.
Henry Nehrling as an historic site pursuant to Section 2.03.07.E of the Collier County Land
Development Code (LDC).
CONSIDERATIONS:
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The Collier County Historic and Archaeological Preservation Board (HAPB) is vested with the
power, authority, and jurisdiction to designate, regulate, and administer historical and
archaeological resources in Collier County, as set forth in Section 8.07.02 of the LDC, under the
direct jurisdiction and control of the Board of County Commissioners (BCC). The HAPB
functions as an advisory board to the BCC. It is the intent of the HAPB to increase public
awareness of the importance and significance of Collier County's historical and archaeological
heritage by protecting, preserving and perpetuating Collier County's historic and archaeological
artifacts, sites, districts, structures, buildings, and properties.
The HAPB first reviewed and considered the application for historic designation of the Nehrling
tract containing the tropical garden during their public meeting on May 18, 2006. They
subsequently voted to forward a recommendation to the BCC to historically designate the subject
13.35:!:: acre site that is also located within and is a part of a larger 43.52 acre parcel owned by
Collier County and which is leased to the Naples Zoo (See attached location map).
The basis for the HAPB's recommendation is by virtue of the historical importance that
Nehrling's tropical garden played throughout the years starting with Dr. N ehrling in 1921 and
then with Julius Fleischmann's restoration of the gardens in 1954 by nurturing the old plantings
and then planting of new species. The Nehrling tract represents characteristics of historical
significance due to the cultural, social and economic history that contributed to the history in
Collier County and the life of Dr. Henry Nehrling who contributed to the protection of tropical
plants in Florida's agriculture and was a noted research scientist. On November 21, 1997, Dr.
Nehrling received the "Plant Protection A ward of Eminence" and "Honor Roll of Eminence"
awarded by the Florida Department of Agriculture.
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This petition was heard by the BCC on October 23, 2007 and at that time, the BCC continued
this petition indefinitely in order to allow the HAPB time to work with the Naples Zoo Board in
order to revise the Historic Designation to define specific areas that should be designated as
historically significant.
The HAPB also met with representatives from the Naples Zoo after the October 23, 2007 BCC
hearing, and reached a consensus to have a tree survey prepared that will plot the trees of
interest. The Tree Survey was completed on June 9, 2008, and presented to the HAPB at their
July 16, 2008 meeting. During that advertised meeting, the HAPB unanimously voted (5 to 0) to
forward a recommendation to the BCC to officially designate the qualifying specimen plants and
trees and the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse as significantly historic.
It should be noted that sites and structures designated historic may be eligible for administrative
variances or other forms of relief from building codes as follows:
Repairs and alterations may be made without conformance to requirements of
the Standard Building Code when the work has been issued a Certificate of
Appropriateness. . . provided that:
1. The restored building will be no more hazardous . . . than it was in its
original condition,
2. Plans are sealed by a Florida registered architect or engineer, if required,
3. The Community Development & Environmental Services (CDES)
Administrator has required the minimum necessary correction to be made
before use, in the interest of public health, safety and welfare.
Subject to a number of conditions, administrative variances can be approved regarding setbacks,
lot widths, depths, area requirements, and development regulations, open space and parking
requirements and similar variances not related to a change in use of the property.
A Certificate of Appropriateness is required to be issued by the Preservation Board for
designated sites before issuance of permits to alter, excavate, relocate, reconstruct or demolish;
these are needed before the issuance of building, tree removal, or demolition permits. They also
are needed before the issuance of building permits for new construction within an historic district
to ensure harmonious architectural design and to preserve the integrity of the historic district.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This petition required that a Request for Proposals (RFP) be done seeking proposals from
qualified firms capable of providing a Cultural Landscape Report for Dr. Nehrling's tropical
garden. The County paid Archaeological and Historical Conservancy (AHC) $19,500 which
came from the funds that were generated from the rent of Naples Zoo. The HAPB assumes that
the Naples Zoo shall have no financial obligations as a result of designating the trees and
structures historic on the subject 13.35::1: acre site.
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Staff time and resources connected with this petition and others that involve Historic and
Archaeological preservation are currently paid from Planning Fund (131). To date, review costs
and expenses associated with this petition total approximately $5,400. Since there is no fee for
this review and the applicable benefit is more appropriately aligned with a service provided
through the Unincorporated Area MSTD General Fund (111), CDES staff in coordination with
the Office of Management and Budget will set up the appropriate mechanism providing for
reimbursement of Planning Fund (131) from MSTD General Fund (111). In order to reimburse
Planning Fund (131) for review time and expenses associated with this petition and future
petitions anticipated during the fiscal year, staff would request that the Board of County
Commissioners approve all necessary budget amendments including the potential to move up to
$30,000 from MSTD General Fund (111) Reserves into the appropriate Fund (111) cost center.
Implementation of the conditions of approval made by the Collier County Historical and
Archaeological Preservation Board is subject to obtaining financial assistance and grants set
aside for historic preservation projects by the State of Florida and lor the federal government.
Furthermore, the County or its tenants may also contribute funds to assist with site preservation.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT:
The subject property is zoned Commercial Intermediate (C-3) and Agriculture (A) as shown on
the Future Land Use Map of the Growth Management Plan (GMP). The Land Development
Regulations have been adopted to implement the GMP in order to ensure protection of historic
resources. Policy 3.1: h of the Future Land Use Element provides protection of historically
significant properties.
HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRESERVATION BOARD (HAPB)
RECOMMENDATION:
On July 16, 2008, the HAPB voted 5 to 0 to forward petition HD-2007-AR-1l828 to the BCC
with a recommendation to designate the qualifying specimen plants and trees and the Caribbean
Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse as historically significant subject to the following
conditions of approval that have also been incorporated in Exhibit B to the Resolution of
adoption.
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1. The existing specimen plants and trees on Lot 5, and the Caribbean Gardens
Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse (8CR972) listed on the attached map (Exhibit A to
the Resolution) shall be this historic designation. These plants and trees shall be
maintained and labeled, as appropriate, historic by the Naples Zoo. In the event of a
natural disaster the Naples Zoo shall not be required to replant a similar species unless it
is at the discretion of the Naples Zoo and/or Collier County.
2. The first clearing for the proposed redevelopment of the Naples Zoo in the vicinity of the
Nehrling House Site (8CR974), and Slathouse (8CR975), indicated on the site plan
(Exhibit A to the Resolution) shall be monitored by a certified archaeologist. In the event
that artifacts are found, such artifacts are the property of Collier County. The display of
any historic artifact would be at the Collier County Museum unless the Naples Zoo
utilizes the Gatehouse/Gift Shop as a museum, then they can be displayed on-site.
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3, The HAPB assumes that the Naples Zoo shall have no financial obligations as a result of
designating the qualifying specimen plants and trees and the Caribbean Gardens
Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse as significantly historic. As funds are appropriated,
the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop (8CR972) and its outbuildings shall be
preserved. Providing public use is preferred. Consideration should be given to using the
building as a museum to interpret the Nehrling, Fleischmann and Tetzlaff legacies.
However, the execution of some of the recommendations will require identification and
securing of funding sources. No time or schedule is associated with any
recommendations made by the Preservation Board. While either the County or the
Naples Zoo may contribute funds directly to these projects, neither is required to do so.
4. If preservation of the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop and its outbuildings in its
original location as depicted on Exhibit A to the Resolution is not feasible then it should
be relocated and restored, In this last resort, the structure(s) should be moved to a
location as close as possible to the original site while maintaining their original spatial
relations as much as possible.
5. Management of the archaeological and historic resources listed on Exhibit A to the
Resolution shall comply with the provisions of the Collier County Land Development
Code.
6. Transportation Services Division shall be granted an unconditional exemption from
having to obtain a Certificate of Appropriateness for road improvements related to the
North-South service road, which runs parallel to Goodlette-Frank Road (CR-851). The
Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla) and the Padauk tree (Pterocarpus macrocarpus) (as
depicted on Exhibit A to the Resolution), juxtaposed to the proposed road alignment in
the existing North Parking Lot, shall be preserved to the maximum extent possible.
7. Figure 29 on page 38 of "A Cultural Landscape Assessment of the Nehrling Portion of
the Naples Zoo Property, Collier County, Florida" shall not be displayed by Collier
County absent an explanatory discussion of the swastika symbol.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This matter has been reviewed for legal sufficiency and is
legally.sufficient for Board action. -JW
RECOMMENDA TION:
Staff recommends that the BCC approve petition HD-2007-AR-11828 designating the qualifying
specimen plants and trees and the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse as
significantly historic subject to the recommendations made by the Historical and Archaeological
Preservation Board. Staff also recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve all
necessary budget amendments connected with the reimbursement of Planning Fund (131) as
described within the Fiscal Impact text and authorize the BCC Chairman to sign the Resolution
adopting the Historic Designation.
PREPARED BY:
- Melissa Zone, Principal Planner
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Department of Zoning and Land Development Review
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COLLIER COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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I-ID-2007 -AR-11828. The Collier County Historical and Archaeological Preservation Board,
requests a Historical Designation for the existing specimen plants and trees on Lot 5 of the
Naples Zoo, and the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse on Lot 5, which
were part of the Dr. Nehrling tropical garden located on Collier County property and leased
by the Naples Zoo. The current zoning of the parcel is C-3 and "A" Rural Agricultural,
consisting of 13.35 acre and is located at 1590 Goodlette Road North. Section 27, Township
49 South. Range 25 East, Collier County, Florida.
10/28/2008 9:00:00 AM
Prepared By
Melissa Zone
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Principal Planner
Date
Zoning & Land Development Review
10/15/20083:42:36 PM
Approved By
Susan Istenes, AICP
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Zoning & Land Development Director
Date
Zoning & Land Development Review
10/15/2008 4: 11 PM
Approved By
Ray Bellows
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Chief Planner
Date
Zoning & Land Development Review
10/16/200811:30 AM
Approved By
Norm E. Feder, AICP
Transportation Services
Transportation Division Administrator
Date
Transportation Services Admin.
10116/20082:27 PM
Approved By
Judy Puig
Community Development &
Environmental Services
Operations Analyst
Community Development &
Environmental Services Admin.
Date
1011612008 3:39 PM
Approved By
Nick Casalanguida
Transportation Services
MPO Director
Date
Transportation Planning
10/17/20082:21 PM
Approved By
Joseph K. Schmitt
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Community Development &
Environmental Services
Approved By
Community Development &
Environmental Services Adminstrator
Date
Community Development &
Environmental Services Admin.
10/17/2008 5:28 PM
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Jeff Wright
Assistant County Attorney
Date
County Attorney
County Attorney Office
10/20/2008 8:18 AM
Approved By
OMB Coordinator
Applications Analyst
Date
Administrative Services
Information Technology
10/20/2008 12:12 PM
Approved By
Mark Isackson
Budget Analyst
Date
County Manager's Office
Office of Management & Budget
10/21/2008 12:13 PM
Approved By
James V. Mudd
County Manager
Date
Board of County
Commissioners
County Manager's Office
10/22/20089:27 AM
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(This is a petition to designate a Site, District, Structure, Building, or Property as historically
significant Pursuant to Section 2.03.07.E ofthe Collier County Land Development Code)
PETITION NO.
DATE PETITION RECEIVED:
PRINCIP AL PLANNER:
{ABOVE TO BE F1LLED IN BY STAFF}
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OWNER'S NAME: Collier County Board of County Commissioners
OWNER'S ADDRESS: 3301 East Tamiami Trail, Naples, FL 34112
CONTACT: Marla Ramsey, Public Services Administrator
TELEPHONE: 239-774N8468
PETITIONERS NAME: (if different fi'om owner) same as above
PETITIONERS' ADDRESS: same as above
TELEPHONE: same as above
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT PROPERTY: attached
SECTION 27 TWP. 49 RANGE 25
CURRENT ZONING OF SUBJECT PROPERTY: C-3 and A
EXISTING LAND USE OF SUBJECT PROPERTY: Please provide a brief description of the
existing and historical land use and structures on the subject site and reference the attached
designation criteria where applicable. (Attach additional page if necessary)
Paraphrasing from "A Cultural Landscape Assessment of the Nehrling Portion of the
Naples Zoo Property, Collier County, Flodda," by Carr, et. a1.:
Presently the 13.35-acre NehrJing parcel is part of a zoological park in a well-maintained
botanical setting. The NehrJing parcel includes four buildings associated with Julius
Fleischmann's Caribbean Gardens, eight animal enclosures, and asphalt path system, two
playground areas, one restroom facility, two dug ponds, two or more spoil islands in one of
the ponds, one or more gravel parking areas, etc.
The site existed in a natural, undisturbed state until it was purchased by pioneel'
borticulturalist Henry Nehrling in 1921. Nehrling cleared parts of the land and established
a nursery and garden, The residence and slat house he built do not exist on site today.
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The area lay dormant from Nehrling's death in 1929 until it and surrounding land was
purchased by Julius Fleischmann in 1951. Fleischmann expanded upon Nehrling's plan to
create a botanical attraction and opened Caribbean Gardens in 1954. Caribbean Gardens
continued to operate as a botanical Garden until in 1968 death of Julius Fleischmann.
In 1969 the Fleischmann estate leased the property to Lawl'ence and Nancy Jane Tetzlaff,
who from 1969 to 2005 operated a zoological attraction. In 2005 a County referendum
approved the purchase of the Nchrling parcel and over 100 acres of surrounding propeliy
from the Fleischmann estate, and the County leased 45 acres to the newly formed nonprofit
organization, Naples Zoo.
ADJACENT ZONING AND LAND USE: (Provide brief descriptions of the surrounding land
use and zOlllng designations.)
Surrounding land uses include undeveloped natural land zoned Agricultural (A) to the east,
commercial uses zoned Commercial (C-l, C-2, C-3 and C-4) to the north and west. The commercial
uses include a bank, convcnience store, a car wash and a shopping mall and strip shopping. A
portion of land to the north zoned RMF-6 has rccently been purchased by a developer and plans for
it include mixed use development. To the south of the Zoo is the Conservancy, zoned Conservation
(C) followed by developed Residential Multi-Family (RMF-6) uses.
DESIGNA TION CRITERIA:
From "A Cultural Landscape Assessment of the Nehrling Portion of the Naples Zoo
Property, Collier County, Florida," by Carr, et. a1.:
The Nehrling parcel is not eligible for listing in thee National Register 0 Historic Places as a
cultural landscape~ although the Fleischmann gatehouse/gift shop structul'e located within it
is individually eligible. However, the Nehrling parcel does qualify for designation as an
historically and archaeologically significant site in accordance with the Collier County Land
development Code, Section 2.03.07 E, based on the following characteristics/criteria in the
Code:
1. Association with distinctive elements of the cultural, social, ethnic~ political, economic,
scientific, religious, prehistoric and architectural history that have contributed to the
pattern of history in the community, Collier County, the state 01' the nation.
The parcel is the location of pioneering horticulturalist and landscape architect, Henry
Nehrling's tropical nursery and plant introductory station which operated from 1921 to
1929. The parcel represents a distinctive scientific contribution to Collier County and the
State of Florida.
2. Association with the lives of persons significant in history.
Henry Nebrling was an important persoll who contl'ibuted to our knowledge of botany, and
hOl'ticulture on a local, State, and national level.
3. Embodiment of the distinctive chat'acteristics of a type, period, method or materials of
construction, or that possess high artistic values, quality of design and craftsmanship, of
that represent an individual architect or builder's prominence or contribution to the
development of Collier County, Florida.
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The subject parcel encompasses remnants ofNeht'ling's original gardens and Fleischmann's
Calibbean Gardens. The gatehouse/gift shop building for the Cal'ibbean Gardens was built
in 1954, and represents an important example of a Collier County tourist attraction with
distinctive architectural design.
6. Have yielded or are likely to yield information on local history OJ' prehistory.
The Nehrling parcel encompasses archaeological evidence of an important historic site, the
Nehrling slat house (8CR975), and possible the Nehrling homestead (8CR974).
The Designation of Historical/Archaeological Sites, Structures, Districts, Buildings and
Propelties as "Historically Significant" is authorized by Section 2.03.07.E of the Collier County
Land Development Code (LDC). The recommendation of the Historical and Archaeological
Preservation Board and the decision of the Board of County Commissioners will be based on the
below listed criteria. Provided a detailed response, including any documentation or other
resources, to each of the criteria, which is applicable to this petition. For consideration by the
Board of County Commissioners, the petition need only meet one of the required criteria.
However, a detailed response should be provided to any of the criteria, which appear relevant.
1. Association with distinctive elements of the cultural, social, ethnic, political, economic,
scientific, religious, prehistoric and architectural histol)' that have contributed to the
pattern of history in the community, Collier County, the state or the nation; or
2. Association with the lives of persons significant in history; or
3. Embodiment of the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, method or materials of
construction, or that possess high artistic values, quality of design and craftsmanship, of
that represent an individual architect or builder's prominence or contribution to the
development of Collier County, Florida; or
4. Location of historic or prehistoric activities such as habitation, religious, ceremonial,
burial, fOltification, etc. during a pmticular period to time, and may maintain a sufficient
degree of environmental integrity to reflect some aspect of the relationship of the site's
original occupants to the environment; or
5. An historic or prehistoric site which has been severely disturbed but which may still
allow useful and representative data to be recovered; or
6. Have yielded or are likely to yield information on local histOlY or prehistory; or
7, Derive their primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction of historical
impOltance; or
8. Is the bilthplace or-grave of an historical figure or is a cemetery which derives its
primalY significance fi'om graves of persons of transcendent importance, from age,
distinctive design features, or from association with historic events; or
9. A building or structure removed from its location which is primarily significant for
architectural value, or is the surviving structure most impoltantly associated with an
historic period, person or event; 01'
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A propelty primarily commemorative in intent if design, age, tradition or symbolic value
has invested it with its own historical significance; or
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Are listed in the National Register or Historic Places.
OWNER'S SIGNATURE
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PETITIONER'S SIGNATURE
(If different from owner)
DATE
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RESOLUTION NO. 08
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF A
13.35+/- ACRE PARCEL OF PROPERTY WITHIN THE NAPLES ZOO,
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE "NEHRLING PARCEL", MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, AS HISTORICALLY
SIGNIFICANT, PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 91-70, AS AMENDED,
THE "HISTORIC/ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRESERVATION ORDINANCE."
WHEREAS, on August 7, 1991, the Board of County Commissioners (Board), adopted
Ordinance No. 91-70, as amended, the "Historic/Archaeological Preservation Ordinance," which
sets forth the criteria and process by which Collier County's historic and archaeological sites,
districts, structures, buildings, and properties may be preserved through the designation of
"historically significant;" and
WHEREAS, the owner of the subject parcel, Collier County, filed an Application
requesting that the Board designate qualifying specimen plants and trees and the Caribbean
Gardens/Gift Shop and outhouse located on the property, commonly known as the "Nehrling
Parcel", located within the Naples Zoo, as historically significant; and
WHEREAS, the Collier County Historic & Archeological Preservation Board has
reviewed and considered the request at a public meeting held for that purpose and, finding that
the designation criteria contained in Section Eight of Ordinance No. 91-70, as amended, have
been met, recommended that the Board officially designate the qualifying specimen plants and
trees and the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse located on the Nehrling
Parcel, as depicted on the site plan attached as Exhibit "A", as historically significant, subject to
the conditions set forth in Exhibit "B".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
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1. In recognition of their significance in the historical heritage of Collier County and
South Florida, the specimen plants and trees and the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop
and outhouse, depicted on the attached Exhibit "A" and located on property commonly known as
the Nehrling Parcel, within the Naples Zoo, which parcel is more particularly described as:
Lot 5 of Naples Improvement Company's Little Farms, in Section
27, Township 49S, Range 25E, Collier County, Florida
are hereby designated as historically significant pursuant to Ordinance No. 91-70, as amended,
for the reasons set forth in the Application, subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit ..B".
2. The Nehrling Parcel shall hereafter be subject to the regulations of the Collier
County Historic/Archaeological Preservation Ordinance as they pertain to historically designated
property, including all applicable incentives and restrictions.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall be recorded in the Public
Records of Collier County, Florida.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second, and majority vote favoring same,
this _ day of
,2008.
ATTEST:
DWIGHT E. BROCK, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
By:
, Deputy Clerk
TOM HENNING, CHAIRMAN
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and legal sufficiency:
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JeffE. Wright
Assistant County Attorney
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1. The existing specimen plants and trees on Lot 5, and the Caribbean Gardens
Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse (8CR972) listed on the attached map (Exhibit
A to the Resolution) shall be this historic designation. These plants and trees shall
be maintained and labeled, as appropriate, historic by the Naples Zoo. In the
event of a natural disaster the Naples Zoo shall not be required to replant a
similar species unless it is at the discretion of the Naples Zoo and/or Collier
County.
2. The fIrst clearing for the proposed redevelopment of the Naples Zoo in the
vicinity of the Nehrling House Site (8CR974), and Slathouse (8CR975), indicated
on the site plan (Exhibit A to the Resolution) shall be monitored by a certified
archaeologist. In the event that artifacts are found, such artifacts are the property
of Collier County. The display of any historic artifact would be at the Collier
County Museum unless the Naples Zoo utilizes the GatehouselGift Shop as a
museum, then they can be displayed on-site.
3. The HAPB assumes that the Naples Zoo shall have no fmancial obligations as a
result of designating the qualifying specimen plants and trees and the Caribbean
Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse as significantly historic. As funds are
appropriated, the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop (8CR972) and its
outbuildings shall be preserved. Providing public use is preferred. Consideration
should be given to using the building as a museum to interpret the Nehrling,
Fleischmann and Tetzlaff legacies. However, the execution of some of the
recommendations will require identification and securing of funding sources. No
time or schedule is associated with any recommendations made by the
Preservation Board. While either the County or the Naples Zoo may contribute
funds directly to these projects, neither is required to do so.
4. If preservation of the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop and its
outbuildings in its original location as depicted on Exhibit A to the Resolution is
not feasible then it should be relocated and restored. In this last resort, the
structure(s) should be moved to a location as close as possible to the original site
while maintaining their original spatial relations as much as possible.
5. Management of the archaeological and historic resources listed on Exhibit A to
the Resolution shall comply with the provisions of the Collier County Land
Development Code,
6. Transportation Services Division shall be granted an Wlconditional exemption
from having to obtain a Certificate of Appropriateness for road improvements
related to the North-South service road, which runs parallel to Goodlette-Frank
Road (CR-851). The Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophyIla) and the Padauk tree
(Pterocarpus macrocarpus) (as depicted on Exhibit A to the Resolution),
juxtaposed to the proposed road alignment in the existing North Parking Lot,
shall be preserved to the maximum extent possible.
7. Figure 29 on page 38 of "A Cultural Landscape Assessment of the Nehrling
Portion of the Naples Zoo Property, Collier County, Florida" shall not be
displayed by Collier County absent an explanatory discussion of the swastika
symbol.
Exhibit B
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Archaeological and Historical Conservancy, Inc. -rt;
4800 S.W. 64'h Avenue. Suite l07 Davie, FL 333] 4 l~
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Amanda T O\vnsend
Operations Analyst
Collier County Puhlic Services Division
3301 E. Tamiumi Truil, Building II Room 217
Naples, FL 34112
RE: Nehrling Parcel (2006.97)
Cultural Land'icape Assessment
Dear Amanda,
Please find enclosed a draft of ABC Technical Report #76J, A Cultural [.cmd,cape
Assessment (~f the .:Vehrling Portion of the lVaples Zoo Parcel. Collier County, Florida.
Recommendations arc subject to minor revisions based Oil the Zoo's master plan, which
\vas not available in time for this submission. \Ve await your response before making our
fin..'ll revisions to the report in anticipation of the PreservZltion Board .\1eeting on
February .21,2007.
S inct:rel y.
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Stephanie Faulkner
AHC Office :vlanager
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A Cultural Landscape Assessment
of the Nehrling Portion of the Naples Zoo Property,
Collier County, Florida
by
Robert S, Carr, M.S.
John G,Beriault, B.A.
Stephanie Faulkner, B.A.
Timothy A. Harrinbrton
John Crump
Arc,haeologicaJ and Historical Conservancy
4800 SV.,r 64dl Avenue Suite 107
Davie, FL 33314
(954) 792-9776
arc 11 I gcl@l)ellsouth.net
for
Collier County Parks and Recreation
AHC Technical Report #761
January 2007
2006.97
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Figures
H
Consultant Summary
Proje<.~l Setting
5
Existing Conditions
9
Land Use History
12
Previous Research
24
Methodology
26
Summary of Sites
28
Result.s and Conclusions
44
Recommendations
50
References Cited
52
Appendix 1: 1955 Plant Inventory of Caribbean Gardens
53
Appendix 2: 2000 Plant Inventory of Caribbean Gardens
54
Appendix 3: Dr. Re:'1d's List of Plants
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Appendix 4; Notes from Interview \vith Dr. Ahemathie
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LIST OF FIGURES
1. Location map of the Naples Zoo property and the;: Nehrling parcel. 4
2. Portion of the ] 874 plat map for Tovmship 495, Range 25E with the modem 7
parcel boundaries superimposed.
3. Soil Survey map of the Naples Zoo property courtesy of the USDA \Veb Soil 8
Survey website.
4. Signs located in the area of the fonner "Orchid Cathedral" honoring Nehrling 10
and describing his achievements.
5. A typical plant identification sign used by the Naples Zoo. 10
6, The larger of hvo playgrounds situated in the """estern portion of the original 11
Nchrling parcel.
7. A typical animal enclosure found in the N ehrling portion of the Naples Zoo. 11
8. Dr. Henry Nchrling (1853-1929), famed pioneer botanist and horticulturalist. 16
9. Henry Nehrling in one of his lathe (slat) houses in Gotha exhibiting caladiums. 16
10. 1954 aerial photograph of the Caribbean Gardens sho\ving the central lakes 17
in the process of being dug.
11. Blueprint plan for the Caribbean Gardens circa 1954 sho,,,..-ing proposed 18
developmcllts to the original N ehrling parcel and the area south by Fleischmann.
12. 1962 black and white aerial photograph of the Naples Zoo property with the 19
approximate borders outlined in yellO\v with the Nehrling parcel outlined in red.
13.2004 color aerial orthophotograph of the Naples Zoo property '~iith the 20
approximate borders outlined in yellow \vilh the Nehrling parcel outlined in red.
14. View north at a cluster of Pandanus (screw pine) in central portion ofthe Naples 21
Zoo parcel.
15. Vie\-" south at one of a dozen large Fig trees ofvarious species most likely 21
introduced by Nehrling.
16. View east dovl'11 the Royal Palm "walk" originally planted by Julius Fleischmann 22
near the southern edge of the Nehrling parcel.
17. Dead cypress trees. in the area 0 f the formcr "Orchid Cathedral." 22
18. Typical path area showing one of the very mature Fig trees possibly planted by 23
Nehrling.
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19. View north toward the Nehrling portion of the Naples Zoo parcel. 23
20. Vintage c. 1950/60s pDslcard of the Caribbewl Gardens gatehouselgift shop. 29
21, View north of the Caribbean Gardens gatehousc/gift shop. 29
22. View south of the restroolll..c;~ an outbuilding of the Caribbean Gardens 30
gatehouse/gift shop.
23. Vie'-v southeast of the smallest of two outbuildings associated "";th the 30
Caribbean Gardens gatehouse/gift shop.
24. Vie"" southeast ofthe Caribbean Gardens manager's house. 32
25. View north oftlle Caribbean Gardens manager's house. 32
26.1\.1ap of the Nehrling House Site (8CR974) area sho\\~ng the placement of shovel 34
tests in restricted areas available for testing.
27. View \vest at the Nehrling House Site (8CR974), 35
28. View east back toward the area of Figure 27. 35
29. Sketch by Nehrling shov,,'ing a proposed addition to his Naples sJathouse. 38
30. .Map of the Nchrling Slathouse Site (8CR975) area ~h'm.'ing the placement of 39
shovel tests in restricted areas available for testing.
31. Photograph from 1952 Nixon Smiley Aliami Herald article showing the remains 40
ofNchrIing's ;..r aples slathou5c.
32. Photograph from 1952 Nixon Smiley Miami Herald article shmving one of the 40
newly dredged c.cntrallakes on the Caribbean Gardens parcel.
33. Vic\v cast of Tim TetzlatTand R..1..lph \~,1illiams stmding at the Nehrling 41
Slathouse Site (8CR975).
34, View east ofUllit ] excavated to approximately to em in depth. 4]
35. View north of slightly undulating shellle1l5 in the north ,-"mil of Unit 1. 42
36. View north of detail of undulating shelllcns in the north \vall of Unit 1. 42
37. Plan of the Nehrling Slathollsc Site (8CR975). 43
38.2004 CQlor aerial orthophotograph oftbe Naples Zoo property showing the 48
locations or historic features.
39. Sign at the Naples Zoo announcing ref,'l.llarly scheduled infomlatlon plant tours. 49
40. Special botanical area a1the Naples Zoo showcasing unique plants and planters. 49
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CONSULTANT SUMMARY
From October 2006 through January 2007, the Archaeological & HistoricaJ Conservancy,
Inc. (AHC) conductc.d a cultural landscape assessment for Collier County's Parks and
Recreation Department of the Nehrling portion of the Naples Zoo property located northeast
of the center of1hc City of Naples in Collier County, within Section 27, in TO'\\'l1ship 52S,
Range 27E. TIus report addresses lbe 13.35-acre parcel originally owned by Dr. Henry
Nehrling located in thenorthcm portion of lhe=l:45.acre Naples Zoo property.
Renowned horticulturalist and ornithologist, Dr. Henry Nchrling (1853-1929) developed the
subject parcel as all experimental garden from 1921 until his death in 1929. The land lay
neglected until it ,vas redeveloped between ] 951 and 1954 as the Caribbean Gardens
botanic.al tourist attraction by Juliu.... Fleischmann, heir to the Fleischmann food products
fortune. In 1967 Lawrence '.Jungle Larry" Tetzlaff leased the property and added his animal
shows and exhibits. The attraction reopened in 1969 as Jungle Larry's African Safari and
evolved into the Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens. In 2005, backed by a voter referendum,
Collier County purchased the pmpert)' and leased it to the newly formed non-profit,. Naples
Zoo, Inc., whose Board Members include members of the Tetzlaff family. .t\.s a result of
these various land uses, the Nehrling paTcel and the overall Naples Zoo propelty have been
extensively altered over the past eighty years.
The Nehrling parcel VIlas a$sessed to determine \vhether it retains any elements or features
that could contribate t()wards its designation as a significant cultural landscape. The
assessment \vas pcrfonned specifically to locate and evaluate any significant landscape,
archaeological, and hb;torical features so that a master plan and improvements to the Naples
Zoo property can be implemented ,,,,.lthoUl adversely impacting any significant cultural
resources on the 1\ehrling parcel.
The primary goals of this assessment were: 1) t() determine the subject parcel's eligibility for
designation as a site of local historical signWcallce in accordance \.viththe Collier County
Land Development Code, and 2) to provide information and an assessment to the Collier
County Archaeological and Historic Preservation Board to use to make infOITIlcd decisions in
issuing Certificates of Appropriateness for any possible future changes to the subject parcel if
such a designation is bestO\vcd.
This assessment was c(mdu.cted to fulfill historic resource requirements for Collier County.
specifically Collie.r Count)"S Land Development Code 2.03.07 E. This assessment ,vas also
condu.cted in accordance v,.ith Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
(Public Law 89-665). as amended in 1992, and 36 C.F.R.. Part 800: Protection of Historic
Properties.
Elements of this report were prepared in accordance with the National Park Service's
"Teclmical Preservation Brief 36: Protecting Cultural Landscapes" which includes guidelines
for Historical Research; Inventory and Documentation of Existing Conditions; Site Analysis
and Evaluation oflntegrity and Signifjcance~ and Recommendations for Future Treannent.
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ll1is cultural resource assessment included an archival rcvic,v, a pedestrian survey,
archaeological subsurface testing, a botanical and historical assessment, and an architectural
assessment of ilie su~ject parcel. AttemptS ,vere made to locate and assess any landscape
features linked to Nehrling's use of the parcel and to identify any surviving plants and
landscape features introduced to the parcel by Henry Nehrling. Other cultural resources, such
as possible prehistoric sites and historic features associated ,vith Nehrling's use of the parcel
and the early development of the Caribbean Gardens, \:verealso assessed.
As part of the archaeological assessment, twenty-five 50cm2 shovel tests were excavated in
two discreet areas reported by informants to be the locations of Nehrring's house and
slathouse. Finally, four buildings surviving from Fleischmann'8 Caribbean Gardens located
on the subject parcel were examined by an architectural historian and their significam:e
determined. Consequently, forms ''''ere submitted to the Florida Master Site File for the two
Nehrling archaeological sites and for the two Fleischmann strucrurcs (the Caribbean Gardens
gatehouse/gift shop \""1th its n'\'o outbuildings constituting one structural site and the
manager's house the other).
AHC ,llso conducted an 'lrcluval revie,v of documents and previous research on Henry
NehrJing and the hh;tory of the land use of the subject parcel. l11formant intervie\,"s \~'ere
conducted with Dr. .Tan Abernathie, head botanist of the Naples Zoo; David Tetzlaff,
Executive Director of the Naples Zoo; Tim Tetzlaff, Director of Conservation and
Communications; and Ralph \Villiams, the head maintenance superintendent. Dr. Abernathie,
whose involvement VYlth the Caribbean Gardens began in 1956, was especially helpful in
identifying plants associated With Henry Nehrling's garden. Also intervic\vcd were Richard
~ehrling, Henry Nehrling's great-grandson, and Kathleen Klare of the Nehrling Historical
Society,
As a result of this assessment., it is the consultant's opinion that although si!,'11iIicant botanical
and landscape dements ofNehrling' 5 original gardens stlll exist in the form of several dozen
mature specimen trees and other plants, most of the plants introduced by ~ehrling have
disappeared~ victims or negJecL early "'lhievery," stonns and redevelopment. No cohesive
garden or landscape appears to exist except for isolated trees and plantil1gs.
\Vhereas the Nehrling parcel may potentially qualifY for listing in the National Register of
Historic Places under Criteria A and B, the adverse impacts of plant losses, modem
alterations, and the expan~i()n of the z.oo have obscured any remaining cohesive landscape
related to Nchrling's gardens, making a National Register qualiiicJtiol1 based on a cultural
landscape unlikely, HOivever, the su1ziect parcel does qualify for historic designation UDder
sectio1l2.03.07 E oftlle Collier County Land Development Code.
Two historic arch..'leological sites were identified in the parcel, the locations of Henr)' Nehrl1ng's
house and slathouse. The NchrUng slathouse site, depending on its extent and overall integrity,
may qualify for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The site docs qualify for
designation under section 2.03.07 E of the Collier County Land Development Code for historic
~ites. Florida Master Site File Forms were completed for both sites. Ifftnure development is to
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affect thcsctwo sites, an archaeologist should monitor ground-dishubing activities and conduct
additional testing in those areas prior to development activities.
The structure that was the gatehouse/gift shop for Fleischmann's Caribbean Gardens still
exists in its original location on the Nehrling parceL That structure and its two outbuildings
arc eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A, B, and C
and should be preserved. A functional reuse should be considered. Further~ based on their
unique design and significance as a part of an historic roadside tourist attraction that was
constructed more than fifty years ago, these structures also qualify for designation under
Section 2,03.07 E onhe Collier County Land Development Code.
The Caribbean Gardens manager's house, also over 50 years old, "vas assessed and
determined to be of marginal significance.
III summary, it is the consultant's opinion that the Nehrling portion of the Naples Zoo parcel
does qualify a~ an historic la.ndscape under Section 2.03 .07 E of the Collier County Land
Development Code, with contributing sites and features from Fleischmann's Caribbean
Gardens (including plant~ and structures ,,,,,hieh add to the parcel's hi~toric significance)
despite the fact that the original NehrHng fea.tures, and the parcel in general: have been
greatly altered.
It is recommended that the Nehrling legacy become an important and more visible
interpretive element of the Naples Zoo's educational mission. W'hile the Kehrling legacy is
visible by way of various plants (many with attached signage) as \vell as 1:\\'0 large signs
describing his garden, more can be done to tell the story of NebrHng's contributions to
Collier County and the State of Florida. It is suggested that the zoo's existing botanical
walking lour be expanded to include a more detailcd history of Nehrling' s activities and tbat
a special brocburc and new interpretive signagc based on his legacy be created. A specific
sign design could be used to mark each of Nchrling' s significant contributing plants.
It is also recommended that the Caribbean Gardens gatchouse/gift shop be restored and used
as 1\ehrling MLL'>Cum and focal point for tile interpretation of the Nchrling and Fleischmann
legacies. If preservation of the galchousc/gifl shop complex in its original location is not
feasible then it should be relocated and restored. The structure(s) should be moved to a
location as close as possible to t.he original site. Further guidelines ean be found in the
"Recommendations" section of this report.
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PROJECT SETTING
The subject parcel is located in part of Section 27 in TOVv'Dshlp 498, Range 25E immediately
east of tbe City of Naples in \vcst-central Collier County. Florida (FigLll'e 1). Part of the
Naples Zoo property, it consists of the 13.35-acre Nehrling parcel. a rectangle ,vith the borders
oriented in the cardinal dircctions~ \Vithin the central portion of the subject parcel is a 5-acre
former c~'Press headiwetland area. The relevant USGS map is Naples North., Fla.
The subject parcel is moderateJyclevated (12-15 fee~ NGVD). IIistoric:alJy~ it \vas vegetated
in slash pine/S<1\1or palmette) flatv~'oods that dropped gradually to the east toward the slough of
the Gordon River ,vhich flows south into. Naples Bay. The area contained a dense mix of
fresh and brackish .vater s\.vamp with red mangroves bordering the creek arid cypress
swamp/maple swamp elements fringing the creek. These elements were part of the area
called by the local inhabitants "Hole-In-Thc-Wall SVI'<Jmp." Historically there was a cut trail
rumling easHvest across the slough slightly to the north of the subject parcel allQv,ing early
residents to cross this banier for hunting and to access the interior country north and east of
Naples.
Slash pine flahvoods communities are usually situated on high. ground west of Naples Bay
and the Gordon River. Historically, these communities, which contain a dense, otien head-
high understory of saw palmetto, "'ere subject 10 and maintained by periodic forestfrccs.
Fires vl''ere started either naturally by lightning strikes or by prehistOlic Indians or by carll'
settlers to aid hunting or cattle grazing. Among the plants typically found in the sla.r;;h
pine/saw palmetto flatland/prairie environments are: slash pine, saw palmetto, gallberry,
shiny lyonia, rusty lyonia. staggerbl.lsh, dahoon holly, ground oaJe, ,vire grass. broom sedges,
shiny blueberry, xyris. and a variety of annual and perennial herbs and \l,/ildflowcrs blooming
seasonally.
Flanking these high ground areas and running as north-south linear transverse depressions are
deep sloughs and bald cypress swamp, cypress heads and marsh ponds. These areas even
'.vith present-day drainage activities contain standing \-vater much of the year and support. a
rich diversity of plant and animal life. Some of the plant species present include cordgrasses
(Spartina spp.) and succulent mars.h plants such a.,> pickerelweed (Pomederia lanceola;a) and
arrov,:hcad (SagitTarta spp,) and ferns such as swamp fern (Bledmum serrulafum),
Thelypleris and Osmunda fems. That the deep open marshes of the area are relict burnt
cypress solution holes und ponds is evinced by the abundant dead snags and logs of that
species. Ai present, many of these features contain pop ash (Fra:rinus caroliniana), pond
apple (Am1Ona gJabra), coastal plain willow (Sa/;x caroliniana), and button bush. A roughly
five acre, oval cypress head ,~/ith mature cypress trees occupied the ~enter of the subject
parcel
A third environmental community, now largely destroyed in the Naples area, was xeric sand
pine/live oak/rosemary scn~b located ona series of linear Pleistocene ridge features
paralJeling the coast and extendlnginland as much as two miles from the coast. A range of
these ridge features once existed immediately west of the subject parcel in the area of
Coastland Mall. The sojl types fbr the area arc fine white to gray sand mantles covering
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bro\~n hardpan sands. Saint Lucie fIne/Basinger fine and Immokalee fine types predominate.
All of these environmental zones were heavily exploited by prehistoric Indians, carly \VIDte
settlers, and more recent recreational hunters.
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
The overall Naples Zoo property has been extensively altered by dredging and excavating
associated Vir1th the development of the Caribbean Gardens and the Zoo. Prcsentl)'~ the entIre
45-acre property induding the 13.35-arcre Nehrling parcel isa zoological park in a well-
maintained botanical gardens setting. This facility is visited by hundreds of people daily who
walk along one to two miles of asphalt paths connecting compounds bolding exotic animals
from around the world. The central portion of the Naples Zoo property (including a portion
of the Nchrling parcel) contains several acres of dredged lakes. fv10dern gift shops. arenas,
food courts, and maintenance buildings are placed strate!{ically throughout the Zoo.
Plantings attributed to Nehrling1Fleischmann. and subsequent individuals. including Dr. Jan
Abernatbie. are located along wau...'ways and \vithin animal enclosures. Many of these
plantings are identified with informational signs that give a common name, a scientific (Latin
binomial) designation, and the country of origin (Figure 5). The signs do not distinguish
\vhether 1.l1e plant '~'as introduced by Nehrling. Fleischmann or others. Nehrling's history is
interpreted by two signs highlighting his achievements and activities there (Figure 4).
Another display near the former Orchid Cathedral incorporates a part of the OliginaJ
Caribbean Gardens signage (the ""Toll can") that once marked the entryway to the attrtlction at
the junctme of Fleischmann Boulevard and U.S. 41.
The Nehrling parcel inchldes four buildingsa,>sociated vl'it11 Julius Fleischmann's Caribbean
Gardens; eight animal enclosures constructed by the Tetzlaff family ranging from simple
chain link fence enclosures to partially roofed buildings; an approximately 9-foot wide
asphalt path system that crosses and covers portions 'of the footprints ofNehrling's house and
slathol1se; tVIo'O playground areas. the \~'esternmost of which is large and designed for younger
children; one restroom facility; two dug ponds; two or more spoil islands in one of the ponds
presently occupied by lemurs or monkeys; one or more gravel/limestone paved parking lots
for t.our buses; chail11ink perimeter fenceS; the nonhern and eastern portion of a 16-foot wide
limerock-paved perimeter road encircling the entire Naples Zoo (constructed by
Fleischmann); and various dredged. tilled. and mechanically elevated areas created by
Fleischmann and the TetzJaffs.
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Figure 4. Signs located in the area of the former "Orchid Cathedral" honoring
Nehrling and desc.ribing his achievements.
Figure 5. A typical plant identification sign used by the Naples Zoo, giving
common name, scientific (binomial) designation, and country of origin,
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Figure 6. The larger of two playgrounds situated in the western portion
of the original Nehrling parcel. -
Figure 7. A typica1animal enclosure Cound in the Nehrling porn on of the
Naples Zoo.
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LAND USE HISTORY
The Nehrling parcel existed in a natural, Wldisturbed state until it \vas purchased by pioneer
horticulturist Henry N ebrling and bis wife in 1921. In 1886 Nehrling had established a
successful nur:->t:ry at Gotha in central Florida. After a freeze destroyed many of his plants. in
1917. he began looking for a property in southern Florida where he could propagate cold-
sensitive tropical plants year-round. He wished to expand his caladium business, since at that
time he \vas operating the most extensive individual trade in those plants. NchrJing also
hoped to create a botanical garden tbat would be an attraction and model for people
interested in gn.l\...ing tropical plants and would serve as an introduction point for useful and
ornamentul tropical plants proeLUed from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other
sources. Nehrling's overall plan ,''''us to preserve and enhance the native flora existing on his
property and to augment them \",ith exotic introductions and specimen plants grouped in
attractive arrangements.
\\'ben Nehrling acquired the Naples parcel in ] 921, he selectively cleared parts of his 13.35
acres and created winding paths througb the pine flahvoods that occupied the parccrs
\vestern portion. He also ma:y have crcatcdelevaleu paths through the cypress head that \vas
loc.ated near the parcel's center. Nehrling experienced frustration ,,,ith the seasonally \.vC'! and
nooded nature of the land and noted that the soil, although rich and black-looking near the
parcel's wetlands, 'vas nutrilionally poor and needed augmentation (Driapsa ] 996,2001). To
remedy the problem, he dug numerous pits which he t11led with compost until the desired
nutritional richness was obtained. Nehrling also created a series orhroad shallow ditches to
drain/divert ground \v'ater (Driapsa 1996).
Nehrling constructed at least two principal structures on his property; a smaI1 resid~nce Elnd a
slath{)u~e. The house is characterized in David Draipsa' 5 introduction to lVehrling's Plants,
People, and Places in EarZv Florida as "a small 'bacbvoods' shack standing on piers.,
conta.ining one large living room ""hh ""indo'""s looking over the garden and anot.her very
small room \-vhere (Nehrling] kept his books and pllOtographs" (Driapsa 200 I), The structure
was wood frame, likely board and hatlen, The 1926 hurricane is reported to have severely
damaged the structure, tearing the roof off and forcing it off its piers. His house may have
been aligned to un east-'\"vest row of large ficus trees positioned down the length ofthe parcel.
An extant pair of royal palms may have been a part oj' a TO\V that flanked the ,valkway to the
hou.<;e, alth(1ugh the exact location of his house has not been fully doc.umentcd~ It is possible
that the house's eastern viev,,' wa~ uf the cypress pond. (Subsurface remains are minimul and
altered by recent devclopment.)
The house lay to tile 50mh of the site of a lurge slathouse ,,'hich measured 336 f(.;c1 nonh-
south and 80 fect ea5t-\Vest. 1t 'vas llscd by Nehrling to propagate and raise caladiums and
other u'opical, ornamental plants. In all probability the Structure was Sill1i1~T to those
constructed by Nchr1ing at his nursery at Oot114'1 in central Florida. Based on an assessment of
earl)' photographs, those slathouses were t:onstructed by using rows of upright poles or piers
or cypress or lightercd pine, 10-12 inches. in di:Jmeter supporting lateral 2 x 6 or 2 x 8 boards,
which in turn supported I x 4 slats ,"",hich \vere equally spaced tor controlling light and shade.
Nelu"ling acquired the initial 160 poks ror his Naples slathouse stl1lcturc from Naples co-
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founder 'William Haldeman. Nehrling later added or had plans to add a northern segment to
this structure. A sketched map/plan drawn by Nehrling around 1927 shows the planned
addition and the relative position of a tool shed. The sketch shows and that a part of the
soutlnvestern portion of the slathouse \vas enclosed and used as a packing shed for the plants
(Figure 29).
After the 1926 hurricane Nehrling~s health went illtoa steep decline. This~ and business
reversals. limited further improvements to his Naples garden. Moreover, the storm knocked
the Nehrling hOllse off of its foundations. An Wlwise business deal with a nursery operator in
Sebring resulted in the loss of many of his most valuable and unique plants. \\7hen HL'llry
Nebrling died on Novernber 21. 1929. his estate owed a considerable Sll1'l1 of money and the
Naples parcel ,vas subsequently sold in a Sheriffs auction at Everglades City to recover
some of the money for his creditors.
Nchrling's garden, with its large ficus trees and other remnant ornamentals. lay dormant and
abandoned until its purchase with more lEmd to the north and south by Julius ~'Jul1ky"
Fleischmann in ) 951. Nixon Smiley, a reporter for the Miami Herald visited the parcel in
1952 and talked with Jack Grant, the man to ,,,hom I<'leischmann had delegated the
renovation of the parcel. Tn his article Smiley summarized the gardens' decline and the
parcel's present condition:
lVehrling had not paid off the mortgage on the Naples place at the time (?fhis death
andtirle in Ihe land had rev'~rted 10 The original owners. E\'identZr Ihese/olks wf!ren',
intereSTed in plants. Pretty soon people from all over South florida were malcing
frip,~ /0 }1,7aplas lodigplcm/sfree(~lfr(jm Iheabandonad Nehrling Place.
Raids l-I-'ere made em the cottage where Nefrrling lived, and people carted qff the
valuable boo/csfound inside.
With no maimenance rtm ]\lehrling COllage and $lalhouse decCl)"f'd. Fire swept over'
the place during the dry season. Plants died of neglect...
Very'fi~w of the original plants ~,till remain. 171ere are afew clumps of bamboo. There
an several rubber trees including a couple of ,."er:v large Ficus a/tis,s'imas. Sew.!ral
kind, (?fJel'11s l,,Tehl'ling grC'w are still scalteredabou! ill the hammock (md there is (l
kind (if arum. a large bulb plant that is growing,,,'fld Quite afewpa/ms still exist,
some which Grtmt h.as not been able 10 have identified (Sm lIey 1952).
Julius Fleischmann liked to be called by his lliclmame. \vhich he said came from all the
"junk.~~ he liked to collect. An avid collector and heir to the Cleveland, Ohio, Fleischmann
yeast and com oil fortune. Fleischmann hnd the means to fulfil) his dreams, He was also a
philanthropist~ world traveler: and tropical plant -enthusiast. In part~ he bought the property to
preserve what Nehrling had started and to expand upon Nchrling's plan to create a botanical
attrdction that would draw tourists and promote interest in the growing of tropical pLants.
Fleischmann called it "Caribbean Gardens" and opened the attraction in 1954.
Fleischmann quickJy began his improvements by dredging a series of lakes in the center his
llC\V property, creating broad. \\'inding palhs visitors could stroll and by building several
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structures, some of which were giant stnte-of-ibe art greenhouses (Figure 10). Much of the
spoil borrowed from the lakes was used to create high ridges on which cactus and succulents
could grO\\', Fleischmann created a palm \'!alk and an "orchid cathedral" ill a portion of the
cypress S.Wamp ",'hioh he had fined.
Four of the original Fleischmann structures stand on the uriginal Kehrling parcel. These
include thegatehouse to the Caribbean Gardens and two ancillary structures. 'D1C gatehouse
is constructed of rougWy dressed cypress lumber throughout and has a standing-seam copper
roof, vIo1th "I,ide eaves and long projections off the gable ends. (Fleischmann built a multi-
room mansion on Gulfshore Boulevard North near Naples Beach in an similar nJstic and
exotic style around the same time.) In addition to providing entry into the Caribbean
Gardens, the gatchousc also incorporated a gift shop and administrative offices. The smnlIer
structures to the immediate ""Test and southwest of the gatehouse are a tiny pump shed and a
garage-sized outhouse divided into two restroOn1s. Both are similar in construction and style
to the main building. All three buildings are no'\v used for storage and are not accessible to
the general public.
Located on the northeast side of the Nehrling pnrc.el is a sma)) house that was occupied by
the manager of the Caribbean Gardens. The manager's house is a plain: vinyl-sided, sheet
metal-gabled, rectangular cottage. Several of Fleischmann's grounds managers lived there
over the years, among them the late Joel Kuperberg, \.vho \V~lS responsible f()r the extensive
plant collections at Caribbean Gardens. The house \-vas built around 1954 in an inexpensive,
generic style. (For more information on the Fleisclm1aIlll-era structures see the "Summary of
Sites': section.)
During a lifetime of collecting Julius Fleischmann made at least three round-the-\,,"orld trips
in his personal steam y.acht. An avid plant and shell collector (Moller 2002), he 'vas in
contact \,'lth a vddc range of sources of plant material and, with the help of Joel Kuperberg:
amassed an extensive collection of orchids, cacti, and Do'\vering ornamentals. Fleischmann
retained most of the surviving mature ficus trees and oilier remnants of Henry Nehrling's
original gardens. and used these larger, older plants as senings to shovv'case the more exotic
plants tl1at FleischmalID had imroduct:d. The C~ribbean Gardens never fully supported itself;
Fleischmarm subsidized much of the annual upkeep. Tn 1955 Julia F. J\'forlon. professor of
botany at tlle University of Miami, visited the Caribbean Gardens and compiled an extensive
list of its plants which was published as a small booklet (Morton 1955).
Bodl natural and artific.ial factors contributed to a decline in the condition of the gardens in
tbe 19605. Some time prior to 1960 the Gordon River ,'vhich is adjacent to the Naples Zoo
property had been deepened and channelized. probably to improve drainagt: from the golf
courses to the north. Unfortunately, one of the negative results of creating and joining the
lakes in the centra! portion of the parcd and linking them to the Gordon River was that it led
to sall\\iuter intrusion which killed the cypress trees in the central wetland by the 1980s.
Hurricane Donna, whieh struck the 0Japlcs area on September 10. 1960, caused extensive
daJnagc to Caribbean Gardens and undoubtedly damaged or destroyed some of the remnanl
Nchrling trees. Several specimen trees planted by both Nehrling and Fleisdmlann were
dams..ged by the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005. most notably \\"ilma. In recent years~ many of
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the Nchrling and Fleischmann trees have simply succumbed to disease and old age.
Additionally, over the past several decades,area~ of the parcel not open to. the public have
been invaded by exotic pest plants. Notable among these on the parcel are Brazilian pepper
and dov,my rose myrtle~ the laner no doubt introduced by Nehrling or Fleischmann. These
exotics are particularly dense in marginal low-ground and depressed areas along the parcel's
periphery.
The era of Caribbean Gardens as a botanical garden cnded "lith the death of Julius
Fleischmann in ] 967. In 1969, the Fleischmann Estate entered into negotiations with
Lawrence (uJungle Larry") and Nancy Jane ('"Safari Jane") Tetzlaff, o'\\'llers ora Sandusky,
Ohio animal attraction, to lease and manage the property, The Tetzlaffs had been looking for
a winter home for their attraction. From 1969 to 2005 the Tetzlaffs operated an attraction.
initially called Jungle Larry's African Safari, on more than 46 acres that includes the ()riginal
NehrIing parcel. Their stewardship has continued under their two sons, David and Tim. TIle
lushness and diversit-y of the tropical plantings has been. expanded and augmented over the
last several years by 1he work of Dr. Jan Ahernathie, head botanist for the attraction. Dr..
Abemaihie maint.ains a nursery and propagation facilit>, in the southern portion ofthe Naples
Zoo parcel. He has acqL1ired numerous plants 1;>oth through purchase and donation. Many of
these plants are tropical or omamenlal shrubs and small trees which he uses to augment or
cnlarge existing plamings throughout the Zoo.
Despite the attrition of time and natund forces, cerbin significant Nehrlillg and Fleischmann
plantings remain in tbe fonn ofver)' large and old specimL'n plants, particularly the large fig
trees (Ficus spp,). Henry Nehrling ,vas a proponent oflhcir use as ornamental and practical
applications. In several cases lhese figs may be the largest individuals, and possibly the only
individuals., of their genus and species to be found in the continental United States (see
Appendix 4. Abemathie Interview).
Other surviving trees include royal and other palms~ a padauk trce, Araucaria (monkey-
puzzle) trees. royal poinciana, red cedar, bamboo, teak. and pandanus (sere'w pine) (see
Appendix 4. Abemathie Interviev\"). Most of these trees are concentrated in the Nchrling
portion of the Naples Zoo. The fig trees sho\\' certain groupings and linear placements that
may hint at the original layout of lhe Nehrling gardens, and the palms are in groupings
deliberately established by Nehrling (Figure 15). Beyond this, little remains of Nehrling's
original gardens, and whut does exist is integrated into the Zoo, which uses the plants as
habitat settings and as part of the overall ambiance.
[n 2004 a COUllty referendum approved the pun.:ha<;e ()f the Naples Zoo and surrounding
propeny from the Fleischmann Estate, and leased 45 acres to lhe Naples Zoo at Caribbean
Gardens. The Zoo will be expanded. and the surrounding lands ,:vilI be developed with other
public amenities. including trails. \\'ater access, and conservation areas that will be part of the
Gordon River Greenway.
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Figure 8. Dr. Henry Nehrling {l853-1929},
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Figure 9. Henry Nehrling in one of his lathe (slat) houses in Golba
exhibiting caladiums.
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Figure 14. View north at a cluster of Pandanus (screw pine) in central portion of
the Naples Zoo. Henry Nebrling was photographed Vl.1th this species. and
several clusters found today on the parcel may be descendant plants.
Figure 15, View souLh at one of a dozen large Fig trees OfVarit1US species most
likely introduced by Nehrling.
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Figure 16. View east do,",'11 the
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Figure 17. Dead cypress trees ill the area of the former '''Orchid CathedraL"
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Figure 18. TYPical path area showing one of the very mature Fig trees possibly
pI anted by Nehrling.
Figure 19. View north toward the Nehrling portion of the Naples Zoo property_
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PREVIOUS RESEARCH
Although Henry Nehrling died in relative poverty and seeming obscurity on Novemher 21,
1929, he had published nwnerous books and articles and \vas the recipient of several honors~
including the Frank Meyer A\vard Medal from ilie Florida Federation of Garden Clubs. In
1933 his \veekly articles that had been published in the American Eagle were compiled into a
book edited by Alfred and Elizabeth Kay, entitled The Plant Jrorld in Florida. In 1945,
another compilation of Nehrling~s articles, A:fy Garden in Florida. was published in two
volumes by Allen Andrews, cd.itor of the A.merican Eagle,
In 1930 the Florida Audubnll Society purchased a portion (,)f Nehrling~s books and papers
and donated them to Rollins College as a permanent c.ollec1ion (Driapsa 1996). In 1999 the
University of Central Florida purchased another ponion ofNehrling's papers largely dealing
with his Naples property from Thomas and GeOl'ginn :vt'ickler for the University's Special
Collections.
111 ] 955, Julius Fleischmann commissioned Julia F. I\-1orton, a professor ut Vnivcrsity of
~1iami. to compile a booklet detailing the exotic plant~ at the Caribbean Gardens (Morton
1955 - Appendix 1). Dr. Morton featured 49 plant species in the booklet. Helping in this
effort was a young graduate sUldent named Robert. W. Read \vho would later c.reate his own
c.ompilation ofpJants on the parcel.
A 1980 the regional magazine JI/aples NOlI' published an interview with former manager of
the Caribbean Gardens Joel Kuperberg that discusses the 11isto1)' and evolution of1he Naples
Zoo property Irom the time of Nehrling to Julius Fleischmann and thence to La'wrence and
Kaney Jane Tetzlaff (\ValLs ] 980),
In 1996, David M. Driapsa, drafted a 24-page biography nnd bibliography of Henry Nehrling
detailing his life and accomplishments. In his article "Henry Nehrling 'Patroll Saint of
Florida Gard~ns'" he discusses Nchrling.s contacts \'\'ith other notable figures of the period
such as Thoma<; Edison and David Fairchild and ulso includes an extensiyc bibliography on
Nehrling (Dralpsa 19(6), In 2001, Driapsa contributed a biographic introduction to
Nehrling ',)' Plants, People, and Places in Early Florida, \\'hieh \:vas a condensation and
revision of Nehrl1ng's earlier writings edited by Dr. Robert \\!. Read. Dr. Read also edited
Nt'hrling '8 Early Florida Gardens, another revised volume of Nehrling's writings (Read
20013,2001b).
In 2004, Cary Hester, a gradLlate student at the Univer~ity of Florida, wrote a proposal for
restoration study of Nehrling's Gotha gardens in partial fulfillment of a f\.1asters of
Landscape Architedure degree requirement (Hester 2004). This work gives detailed
information about Palm Cot1age~ ~ehrling's home and the surrounding gardens at Gotha,
Florida. The thesis al so includes several ca.<.iC studies of other properties (including the Naples
Zoo at Caribbean Gardens) in Florida that share features 'with NehrIing's property in Gotha.
Hest.er provides objectives, design g,llidclines, and a master p]un lar restoring Nchrling's
Palm Cottage and gardens as II historical interpretive center and garden open to the public.
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In 2000~ Dr. J an Abcrnathic, botanist at the Naples ZOO~ compiled a list of plants he had
identitied at the zoo and sent tins list to be checked by Dr. Robert W. Read, who was now
retired from the Smithsonian Institution and living in the Naples area. Dr. Read created his
own compilation using Dr. Abernathie~ s list as a basis (see Appendix 3). None of these
inventories identify the plants according to whether they \vere introduc:.ed by ~chrling or
Fleischmann. Dr. Abcrnathie, ,vbose experience with the parcel ext!=nds back to 1956, is
regarded as the best source of information on the likely provenience of specific plants on the
Naples Zoopmperty.
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METHODOLOGY
TIle primary goals of this assessment were: 1) to determine the subject parcel's elh,Yjbility for
designation as a site of local historical significance in accordance with the Collier County
Land Development Code, and 2) to provide information and an assessment to the Collier
County Archaeolocical and Historic. Preservation Board to use to make informed decisions in
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issuing Certificates of Appropriateness for any possible future changes to the subject parcel if
such a designation is bC5\ov,,'ed.
The specific focus of this cultural landscape assessment was to determine the extent, integrity
and significance of Henry Nehrling's experimental garden. The assessment \vas performed to
locate and evaluate any significant historic features on the parcel so that proposed
redevelopment of the parcel could be implemented \.\~thout adversely alTecting sl.lrviving
specimen plants. historic structures or archaeological sites.
Elements of this report were prepared in accordance with the National Park Service's
"Teduucal Preservation Brief 36: Protecting Cultural Landscapes" which includes guidelines
for Historical Research~ Inventory and Documentation of Existing ConditIolls; Site ,.i,.nalysis
and Evaluation ofIntq,'1ity aDd Signiiicanc.e; and Recommendations for FUnlre Treatment.
ARCHIVAL REVIEW / HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Relevant archives and literature v,.'ere revie,\'cd. This \\'01'1\ included. but was 110t limited to,
studying previous archat:ologic(.ll reports for sites in central Collier County, reviev.ring
information from the Master Site file in Tallahassee concerning nearby sites, and eXlUnining
GSGS maps of the project urea. A review of the Labins database of land surveys also was
conducted. In addition, color and black and \>"ihite aerial photographs from the project area
(some dating back to 1954), ,'yhich could aid in revealing anthropogenic changes to the
topo!:,'T'-lphy and floral communities. ""ere interpreted. The Plorida Division of Historic
Resources indic.ates that three recorded archaeological sitcs-RCR92, 8CR477. and
8CR925--o\'~cur in Township 49S, Range 25E, Section 27. (These sites are prehistoric shell
scatters and ar~ not on or adjacent to the ~ubject parcel.)
Research was conducted at the Henry Nchrling Archives at Rollins College in Winter PZlrk
and at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. Additional documents INere provided by
members of the Henry Nehrling Society of Ootha, Florida, during a tour of NehrJing's Palm
Cottage residence and gardens. Records ,vere als.o provjded by the Tctzlaffs, Dr. Abemathie.
and the Naples Slll"Veying llrm \Vilson-l'vliJler.
SITE ANALYSIS I FIELD SURVEY
The field assessment included a pedestrian survey of the parcel's existing conditions,
subsurface testing, a botanical and historical assessment, and an architectural assessment.
TIle pedestrian survey focused on identifying plants associated with Nehrli.ng and
Fleisc.hmann, and was led bv Dr. Aberilllthic. The archaeologjca1 assessment focused on
locating evidence of Nchrling's house and slathouse. A total of t\vcnty-fi've 50cm2 shovel
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tests were selectively excavated in 1\:1/0 discreet areas identified as being the k)cation of the
Henry Nchrling home site and his slathouse. In addition, four buildings from Fleischmann"s
Caribbean Gardens were examined by an architectural historian and their significance
determined.
COLLECTIONS
All recovered archaeological materials were cleaned and quantified and transferred to the
A.He lab in Davie. .
INFORMANT rNTERVIEWS
The ABC team conducted interviews 'with Dr. Jan. Abcrnathie~ head botaniSt of the Naples
Zoo; David Tetzlaff: Executive Director of the Zoo; Tim TctzlafC Director of Conservation
and Communications; and Ralph Williams. head maintenance superintendent Tim Tetzlaff
provided vintage brochures and other information collected by his family concerning the
Caribbean Gardens and Jungle Larry's A1iican Safari. Richard Nehrling, Henry Nehrling's
great-grandson. assisted AHC \vith archival research at the University of Florida and also
coordinated a visit to Palm Cottage in Gotha. Kathleen Klare of The His.torical Nehrling
Society provided information.. brochures, and documents relating to Palm Cottage.
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Agenda Item No. 17B
D O~rober28 2008
RA.Flhiy~~7of 82
SUMMARY OF SITES
Site Name:
Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse and Gift Shop
Sta tc Site Number:
8CR972
Emrironmental Setting:
Nortlmlcst portion of the Naples Zoo in a landscaped area
surrounded by large marure exotic trees
Location:
TO\vnship 49S, Range 25E, Section 27
Site Type:
Standing structure
Site Function:
Fonner gatchousc/cntrancc to Caribbean Gardens
Description:
The site cClnsists. of a main structure and t\VO outbuildings. The
largest structure is the former gatehouse or entrance Lo
CiJribhean Gardens built about 1954 by Julius Fleischmann,
o\\!ner of the Gardens. It is constructed of TOughly dr~sscd
cypress lumber 1:U1d standing seam copper roofing.
Fleischmann, heir to the corn oil/margarine/yeast fortllne, was
partial to a rustic-exotic mode of construction. He buiJt his
mansion on Gulfshore Boulevard North near Kaples Beach in a
similar style. The gatchousc incorporated a gift shop and
administrative offices. The outbuildings arc a tiny pump shed
and garage-like outhouse built in the same style as the
gatehouse stzmding to its immediate \-....est and soulhwest. All
three buildings are llSed for storage and are not accessihle to
the general public.
Chronology:
Historic: circa] 954
Presen'ation Quality:
Good, but neglected and beginning to ddenOTate.
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Significance:
The site is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic
Places under Criteria A, B, and C. The strueturc is a good
example of a Florida roadside tourist attraction of the mid-
twentieth century.
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Page 50 of 82
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Figure 20. Vintage c. 1950/60s postcard of the Caribbean Gardens gatehouse/gift: shop.
Figure 21. View north of the Caribbean Gm-dens gm:ehouse/gift SllOp.
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October 28.2008
Page 51 of 82
I\~'Urc 22. View south of the rcstrooms, an outbuilding of the Caribbean Gardens
gatehouselgift shop.
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Figure 23. \!Jew southeast ofiliesma11est
oftwo outbuildings associated with the
Carribean Gardens gatehouse!gift shop.
Agenda Item No. 178
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Site Name:
CarIbbean Gardens Manager's House
State Site Number:
SCR973
Environmental Setting:
>Torthea.<;t portion of the ~aples Zno m a landscaped area
surrounded by matureexotk tTees
Location:
Tov.:nship 495, Range 25E. Section 27
Site Type:
Standing structure
Site Function:
Residence for manager of Caribbean Gardens
Description:
TIle site is a white vinyl-sided hou....e used by several managers
\.vorldng for JuJius Fleischmann, among whom was Joel
Kuperberg, who "vas responsible for augmenting the extensive
plant collections of Julius Fleischmann at Caribbean Gardens.
The building, c.onstructed around 1954, is a plain, generic,
inexpensive house of that era, It is now u$ed for storage and is
nl)t accessible to the general public.
Cbronology:
Historic: circa] 954
Previous Research:
None
Presen'ation Quality;
Good, but neglected and beginning to deteriorate
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Significance:
The house is not eligible for listing in the National Register of
Historic Places.
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Page 53 of 82
Figure 24, View southeast of the Caribbean Gardens manager's house.
Figure 25. View north of the Caribbean Gardens manager's house.
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Site Name:
State Site Number:
Environmen tal Setting:
Location:
Site Type:
Site Function:
Description:
Chronolo~':
Conections:
Previous Research:
Presen~ation Qualit)':
Ownership:
Significance:
Agenda Item No. 178
_ Oc.1;Qber 21;L2008
DRAF 1l?~-5Mof 82
Henry Nehrling House Site
8CR974
;..lorthwest portion of Naples Zoo in a landscaped area crossed
by a winding asphalt walk
Tmvnship 493, Range 25E, Section 27
Site of historic house
Residence
The house, as it \,:as, is characterized in David Dmipsa's
biographic introduction in Nehrling's Plants, People, and
Places in Early Florida as "a small 'bac.kv'lOod:!;' shack
standing on piers. containing a large living room \\1tb v,1ndows
looking over the garden and another very small room where
[Nchrling] kept his books and photographs." The stnlcture '1o,'aS
wood frame. Nothing remains standing above ground.
SubsurJace remains arc minimal and heavily impacted by
recent changes. The May 6, 1926 hurricane is reported to have
torn the roof off the building and forced it off its piers. The
stmcture may have been aligned \\~th an east-west rev,,' oflarge
ficus trees planted dO,",ll tbe length of the parcel. Two extant
royal palms may have been part of a row Ilanking an east-'west
walkway to the house. The house lay to the south of a large
slathousc (8CR975) \ovhcrc l\chriing grew caladiums and other
plants.
Historic: 1921-1929
None
Driapsa, 2001
Fair to poor. The site is in a \valkw3y/animal enclosure area
and has been severely altered by recent development.
Public:: Collier County
The site is oflocal significance. It is not eligible for listing in the
National Register of Historic Places
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Figure 27, View west at the Nehrling
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Aoenda Item No. 178
~ ?~,t:lber 2B~2008
DfiJl.tP~-1.tfof 82
Site Name:
Henry Nehrling Slathouse Site
State Site Number:
8CR975
Environmental Setting:
Partially cleared land northeast of antelope enclosure, Oanked
by the parcel's north perimeter road in the northwestern portion
of the Naples loo
Location:
Tovmship 49S, Range 25E, Section 27
Site Type:
Site and foundations of historic slathouse
Site Function:
Nursery / horticulture
Description:
The buiiding: as it was, is characterIzed in Davld Draipsa's
biographic introduction in lvTehrling's Plants, People, and
Places in Early Florida as a slathoU5e llsed by pioneer
horticulturist Henry Neluling to propagate and raise caladiums
and other tropical ornamental plants, similar to those
constructed by Nehrling at his other nursery in Gotha, central
Florida. A plan found in the special collections at the
University of Central Flori<fu indicates that the structure
mea.sured 336 feet north-south and 80 feet east-"...e~t (Figure
29). .An assessment of early photographs of similar stroctur~s
built by Nehrling suggest they \,,,ere made of rows of upright
poles of cypress or lightered pine, 10-12" in diameter.
supporting lateral 2 x 6" or 2 x ff' boards which in tu:Tl
~upported 1 x 4" slats spaced at equal intervals for control or
light and shade, A 1952 l\1iami Herald newspaper article shows
a pholo,graph of part of the ruined structure (Smiley 1952),
Ralph Williams) head of maintenance at the Naples Z~)O~
remembered iliat there were three wooden poles in un easf-\:l,'eM
line still standing in the footprint of the structure until ten years
ago. The archaeological investigation revealed a discreet lens
of oyster shell 4 inches thick that may r~ptesent paving
associated with this structure, Two or more pipe lines of
approximately 3-inch iron pipes were noted in a....sociation and
orientation to the slathouse structure. Research indicates that a
\valer tank/to\over was constructed on the pareel to water plants
in the slathousc. A fallen lightered pine post near a lirnestone-
fillcd pad, also uncovered during investigations, may be one of
the vertical posts supporting the slathouse roQf.
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Historic: 1921-1929
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Collections:
None
Previous Research:
Smiley 1952, Driapsa 2001
Preservation Quality:
Fair to poor. The site is north of and behind an animal
enclosure and has been severely altered by recent development
Ownership:
Public: Collier Count)!
Significance:
TIle site is of local significance, It is not eligible for listing in the
National Register of Historic Places.
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Page 61 of 82
Figure 31. Photograph from the 1952
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Page 62 of 82
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D. Apparent. edge of shell lens.
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Page 63 of 82
Figure 35. View north of slighl1y undulating shell lens in north wall of Unit 1.
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RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS
The Nehrling parcel was assessed 10 determine whetiler it retains any elements and features
that could contribute towards a significant cultural landscape occurring there. The assessment
\;\,'as performed specifically to locate and evaluate any significant historic landscape features
related to Nehrling's use of tl1i~ parcel, as well as an}' contributing archaeological and
historical features, so that a master plan and proposed improvements to the Naples Zoo can
be implemented without adversely impacting any significant cultural rt:sourccs within it.
The term "landscape" iD the context of this assessment is defined b}' the National Register as
several specific types (National Park Sen'fce Preservation Brief36)::
A cultural landscape is defined as a geographic area, including both cultural and
natural resources and the wildlife or domestic. animals therein, associated with a
historic event., activity, or persun or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic values.
A historic vernacular landscape is a landscape that evolved through use by the
people whose activities or occupancy shaped that landscape. Through social or
cultural attitudes of an individual, family or a community, th~ landscupe reflects the
physical, biological, and cultural character of those everyday lives. Function plays a
sigllificant role in vernacular landscapes. They can be a single propeny such as H
farm or a c.ollc(;tion of propcrtil;;s such as a district of hhtoric farms along a river
valley. Examples include rufal villages. indusl.ritLI complexes, and agricultunll
lands.capes.
A historic site is a landscape significllilt for its association with a historic event,
activity.. or person, Examples include baUleficJd~ and president's house properties.
An ethnographic landscape is a landscape containing a variety of natural and cultural
resources that associated people define ,l~ heritage resources. Examples are
contemporary settlements, religious sacred sites and massive geological SlrLle.lures.
Small planJ communities, animals. subsistence and ceremonial grounds are often
components.
A historic dc:signed landscape is one Lhat was consciously designed or laid ant by a
landscape architect, master gardener, architect, or horticulturist according to design
principles, Of an amateur gardener working in rI recognized style or tradition. The
landscape may be assoc.iatcd \\..ith a significant pcrson(s), trend or evelll in landsc3Jle
architecture; or iIIustmte illl important development in the theory and practice of
landscape architecture. Aesthetic values play a significant role in designed
Jalld<>eapes.
or the five types of cultural landscapes, the one that most closely applies to the suhject parcel
is the "historic designed landscape." The criteria for an historic designed landscape are as
follows:
1. A landscape that has significance as a design or work of art;
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2. A landscape consciously designed and laid out by a master gardener~
landscape urchitect, architect, or hortlculturalis! to a design principle, or an
ovmer or other amateur using a recognized style or tradition in respcmse or
reaction to a recognized st)Tlc or tradition~
3. A landscape having a historical association with a significant person, trend~
event, etc. in landscape gardening or landscape architecture; or
4. A landscape having a significant relationship to the theof)r or practice of
landscape architecture.
Henry Nebrling's garden in Naples, Florida as originally conceived and executed would
qualify as an hi storie designed landscape. Nehrling was a significant horticulturalist \\'ho
pioneered the introduction and propagation of exotic plans in Florida: The inteut of his
garden was to create a hannoniaus blend of native and exotic plant elements that would
inspire and promote their use. In addition, the garden ,vas: also used for commercial
propagation and a.c; a field station for the introduction andevnluation of exotic plants.
Nchrling's conception of his relationship to plants as a "landscape artist" rather than that of
"architect" was a philosophical departure ITom earlier EuropeID1 conceptions of creating rigid
linear. formal, highly maintained gardens (Draipsa 1996), As Nchrling scholar, David
Draipsa, ,vrites in "Henry Nehrling "Patron Saint of Florida Gardens"';
]I/ever srrictly following the rute,~ <?f the land(jcape designer's sweeping lawns of
grass with scattered clumps of trees, Nehl'ling adopted a ganlen style r/wt was
re.~p(m.l'ive to the: .n"~tropic environment.,. The resulting style was more analogous lu
the vernacular landscapes of fhe piuneer Ihan io Ihe academic s~~Jle ofrhe land~cape
archit(;:~ct (Draipsa 1996).
Draipsa also explains that Nehrlil1g~ s ideas were shaped by several larger landscaping
movements that \vere s'~'ceping the COlliltry during his lifetime that \vere departures from
traditional gardening theory, and that he oflen corresponded with influential proponents of
the new naturalisLic approac.h to gardening.
lronically~ Nehrling's emphasis on the eclectic use of "found" (original) landscapes and
minimalist augmentation by the judicious additioD of exotics has helped obscure any
surviving elements of a master plan at his Naples garden. This and the profimnd changes
made at the parcel since his death have left only several dozen generally large and mature
specimen trees that can be attributed to him. Reestablishing coherent relationships or
orientations oftbese surviving plants to a master plat plan (which may no longer exist, if it
ever did) is pmblematic as much of the original topography &nd vegetation has ch..'lnged.
The physical remains and manifestations of Nchrling's tenure 011 the parcclarc minimal and
much-altered. They do not contribute as substantiall)T toward qualifying the property far
listing in the National Register of Historic Places as, Tor example, those of the the Palm
Cottage Gardens in Gotha~ Florida. The 6-acre parcel in Gotha includes Hem:y NehrIing's
first home in Florida, numerous plantings, unda generally uninterrupted landscape adjacent
to Lake Nally (Hester 2(05).
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While elements ofNehrIing's overall :::--.faples garden-landscape survive in the form of a few
mature specimen trees~ the provenience and positioning of most smaller plants and shrubs
hElve been obscured by time. Several visitors to the parcel in the early 19505~ among them
Nixon Smiley, reporter for the Miami Herald, and Joel Kuperberg, fonner manager of the
Caribbean Gardens, indicated that most of the minor landscape elt:menls and smaller
ornamental plants had disappeared by 1954 (Smile)' 1954, \\latts 1980). This assessment has
also determined that all surfacial traces ofNehrling's experimental gardens and commercial
operation, including his home and slathouse, have also been effaced, and that any surviving
clements arc archaeological in nature.
The standing structures that still exist on the Nehrling parcel were built by Julius
Fleischmann !'or the Caribbean Gardens. They are the gatehouse/gift shop and its t"".o
outbuildings, and the manager's house. All are in excess of 50 years old. The manager's
house, though it relates to the Fleischmann cra~ is of secondary importance and is n01
architecturally significant. The gatehouse/gift shop complex if of primary historical and
architectural significance and is potentially eligible for listing in the ~ational Register of
Historic Plac(;s under Criteria A, B, and C.
In conclusion, the Nehrling pared is not eligible Ibr listing in the National Ref,risler of
Historic Places as a cultural landscape, although the Fleischmann gateholL.<;e/gifl: shop
structure located within it is individually eligible. However, t.he Nehrling parcel does qualify
for designation as an historically and archaeologically sibrnificant site in accordance with the
Collier County Land Development Code, Section 2.03.07 E, based on the fiJ]lowing
characteristics/criteria listed in the Code:
], The area is associated 'with distinctive elements of the cultural, social,
ethnic, political, economic, scientific, religious, prehistoric, or a.rchitectural
history that have contributed to the pattern of history in the community, the
County, tJle State of Florida, or the nation.
The parcel is the location of pioneering horticulturalist and landscape architect. Henry
l\ehrling's tropicalllursery and plant introductory station which operated from 1921 to 1929.
The parcel represenL<; a distinctive $cientific contribution to Comer County und the State of
Florida.
2. The area is associated \vith the lives of persons significant in history;
Henry Nehrling was imporU1l1t person 'who contributed to our kno'wledge of botany,
horticulture, and bOlImy, on a local, Slate, and national level.
3. The area embodies the distil1ctl ve characteristics of a type~ period,
method, or materials of construction that possess high artistic value,
quality of design craftsmanship. or that represent an individual architect or
builder's prominence or contribution to tile development of the Count.y, the
Stale of Florida, or the nation.
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The subject parcel encompasses remnants ofNehrling:s original gardens and Fleischmann's
Caribbean Gardens. The gatehouse/gift shop building for the Caribbean Gardens "vas built in
1954, and represents an important example of a Collier County tourist attraction \:.,'ith
distinctive architectural design.
6. The area has yielded or is likely to yield infonnation 011 local history or prehistory;
The Nehrling parcel encompasses archaeological evidence of an important historic site. the
Nehrling slathouse (8CR975). and possibly the Nebilinghomestcad, (8CR974).
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Figure 39. Sign atthe Naples Zoo announcing regularly scheduled plam tours.
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RECOMMENDA TIONS
Based 011 the available dat4 some type of fCllmal recognition of Nchrling's gardens and his
scientific contributions to botany and ornithology should be implemented by Collier County.
The Nchrling parcel meets four of the twelve criteria for a significant historic site in
accordance with the ColIier County Land Development Code 2.03.07 E. TIle parcel
encompasses features and sites that represent evidence of Nehrlingls pioneering 'lNork and
that of Fleishmann's Caribbean Gardens, '\.vhich qualifies as a historic site because it, too,
\-vas an important botanical garden and roadside tourist attraction. now in excess of fifty years
of age.
Detracting from the parcel's historic significanc.e is the diminished integrity of the parcel's
historic li~atures, resulting from the large-scale removal of many of Nehrling's plants, a$ well
as the anntion of other plants by storms and disease. Also. the distinction between plants
intTodLlced by Nehrling versus Fleischmann is not often clear, and certainly not doculTlenled
in the various plant inventories that have been completed since 1955 (Morton, 1955; Read
200]).
it is recommended that existing historic specimen plants be fully inventoried and mapped by
GIS coordinates. These plants should be maintained and interpreted at the zoo. l111s is
already the case, in part. But consideration should be given to CTeating <l more detailed
botanical trail incorporating the ex isti ng trail system, wherein the Nehrling fcatures are fully
interpreted. by us.ing distinctive Nehrling signage and a \valking trail brochure. The brocbure
should include a map indicating the location of historic Nchrling features, such as the house
and slathouse sites. An attempt should be made to credit the individual ",tho introduced each
s.pecimen on the revised plant signagc.
AllY proposed clearing and redevelopment of the Zoo in the viduity of the Nehrling House
Site (8CR974), and Slathous~ (8CR975), should be subject to monitoring by an archaeologist
and, in the case Df the slathouse, additional ardmeological testing should be conducted,
The Caribbean Gardens GatehollSc and Gif1 Shop (SCR972) is a significant historic stTUcture
and should be preserved. it is recolllmended that its buildings be restored and it used in its
existing location as a Nchrling Museum-a focal point for the in1erprelati()O of the Nehrling
and Fleischmann legacies and the llistory of Florida landscaping.
If" preservation of this historic building complex in its original location is not teasible then it
should be relocated and restored. In this last resort, the structU1'c(s) should be moved to a
location a.'3 close as possible to the original site while maintaining their original spatial
relations as much as possible. One option would be to move the smJcture(s) to a parcel on the
north side of the Naples Zoo. Consideration should be given to par1nering with local n()t-for-
pn:rfil hotanical or plant ~ocieties to implement and staff the Nehrllng museum and botanical
eCnler.
Finally, it is recommended that a cultural resource study be conducted to document other
historic and archaeological feat.ures outside of the scope of this assessment prior to the
approval of a redevelopment plan for the I\aple~ Zoo property.
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REFERENCES CITED
Driapsa, David 1.
1996 Henry Nehrling '"Patron Saint of Florid a Gardens". Unpublished manuscript. 24 pp
2001 Henry Nehrling Biography (1853-1929) in Nehrling's Plants, People and Places in
Early Florida, Robert W. Read, ed. University Presses of Florida" Gainesville, Fi.
Fleischmann. Julius
1935 POolsteps in the Sea. G.P Putnam's Sons. New York.
Hester, c.ary
2004 A Restoration Proposal for Dr. Henry Nehrling's Palm Cottage Gardens, Ootha,
Florida. Proposal for Master's Thesis. University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida.
Moller, Gertrude
2002 Remembrances of Eleuthera, In Shella-O-Gram, nev.'slet1er of Jacksonville Shell
Club. Jacksonville, Fl., May-June, 2002 issue.
Morton, Juli..1. F.
1955 Some Useful and Ornamental Plants olthe Caribbean Gardens, Parker Art Printing
Assoc.. Coral Gables, Fl.
Read, Robert \\7., ed,
2001 1\rehrling's Early Florida Gardens. University Presses ofFJodda, Gainesville, FI.
Read, Robert V'./ " ed.
2001 iv'ehrling's Plants, People and Places in Ear~v Florida, University Press of Florida,
Gainesville, F1.
Smiley: Nixon
J 952 Garden To Bloom Again. Miami Herald, 11-23~52.
\VUlt.., Edna MeA.
1980 Tropical Gardens to African Safari: A History ()f Caribbean Gardens. Naples Now~
March issue,
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APPEl\~IX 1. 1955 PLANT INVENTORY OF THE CAlUBBEAN GARDENS
Plants illustrated in 1hc original catalog of "Soma Useful and Omsm&fital Planls af tllf~
Canbbean Garrkns," by Julia FI Morton, In 1955.
Al:ilCill famos/8mr Willd. SWEET ACACIA natilrato.tropical Amer1ca
AlIsmanda ca1hB,,&;., 1- YELLOW ALlAMANDA nativf3to Brazil
Al1'abotl}'$ odora1lsslmus R.fk. CLIMBING YL~ND- YIANO native to Asia and Egsj Indit'!$
Bi:C8-oronana L. ANNATTO. UPS1'ICK PLANT rratlve to tropiCal America
BIiIBSti/ia m:tinophytlil End I. {Scnameraac!lnophylla Harrm) QUEENSlAND UMBRELLA native to Aus1ralla
Byroonime crnssitolitl HBK NANCE or GOLDEN-SPOON native to TropIcaJ America
C<'IrlssagnmdifJof7if A. DC. CARISSAorNATAl-PWM nativeio SouthAfri.ca
Ca.')fOta mi6s lour. TUFTED FISHTAlL PALM 1'.aI!ve tlJ Bunn.8 and Malaya
CllssJa illata L. CANDLE BUSH, CURE-ALL, or RINGVVORM SENNA na#M:l to Iropical Amet1ca
ChrysalJdocatputi lut~1lS Wendt. ARECA PAlM, GOLDEN CANE PAlM native to Madagascar
Cftros ret1eulata X foTtunflllasp. (Citrus mitis) CALAI.,IlONOIN
Coc:coloba uvHer.i Jacq, SEAGRAPE native lo.F10lida, Clnd We!;.'t India!>
Col:OS lIucifera L COCONUT PALM r13tivet:oold'Mlrtcllroptcs
CoJoca:sla ff$CUJerrta Sdlotl TARO fl3fwe to soulnaa&tern Asia
Cordy/lite tBtmllU~t1$ Kunt:h (Dr8caena terminalis) T! fpronounceCl 'tee1 n.mve to tropical AsID. PoIynBsda
C~s eire/nails L FALSE SAOO-P AlM native to Southeast AsiOl. East Inelles. South Pa'CIf1c
Dovya/ls hfJbet:8rpa Wart:>. CEYLON OOOSE3ERRY, l<ETEMBILLA nalive to Sri Lanka
EIBflis !}uJT!fJ9nsis Jacq. AFRIC"..AN OIL PALM r.a(iveto West Afrtca
HfbiscCl$ 1"OSf)-s}nensJ$ L HIBISCUS native to South!!aSt ASIa and Potynesia
tfIDiseu.~ tllr.rceutJ L MAHOE OR SEA HIBISCUS .
Juniperus sJlIcfeolB' Baley SOLTT HERN RED CEDAR native to coastal U.S.
Monstarn deliclosa Liebm. CE RIMAN, MONST!: R4; mrt~Je to Moxlco and Central Amencs
Myrica cer/fQra L MYRn.E. SOUTHERN WAXMYRTLE
Noriunr OfEJ91'1rJel' L. OLEANDER native to Mediterranean region
P.:maanus mills Bory. SCREWPtNE native-to Madagascar
Pc1SfNt borboniR Sprong. RED SAY native to ooastal U.S.
Phoenix reeI/mna J.acq. SENEGAL DATE PALM native to tropical Africa
Phy1/tH'Ithus amblica L, EMBlIe natlvel.otropical Asia and East tndie$
PWrocllrpUS indicus Wltld. BURMESE ROSEWOOD. BLOomrvooo native to Malfi>,a find tSaR1 f:'lclies
Rhr:niomyrtus tomenmsa HilSs.k DO\l\lNY ROSE M~'RTLE native to As:a. Formosa and EaS'! Indies
RoystonlJll (l/BtlI F. Harper ROYAl PALM naatlkle to south floridR and possibly Cuba
Saba! palmetto Lodd. CABBAGE PALM name te Soot.'Jea&ern U.S.
SpathodlM campanulata Beauv. AFRtCAN TUUP TREE, SQUIRTER FLOVVER native to Afrtca
Stfl/1:hnvf$ spinosa Lam. NATAL. Or::ANGE, VJ'.FFIR ORANGE, or MONKEY BALL native to Afric!!
St-zyglum cumin/ Sk'-"e1s (EugenIa )ambolana) ,lAIutBOl.AN or JAV,.. PLUM nm:i....e to Asia East Jndies
S}'2ygjumjambos AJ~OI'\ (EIJ9e:liOl j8mbos} ROSE APPLE na'.ive to Sou!he85tern .t',sia and East tndies
TliXOwum distichum ver. nutans S~ (T. =ndem~} POND CYPRESS nelive to Southeastern U.S.
TermimiJig e2fappa L TROPlGA.l-Ai.MONO native to MQdagoocar
Tet.-a.;QanBX pnpyrftorom Koch RICE-PAPe:R PLANT native to Formosa aml southettl Ctlina
TfIJ800sJl1 tlsneoides L. SPN~JSH MOSS natii..eto Soulhe!l5tem U_S.
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APPENDIX 2. 2000 CARIBBEAN GARDENS PLANT INVENTORY
Caribbean Garde/Hi Pl.an:. tlstrt tS/ltJ !{)O $ent by Ji:l1\ Abc:.nathy for
cheokint1: ~'1e$l1 f R. 4?~ . ~;p~ t?ete$o""I:~ ~~~nA(
Sll\';JcrApple'
Bignay
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.1act.:frui 1;
Pine
~lalay Arch
B:-~.;z;i 1
tix'C1zil"
T=ci:ti eta ct.
P:t.iUppines
Gi;;vJ~r Pacific Is.
SheEginger Cl1ina-Japar.
MeJl:ico
T rep. A.'t1er-.
:ndiat Malay Arch.
1>.~ls-::ra~i a
p.'..l5::ralia
Ncrfolr. 131.
lr.di.a tr:) M,,:':!121:'{ pe:-..
China
China
China
Bur:na
Acalyp~a hispida
Aecnmea blanchettiana
Aec~mea f:.J~gens
Aec:me:a srr.i -:.ll.ior:Jm
tl..:.oc<.Is:.a odcra
A:pi~ia purpurata
A:"pinla ~.erumb(~t var 0
And:olepis skicneri
o~nnonll gquamo~a
AM.::;. de sma. buni'.:l$
}\.rauca.n.iJl bidwillB
Ar-cu..::caria (;unn,~;-,ghamii
Araucaria hetercphyl1a
P:rt:,')-;;:~rpu~ heter.ophyl~IJ!.'\
!!5~jdj stra elatior.
Ban~usa glaucesens
Bambu$.!l vent~'iccsa
Bauhini~ mo~~ndra
6egonia xrex-clllto=um
B:J. Uberqi-(J, 'F'yr.,;.rn5.~j(l:'.',s '
8!:u~"Jllf){:$lll (()a1:ura) Xcandida
Cd".O~:3.lpir',:.a pul ct:er,r;Lttl.a il~lr
Cbenile !?J.ant
Go:den Exom
co:o.ll::-,e.rry
Lavender B,rom
Yellow alo~asi,a
Junql~ King; Flame
viH::iegeca 'hnJ.2981:~d
CaS~ Jr.:m '!"l.ant
l"ernlS<i'J:f 13ambao
Buddha'g Belly
?ink Orcr,id 1'ren
Rex BctJor-;;ia
l~ssam
Az:gels' ':'runpcr.
f:lava Peacc~~ Flower
l?ride-()f-Bil:bo.o::;lo$ W. :ndies
Cectrela odo::ata cigar Sox Cedar 'II. J r:dit:!~J- S. !~ter.
Cer-eus p~r1.:vianus cv. ~onstrmms Cact:.1s Fe::'.:
Chamaedo::eacat a rac::aruni Cat-Palm :1""xieo
Chi:nonobambusa <tuzea stricta?:'? o.".'a.riegated Be.1:'lIboo E, .. 3. p,sia
Chrysal:.docar:pu::< lu::ascens Golde:) Ace.:le palm, Rr.eciA ~-:'.:ldo1:g(l$c;:,.r:
Citr~~ maxima Pumelo s.~. A~ia
XCi~rofortunella Ri=is Calamo~dj~ Hart.
nerod.8r.dr-um phil ippirlll.rr1 r'rCi g::ar.t Cl erode n drl,1n\ Ghi.:-;,a-.],1p,m
Cln~odcndr1)1T1 specios s i:nU1!l ,J lj;',fc. G..;..crybcw-er J a va
Co f fE;)8 d ::::-o.b) ':::-01 r~'::'t!b.lan Coffee 'l';:cp. P. f'l-icll
CcJ.(1c~.tsio, '85c~1.e:)ta. Ta:-(1 "31~(-:k :R.unne'tr.. rri~op-.. ~l:.~sj.a
Cordia sebe5~~na Ge~ger Tree ?la.- ~. Indies
Cycas :re';olu...a 1\.::.ng Sago ,'c;pan
Dalbergic. 5i5500 :ndi.an rose'.'wod - Sissoo
Dracaena d~J:'e:':l,er.!.sis 'f;,arnE"'ck.ii,I
DruZlnta rep.ens Gold.en Pe~;cirop
Dy~sis la3i:~11iana ~edd'Y Bear Palm
Ep:i.prnmnum ClL:!::enm PO;:h.:j9
E.rytl1:::ina var:.egz;.t:;a 'Dri.E~n-::.:llhr' Variegated Cc:nd
Euqcni", unii'lora Surinam-Ch6rry
Eu;;horbia grandi corn';'.:: Cow' 5 [lor:n So E 0 ALd. ell
['This :."p. h.a;i sc.;ale-l i ~e 11,1:5. Is tbis :.0. corr~c t: 'i']
P.nizi_
S. h..-rne r ~
:.~ldia
l' .rep. il',=rice.
Fla.- Vi. Indies
HC:ld(~gf.lSC,H'
S01omon Is1s.
'T'n:?e Ph ill. ppil'H'!:'~
B.t:.$ z il-Gliia OaS
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Fie-us binr.end i j }''d i F:Lcus Al.U. S . E. l'..f rica
Ficus ela:;;~C::i3 'Doescheri' Var.:.eqai:ed R1.:ob~r Plant. Indla/l"lalaYil
ficus 5y~omcr~5 Pharaoh's Fig T~ee S. Afri~o-Zgypt
:1 C'Us. yc.gel ii West ]'If.r{can Rubber Tr!~e F.friCi:i
G1 ! rj ci dia SI?P:::'\.l:':l ["ladre de Cii.;:;oa, Cc.:::oa-Shadf> Tr:-J? J.>.me:.r.
Gon~to9uS bovinii ?~ Africa/Zar.ziba~
]feliCDr.ja a~lgus=a (bicolc.r:1 'Holi.day' fiE :red] Brazil
'Christmas' [if onH1;1e or }7ellowj
H~liconia psittacorwn ?arrot f~DW~i Gu:anas
HE!liconici wi'.lgne.ria:1a {s trict(l) Cent. Aluer-iea to Cd: u7:'.bi a
HCl'u:;-Jbergi a :::o:>ea llra ~i 1
Hcl"JentJergLa st'21.1ata Trinjdadl Brazil
K~lanchoe thrysiflora Ver~ical Leaf S. Afrlca
Lagunc~lQria rac~mO$a Whi~e Mangrove fla. W. l~dies
l.,u:fa B<::gypt:<,Cil Locfah-Spcnge G-o'.lrd Old WGr:i.d
Holpighia glabra 23.r;;.adoC1-Che:c::y 'T'~XclS t.;:) S. l'.rner.
~untingia ca2aburs Strawberry Tree S. Mexico
Ne.:;dypsis decar.yi ::ri8!jgle P~lm ['ljad1:\.92.Sca.::"
Pal:'memtl""ra cereifera C'.e,;'"JcU Po :'ree I'r::.na.tT'.<i.
PcJssiflrJr"d Xalata-~aerulea 2i:lssio:-iflo,"~er J;(::;rLic..ul~~Jre
r'el':.optwrLltrl pte.roca:rpur:. Y,<,-llGW Flame Tree Sri LaEka
P,'perom.l..J ol:;-;;~~"if()li..a Eat;:::'-R\1bber-:?lar:t Tr,:)[->. hlT:~::.
P€.l-esl.:ia 2.t;..:..:leat:1 Lerfl'.]:) V.i.ne Tr.:-,)fJ;.. P-J':'te=:.
P'~;:'(;.;skid gr:alldiflo:::-~ >. H~se Cactus BrOizil
2ez$ea ~mericcna ~~ccaco Cent. ;~~~.
?hi.:LodenQrOD b:l.Fi.nnatifiaUD P;1ii0::10r::dron :). 3r".zil
':-hilcd~nctron 'Goeldiana' [?l
?rlil cdendr();} .s candens I oxyc;:;, T.d~t:Jli Eea!:-l eaf Ph:;.ll;,'
:?21yl1 ostachys n.itJl:a: F>3.nck Bamboo
P':m0rl1x can<::::::ier:sLs Canary Island L:;erte Pa:lrr:
Plumeria rub:::a Frahg~pani
pcrtes petropolitana var. extensa
':)'j~:,,:..~nel i a r>sel~d()tt::$t j.J ;Jo '.J(~ l.er:t j l"le- Erortl0"::l
Sc:pal c~~~~j.o:':"wn Pu<:rto Ricar:: ha~ f?<11m
S~G~harulT: cff~ci~ar8m Suqarcane
Sansc,.....r.l~~..ia tri.:f-esc-=-ata 'Hah~.:jl
Sllibate;i k'":.1Hic:::,aca D~,..a.rf Banu)oo
8tenoc~laena palustris Clirnhing Swamp Fer~
3tre~tc~aly~ rchere is n() S. muJtiflcr~]
'~''2:r!:;il\Glia arj 111,a \'ri .l.c-Alrn-:rr;ci
'r~Tmir.aLi?l muel1e:;:-i ~hl(-~11er' s-Alm:mc
~etrapan6x papyriier~s ~~ce r9pe~ rl~n~
:'hec.:::.:[o::ta cac.3.O ChcGol:3t,,:: 'r=e.e, (:ar.:~:iO
E. ~.'jey.:.c{'l
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~hu~bergia grandiflo~a
:'ri_psect:m d~~tyj.c~,de$
V€i~chia ~~rrillij
id,3s.hingtor-.la ::--ob1J~t,~~
Wod~rEtia bifuYcat~
;:;}:y-Vine,
fhk~hatGt~e Grass
Cbri.s:...--:-:.:::.s ?e.l:-1
V~a,shingt_C!-n Pa._ffi
?cxtai.:.. Palm
Jnd:.o
E"l.:i. Na.U.',r(:;
P::il ip:;Jines
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APPENDIX 3. DR. READ'S LIST OF PLANTS
Ust ofP1arrts. from Quest End for Caribbean Gardens;
Bronteliads:
Acchmea blanchetiarut Lplt5.2-3' tall, inf1or. 4.5~~ best color in brightest light s.1. ] Bm.<:il
Aechmea'LiI flur..... hj'brid [2+3'ta14 brighttigl11, broken shade)
Aechmca dichlamydea [plt&.2'tall. intlor. 3' epiph~itC]
Ae.chmea disoordia [plt$. 2' T inflor. .3-4'talJ]
A.ecbmeacmmerichii [pIts. 2", inf1or. 3-4.tall]
Trinidad
BrasH
Brasil
Accll.ll\ea .'pseudoe.mmerichii [p Its. ] - I 112' hill, full sun to light shade J l m.:w ,;peclcs.]
Aechmea rubens [plU::. 2.3' tall, full sun to light shade]
Aechmea smithioruID [pits. ca. 2-~' taU,inflor_ hardy exceeding lvs., lavc:ndcr]
..\cchmca strQbHina [pIts. ca.2'tall.epip!lytt;]
C.Am...""r.
J\l1drolepis skinneri [pJL<t. 3-5~ tall. brigbt light to fuIl ~Tl]
Mexico
BlUbergia pyr<1midalis lplts. ca. 1 ~ tall. clustering., plain green IV!i. bright light light. -
__. . - . , . . shade] Brasil
BiIlbergia pyramidalis' Kyoto. ditto above.
Hohenbergia rosea lphs ft... r tu.U, inOor. lo 4', bright light to full Surl}
Brasil
Neorcgdia compact,U [scycraJ clones 8"- 2' taIL!lC} teeth. full sun or ~hadc, ;;.1.) Brasil
Neoregelia cruenta [St:'yeral clones 10".15" tall. teeth, full sun.. bright light, s.t.] Brasil
Pitcairnia
W. lndie....
Portia Icptamha [pIt... 2-3' tall, inflor. to 4'. bright light to bri;}k~'U shade,]
Brasil
QuesneHn l1rvensis [pIts. clumping Qr epiphytic, 12" high plus]
Bra."OiI
Quesne]ia "elizabcthii" [chimp or cpjph)'lC]
Quesneli.'l -'p~udo- t~s:t\ldo ,- f clump or epiphytel
C:~It'Sl1clia quesnelioidcs (large clump or in mangroves. 2' plus high] Brasil
Streptocalyx lTIultiflora [pIts. 3.5' tall. fhlJ S\J.)\. or broken sbade, on rocks,s.t. J Brasil
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Gingers:
Alpinia [plainlea( terminal cre<:t inflor.J
Zingiht::mceae
Alpinia variegated fnot zcrumbet)
Costus f variegated}
Uedychium gardut'nmum KAHnJ GINGER [lldia
Zrngiber zcnlmbet . dw-cyiT l \'ari~ga!cd, dccid:.lilus, red coueJ
HeliconiaJ:
(See plf!;. In dig)
Other:
Ac~dyphl:l
[!,r:ret:n und yeL IbrmJ
.t\.galhis robusra !1g. tree1 Qt.:TIENSLAND KAURI PINE, Australia
AraucuriuCC<1C
Aloe barb8dcnsIs (..1\. vera) !larg.e clump} Meditetanean Region
L i ljncl:ar:
Buddlcia mapagascariensjs BLnTERPL Y BUSH Madagascar
Loganiaceae?
CalophylIllm inophyJlurn LAUREl WOOD South America
s.1.
Gu!tifcrac
Cussia listula GOT,DEN SHOWER
Chorisia specios.a SHOWY fLOSS TREE
BornbacjjCCi~C
C'lcmdendrum panicularum PAGODA FLOWER S.E.Asia
Vcrh~naccae
Clcmdendrum ~peciosissimum JAVA GLORY HO\oVER .fmm
Clcrodeodmm [red leaf]
Clcrodendrum indicum TUBE f'LO'yVER IviaJay Archipelago
Clerodi:ndrum rninaha..~sae Malay Archipelago
Ck:.rodcmlnnn srk:ndcns Tmpkat Afi-ica
Diospynl.~ VEL VET-APPLE
Supolac'.:<tl:
llibi~cuscoceine3 CARDTNAL HlBlSCUS lb..'l,h red and white tlowcred forms}
LoncSJOCtlrpUS violar;:evus
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Pandanu;s \.ltilis SCREW nJxE Mad~~')Cat
Pouteria CANISTEL. EGO FRUIT
Rhoe.o spathacea fvariegated] OYS"TERPLA..^iT Trop, Amer.
Comelinu:ceac
Samvda rosea "Mon Rcve ROlle'. [not ill cultivaticm anywhere: else tiS far ;;1S J know] ...
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Halll FJ..lcourtiaceae
Samanea saman MONKEY .POD Trop. Amer.
Leguminosae
Tanmrindus indiclIs TN\o1ARIND India
l.cguminosae
Red tubcfl()1.\>er
Plants 10 dig:
Acacia pinetorum Lnative pIt.]
Florida
Legumino:$aC
,o\calypha hispida CIlli'NIL.LE PLANT MaJ~)'a Archipe.lll.g()
Euphorb~ac
}\denanthera ptl\'onina FALSE SANDALWOOD India
Legtiminosee
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HcHconia 'P~iltacoru.m c\'. 'Andromeda' PARRorS FLOWER Tropical A..-n.ericE!
Guya.t1l\.s. Helic.oniaceae
HcBconia latispatha Vat. Merjca to S. Amer.
Heliconis latispatba var. 'Red~Ye11ow Mexico to S. Amer.
Ikliconia rostrata A.mll7..l,)ltian Peru. Ecuador
Hclic()nia. I'OSttai3 "robust:.!" from Lois
\clastichodcndmn lO(.'1idissirnum MASTIC [native pit.} Florida
Snpotaceae
PaJ:hiru aquaticn WATER CHESTNUr Mexico - South America
Bornbacac~ar.:
Parmentiera cereifef;i1 CA..'l\IDLE fRUrr TREE
B ignoniaceac
Cnidoscoius Ch:lyam3n~ CHAYA Mexico
E t(phorbi<~ceae
Cnid()sc~Jlus sp SPfNACH TREE
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APPENDIX 4. NOTES FROM INTERVIEW AND TOUR OF THE NAPLES ZOO
PARCEL WITH DR. JAN ABERNATHIE, NOVEMBER 7, 2006.
Dr. Abcrnadtie started \-vorking for the Caribbean Gardens in ] 956.
Off the cuff he speculates that Neluling planted several fig trees, at least 2 screw pines (one
of which is seen in a picture ofNehrling that Dr. A has seen before), a T0W of council trees
(ficus altisima), and some pandanus (not utiles) white rim.
On the southern boundary of the Naples Zoo parcel there are a h.wdful of structure that may
be original to or definitely predate the opening of Jungle Larry's. Among these are the
'"snake house," a wooden cottage/home. and a pole barn. Dr. A believes that the barn was
built by Fleishmann. The house was moved from a spot in front of 'v here the entrance to the
zoo is today .and is now the snake house.
The Morton Bay fig tree in the middle of the parking lot to the north of the pond were
probably planted by Nehrling. Two other fig trees \vere phmted by Kehrling, one at the
Edison Home in F1. Myers (,vhich has been removed).
Dr. A thinks that Nehrling's property line probably extends beyond tJle zoo's northern
boundary fence. This section of the zoo parcel is vegetated in pine flatwoods and exotics.
Dr. A says that l/3 of the surviving Nehrling trees were probably lost during hurricanes.
Dr. A remembers a Bismarck Palm planted along the extreme nortlm,rest border of the zoo
property, no\.v lost
Some common bamboo (Bamhusa vulgaris) possihly planted by Nehrling is located near the
original Caribhean Gardens entrance.
The Poinciana tree planted next to playground ,vas not planted by N ehrling.
Dr. A pointed out a small area that "docs not ,vant to gro-w any1hing" near the !ion (?)
enclosure/playground. He suspects some sort of chemical pesticide spill.
Dr. A also says that the zoo's northern boundary road follows the .'old path:'
Dr. A says that the parcel \vas probably vegetated in live oak and slash pIlle during
J\ehrJing's time.
Dr. A also says that Nehrling ""'as the one to introduce the ';air potato."
111e fl)\V Royal Palms were "mostly planted" by J. Fleischmann.
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Dr. A says that there was a Phoenix reclinala removed by the African \l,rild dog enclosure
because of the "very dangerousU large spines that grow on the stems that was probably
planted by Nehrling.
The Yellow bamboo was supposedly introduce by Nehrling but Dr. A hasnot been able to
rmd it.
Dr. A would not characterize that parcel as a. formal garden.,. but rather a laboratory. He says
that the only thing that has a "definite purpose" to it appears to be the Royal PalmlFig tree
entrance.
P'tu L
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P-l Pandanu.s white ri~ located opposite hoatdDck.
P-2 Sausage tree, Kigelia pil1nata - located by the bathroom building at the northeast
comer of the lake. Dr. A believes that the sausage tree might represent the
eastern end ofNehrling's ulamim.zs.
P-3 I Ficu$ vogelii, located west orihe bathroom building.
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P-4 ; View of area east of the Duiker enclosure where Dr A belie\'cs the pilings for
Nehrling's shade house once were,
P-5 View \vest at several exUmt trees in the northwest part of the parcc1,next to lion
enclosure.
P-6 Two royal palms l1anked by fig tree making up the possible entrance to
P~7 Nehr1ing's house. Dr. A :says that there i.s something strange about the two
palms; he believes that they are different from typicaJ Royal Palms but doesn't
know the species.
P-8 Poisonous vine planted by J. Flieshmann along zoo's northern border road.
P-9 View at area in the nonl1\vest part oithe parcel where a small house was located
in pinewoods to the north of the zoo's boundary fence.
p-tO Vic\vs of original entrance/gift shop used before the construction of the present
P-ll entrance to the zoo. Probably built in1956 and no\v used as storage.
P-12 Vie'w of 5nJaH outhouse 1l1cated next to original entrance/gift shop, also used for
~iorage
P-13 Vie.ws of two fig trees (Ficus microphyllus) that Nehrling probably planted. The
P.14 state champion Padauk tree is a pterocarpus indicus, later found to have been
P-lS mislabeled. (\lo,lhcre the red car is in the photo, a concrete block house once
stood, )
P-16 Large fig crvlorton Bay I Ficus ITlc1(:rophylla) on the edge of the parking lot north
of the ,eond. Dr. A SS:YS: "Almost certainlv a Nehrlinf! tree."
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P-17 Large ficus located east of the trees on the edge of the parking lot and facing the
kangaroo enclosure.
P-18 African fig tree (deciduous). Dr. A believes that this tree may represent the
southern boundary of Nehrling's pJantings.
P-19 Clump of bamboo possibly planted by Nehrling next to tiger enclosure
P-20 Old Chinese fan palm (livistol1ia chiensis), Dr. A "can't prove" that it was
p1ante.d by Nehrling but he suspect,> that il might have been.
P-21 Unidentifiable tree similar to a Silk. CottoIn\'ood, possibly a "Ccbia" located
opposite the panther enclosure. Probably aN ehrling tree. Dr. A says.
P-22 Another view of the flanking palms and figs fuat Dr. A notes would bave been I
smaller at th:: time.
P-23 Small red c.cdar, very possibly a Nehrling tree, near Afiicun ,viJd dog enclosure.
Dr. A reported that a larger one had been taken out.
P-24 Pandanus west of swamp area. Dr. A sa)'s there is an old photo ofNchrling with
this tree located behind him.
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P-25 Old Caribbean Gardens sik-'T1,
P-26 Another clwnp of Traveler's Palm, possibly planted by Kehrling near the ccrval
cage.
P-27 Teak tree not planted by Nchrling.
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P-28 "Monkey Puzzle" tree (Araucarta) not planted hy Nehrling
P-29 E~;trerneJy old ;;aw palmetto. (Smithsonian estimates it to be 700 - 1200 yrs old.)
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P-30 King Palm, probably K ehrling, located near row of Royal Palms. It has a
different le.af structure from the Royal Palms and is probably from S. America.
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P-31 Small palms (Thrtna.;'() - t\'I"O of several near playground ,ll'Ca, some of \vh.ich
"vere felled during hurricanes.
P-32 I Another n.VQ 17zrinax pil1ms, opposite the tiger enclosure.
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P-33 Vievv' of Lhe Pole Barn on the 50uthern houndary of 200 parcel.
, Vic\\! of house that was relocated by 1956 to present location. Dr. A reports that
Colc Pi cr used to live there.
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From:
Sent:
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Attachments:
bodinejudi [Judi80dine@colliergov.net]
Friday, October 24,20088:56 AM
Patricia L. Morgan
FW: Nehrling (10/28, Item 17.8)
Nehrling reso - revised 10-23-08.pdf
Trish
Here is a replacement copy of the Resolution for Item 178.
Judi
From: Zone Melissa
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 20085:00 PM
To: brock_m; bodinejudi
Subject: RE: Nehrling (10/28, Item 17.6)
Hi Judi, Attached is the revised Resolution for the Naples Zoo Historic Designation 10/28 BCC - Item 17B.
<<Nehrling reso - revised 10-23-08.pdf>>
Melissa Zone
Principal Planner
Department of Zoning & Land Development Review
2800 N. Horseshoe Dr.
Naples. FL 34104
239-252-2958 (phone)
239-252-6372 (fax)
www.collieraov.net
From: mudd-.i
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:22 PM
To: brock_m; bodinejudi
Cc: Zone Melissa
Subject: RE: Nehrling (10/28, Item 17.8)
Put the new resolution on the change sheet. Get the new resolution to each of the Commissioners, etc.
From: brock_m
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:20 PM
To: bodinejudi; mudd-i
Cc: ZoneMelissa
Subject: FW: Nehrling (10/28, Item 17.6)
Please see below. Thanks, MJ
From: ZoneMelissa
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:54 AM
To: KlatzkowJeff; WrightJeff
Cc: SchmittJoseph; TeachScott; brock_m
Subject: RE: Nehrling (10/28, Item 17.6)
Jeff W., can you revise the Res and I will contact Mary Jo about a change sheet.
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Melissa Zone
Principal Planner
Department of Zoning & Land Development Review
2800 N. Horseshoe Dr.
Naples, FL 34104
239-252-2958 (phone)
239-252-6372 (fax)
www.collieraov.net
From: KlatzkowJeff
Sent: Thursday, October 23,2008 11:53 AM
To: ZoneMelissa; WrightJeff
Cc: SchmittJoseph; TeachScott
Subject: RE: Nehrling (10/28, Item 17.B)
Yes.
Jeffrey A. Klatzkow
County Attorney
(239) 252-8400
From: ZoneMelissa
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:36 AM
To: WrightJeff
Cc: SchmittJoseph; TeachScott; KlatzkowJeff
Subject: RE: Nehrling (10/28, Item 17.B)
Joe or Jeff K., should we do a change sheet and switch out the Resolution?
Melissa Zone
Principal Planner
Department of Zoning & Land Development Review
2800 N. Horseshoe Dr.
Naples, FL 34104
239-252-2958 (phone)
239-252-6372 (fax)
www.collieraov.net
From: WrightJeff
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:09 AM
To: ZoneMelissa
Cc: SchmittJoseph; TeachScott; KlatzkowJeff
Subject: Nehrling (10/28, It~m 17.B)
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Melissa--
As requested, I would like to discuss potential revisions to the resolution. Although the reso. is accurate, we could update
the title to specify qualifying plants, structures, etc., rather than the broader "certain portions" of the parcel, and eliminate
references to "13.35 acre" parcel.
Also, as I've mentioned, the exhibit (depicting an "area of interest" containing some, but not all, of the designated plants)
is not "airtight" with respect to the scope of the designation.
I can fix the reso. as noted above, in fairly short order (let me know if you agree with this approach). When you have a
moment, please give me a call. Thanks.
Jeff W.
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RESOLUTION NO. 08
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING CERTAIN SPECIMEN
PLANTS AND TREES AND THE CARffiBEAN GARDENS
GATEHOUSE/GIFT SHOP AND OUTHOUSE LOCATED ON PROPERTY
WITHIN THE NAPLES ZOO COMMONL Y REFERRED TO AS THE
"NEHRLING PARCEL", WHICH PARCEL IS MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRffiED HEREIN, AS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT, PURSUANT TO
ORDINANCE NO. 91-70, AS AMENDED, THE
"HISTORIC/ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRESERVATION ORDINANCE."
WHEREAS, on August 7, 1991, the Board of County Commissioners (Board), adopted
Ordinance No. 91-70, as amended, the "Historic/Archaeological Preservation Ordinance," which
sets forth the criteria and process by which Collier County's historic and archaeological sites,
districts, structures, buildings, and properties may be preserved through the designation of
"historically significant;" and
WHEREAS, the owner of the subject parcel, Collier County, filed an Application
requesting that the Board designate qualifying specimen plants and trees and the Caribbean
Gardens/Gift Shop and outhouse located on the property, commonly known as the ''Nehrling
Parcel", located within the Naples Zoo, as historically significant; and
WHEREAS, the Collier County Historic & Archeological Preservation Board has
reviewed and considered the request at a public meeting held for that purpose and, finding that
the designation criteria contained in Section Eight of Ordinance No. 91-70, as amended, have
been met, recommended that the Board officially designate the qualifying specimen plants and
trees and the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop and outhouse located on the Nehrling
Parcel, as depicted on the site plan attached as Exhibit "A", as historically significant, subject to
the conditions set forth in Exhibit "B".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
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1. In recognition of their significance in the historical heritage of Collier County and
South Florida, the specimen plants and trees and the Caribbean Gardens Gatehouse/Gift Shop
and outhouse, depicted on the attached Exhibit "A" and located on property commonly known as
the Nehrling Parcel, within the Naples Zoo, which parcel is more particularly described as:
Lot 5 of Naples Improvement Company's Little Farms, in Section
27, Township 49S, Range 25E, Collier County, Florida
are hereby designated as historically significant pursuant to Ordinance No. 91-70, as amended,
for the reasons set forth in the Application, subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit "B".
2. The Nehrling Parcel shall hereafter be subject to the regulations of the Collier
County Historicl Archaeological Preservation Ordinance as they pertain to historically designated
property, including all applicable incentives and restrictions.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall be recorded in the Public
Records of Collier County, Florida.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second, and majority vote favoring same,
this _ day of
,2008.
ATTEST:
DWIGHT E. BROCK, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
By:
, Deputy Clerk
TOM HENNING, CHAIRMAN
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