Archie Smith Wholesale Fish Company

Archie Smith Wholesale Fish Company
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1740 Indian River Drive, Sebastian, Florida
Coordinates	27°49′46″N 80°28′29″W
Built	1926
NRHP reference No.	94001275[1]
Added to NRHP	October 28, 1994

The Archie Smith Wholesale Fish Company is a historic site in Sebastian, Florida, United States. It is located at 1740 Indian River Drive. On October 28, 1994, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

The building was built in 1926[2] and purchased by Archie Smith in 1927, who established a fishing business there. The site included an expanded house, a shed for net storage, a crab house, a fish house, and extensive docks.[3] The business office was built in 1927, and the ice house (originally Old Roseland Railroad Depot[2]) was built in 1931.[4]

The business remained in the family until the 2004 hurricanes (especially Frances & Jeanne) caused significant damages to the site.[2][4] In 2006, the Indian River County Board of Commissioners paid $1.5 million to purchase the property, in hopes of restoring the building and preserving it.[5][6]

In late 2021, the floor of the ice house caved-in, and it was taken down by the county in March 2022.[3][7]

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#94001275)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Special Places on the Trail & Lagoon (Jungle Trail Map) (PDF) (pamphlet). Official Visitors Bureau & DMO for Indian River County. July 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
3. Hodges, Andy (15 March 2022). "Archie Smith Fish House Taken Down After 100 Years". Sebastian Daily. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
4. Stephens, Henry A. (September 27, 2008). "Archie Smith Fish House in Sebastian finally may get makeover". TCPalm. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
5. "Sebastian could take over rehabbing Archie Smith Fish House". Vero News. Sebastian, Florida. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
6. "The Salt of Sebastian". Vero Beach Portfolio Magazine. Vol. 5, no. 1. January 2015. p. 28. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
7. McNulty, Ray (28 April 2022). "Decision deferred on future of Archie Smith Fish House site". Vero News. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

External links

• Indian River County listings at National Register of Historic Places
• Indian River County listings Archived 2013-01-23 at archive.today at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
• Listing at Indian River County Parks
• Media related to Archie Smith Wholesale Fish Company at Wikimedia Commons