Everglades Laundry, Historic laundry building in Everglades City, Florida
The Everglades Laundry is a historic building on West Broadway in Everglades City that displays features typical of early 20th-century commercial architecture. The structure shows the functional style of its era with straightforward lines and practical materials suited to its original purpose.
The building was constructed in 1928 as a community laundry serving local workers and families through 1965. After that time, it was converted into a clubhouse and eventually transformed into a museum space.
The building now holds the Museum of the Everglades, where exhibits tell stories about the Calusa and Seminole peoples as well as the settlers and business owners who shaped this area. Visitors can see how these communities lived and worked in this part of Florida.
The building sits on West Broadway in central Everglades City and is easy to reach on foot. Today it operates as a museum with regular opening hours for visitors interested in learning about the area's past.
The building moved from being a simple laundry serving daily community needs to housing a women's social club and finally becoming a museum space. These shifts show how a small town's priorities and social life changed over decades.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 60,000 contributors worldwide.
