Krueger House, Historic residence in Stuart, Florida, United States

The Krueger House is a historic residence in Stuart, Florida, built from Florida pine wood and featuring four bedrooms plus a large attic room with handmade trusses. The construction showcases the typical materials and building methods of the era when the property was created.

Berlin-born Albert Rudolph Emil Krueger moved south in 1887 and bought 80 acres in Stuart on July 23, 1891, planting pineapples and oranges and naming the estate Burn Brae after his Scottish wife. He first lived in a two-room shack of Florida lumber beside a spring-fed creek, later dredged as Krueger Creek, and in October 1903 contractor Henry Klopp began the present two-story house, finished in mid-February 1904.

Albert Krueger named his pineapple plantation Burn Brae after his Scottish wife, Annie Donaldson Kincaid Speirs; in Scottish it means house on the hill by the water. The name passed to the house standing on the plantation grounds. Krueger, a Berlin native, was nicknamed "The Dude" for his starched collars and Derby hat.

The property sits near Krueger Creek, which serves as a landmark that helps orient visitors to its location. The layout of the grounds and surroundings provides clues about how the estate functioned as a working agricultural operation.

Albert Krueger was nicknamed "The Dude" for his starched collars and Derby hat, worn even while running his pineapple plantation. His first home on the land was a two-room shack of Florida lumber beside the spring-fed creek, later dredged and now called Krueger Creek.