Pigeon Key

This article is about the island. For the ghost town, see Pigeon Key, Florida.

Pigeon Key Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Pigeon Key seen from the Seven Mile Bridge..
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Location	Off US 1 at mile marker 45, Monroe County, Florida
Nearest city	Islamorada
Coordinates	24°42′14″N 81°09′19″W / 24.703991°N 81.155308°W / 24.703991; -81.155308
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1912
Architectural style	Vernacular Frame
NRHP reference No.	90000443[1]
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1990

Pigeon Key is a small island containing the historic district of Pigeon Key, Florida. The 5-acre (2.0-hectare) island is home to 8 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. The former Assistant Bridge Tender's House has been converted into a small museum featuring artifacts and images from Pigeon Key's past. It is located off the old Seven Mile Bridge, at approximately mile marker 45, west of Knight's Key, (city of Marathon in the middle Florida Keys) and just east of Moser Channel.

Buildings remaining from the era of Henry Flagler's Overseas Railroad Key West Extension between 1908 and 1912 are now part of the Pigeon Key Historic District.^{[citation needed]}

Much of the 1978 television film Hunters of the Reef was shot on Pigeon Key.^[2] Pigeon Key was one of the locations for the "Bal Harbor Institute" in the 1995 series of Flipper. It was seen in three episodes during season one including the pilot episode. It was also the site of the Finish Line of The Amazing Race 18 "Unfinished Business" in 2011.^[3]

Pigeon Key Historic District

Main article: Pigeon Key Historic District

The Pigeon Key Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on March 16, 1990) located on Pigeon Key in Florida. The district is off U.S. 1 at mile marker 45. It contains 11 historic buildings and 3 structures. The old Seven Mile Bridge (closed to vehicular traffic) crosses over the island and has a pedestrian exit ramp going to the island.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ""Hunters of the Reef" controversy". The Miami Herald. May 14, 1978. p. 346.
3. Andy Dehnart (May 9, 2011). "Amazing Race ends with high notes but still has unfinished business of fixing its broken self". realityblurred. Retrieved May 13, 2017.

External links

• Pigeon Key Foundation
• History of Pigeon Key
• Pigeon Key - Marathon Key Florida Keys Official Tourism Site Heart of the Florida Keys
• Monroe County listings at National Register of Historic Places