Built on the New River by Frank Stranahan at the turn of the century, Stranahan House was originally a trading post. An early pioneer, Frank married Ivy Julia Cromartie, the area's first school... More

Built on the New River by Frank Stranahan at the turn of the century, Stranahan House was originally a trading post. An early pioneer, Frank married Ivy Julia Cromartie, the area's first school teacher. Through the years Stranahan House was a post office, bank, town hall and restaurant as well as the Stranahans' home. Although Frank committed suicide during the Great Depression, Ivy remained in the house until her death in 1971. Today, Stranahan House has been restored to what it looked like in about 1913. It sits as the bridge between the new and modern River Walk and the historic district of Fort Lauderdale.
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