RE Log Fall 2016

FALL 2016 Ransom Everglades LOG 9 1875 Anna Beasley (widow of Edmund) won on an official patent for the land after a Yale Med School graduate named Horace Porter sought the rights to it, claiming it had been abandoned. 1877 John Frow , one of 10 children of Cape Florida lighthouse keeper Simeon Frow, purchased the Beasley homestead for $100. That purchase gave him the distinction of being the first person to buy land in the Grove. 1884 Katherine “Kitty” (Frow) Roberts and her husband George Roberts were assigned the La Brisa tract of land after her brother John Frow subdivided it and sold it. George Roberts owned the Cocoanut Grove Fish Depot. Kitty was active in civic activities; she helped found the Housekeepers Club and was a member of the Miami Pioneers Club. 1886 Kirk and Mary Barr Munroe were in Key West when they heard of another Munroe – Ralph Munroe, no relation – in Coconut Grove and came up to investi- gate. They liked it so much they looked for a piece of land. They bought the land, then made their property a centerpiece of Coconut Grove life for 35 years. 1920 John and Eleanore Semple bought Scrububs for $100,000 and immediately tore it down, replac- ing it with a Mediterranean-style mansion crafted by architectural firm Kiehnel and Elliott, and later adding a guest house for $2,000. The Mediterranean style became popular throughout Coconut Grove and Coral Gables. 1837 to present Scrububs Kirk Munroe 1920’s Coconut Grove land ownership map