Founding Families Fall Festival - The Historic Stranahan House Will Host Its Third Annual Day of Fun

The community is invited to celebrate the founding families of Fort Lauderdale with festive fall fun. Guests will enjoy food trucks, beer and wine vendors, games, live music, and more for all ages. A special ceremony to honor the founding families will take place at 6:15 p.m.

All proceeds will support the year-round historic preservation and education programs at the Historic Stranahan House Museum, one of the top cultural attractions in Fort Lauderdale. The Historic Stranahan House Museum is the oldest house in Fort Lauderdale and the epicenter of Broward County’s long and fascinating history. Built in 1901, Stranahan House is recognized as the birthplace of Fort Lauderdale and was home to the area’s first businessman, Frank Stranahan, and the first schoolteacher, Ivy Cromartie Stranahan. Stranahan House opened as a museum in 1984.

The Stranahan House thanks its generous sponsors, including Founding Sponsor Tripp Scott; Autumn Sponsors Amazon, Flo and Rick Celender, JM Family Enterprises and The Las Olas Company; Game Sponsor Florida Power and Light Company; and Festival Sponsor Rothenberg Law.

When:

Friday, September 26th, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - Special Ceremony: 6:15 p.m.

Where:

Stranahan House 335 Southeast 6th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

Cost:

Adults: $5

Children: Free

For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit: https://stranahanhouse.org/ffff/.

Sponsorship and underwriting opportunities are available. For more information, please contact Executive Director Jennifer Belt by email at: director@stranahanhouse.org. Or call: (954) 524-4736.

Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the event and may RSVP to: stranahan@dureeandcompany.com.

Complimentary parking is available at the Riverside Hotel, located at 620 East Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301.

About Historic Stranahan House and Museum:

The Historic Stranahan House and Museum, the oldest and most historically significant surviving structure in Broward County, has served as a trading post, post office, town hall and home to the Stranahans. Frank Stranahan is Fort Lauderdale’s first businessman and most respected pioneer. His wife, Ivy Cromartie Stranahan, was the area’s first school teacher and a champion of many civic, social service, environmental and educational causes. Today, the mission of the Historic Stranahan House Museum is to tell the story of the birth of the community through the lives of two extraordinary people and the homestead they created and to serve as an enduring legacy of historic preservation. Its purpose is to preserve, interpret and promote the House, historic site and history of our community’s founding family. Every year, more than 3,000 fourth-grade school children and 30,000 tourists and locals visit, making the House one of the top cultural attractions in Fort Lauderdale. Stranahan House and Museum is located at 335 Southeast 6th Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

For more information, please visit: www.stranahanhouse.org.