- December 15, 2025
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The Leonard Reid house, named for the pioneer who helped establish Overtown, Sarasota’s first Black community, was recently relocated to a city-owned property in north Sarasota.
In the new location, the house will be a Sarasota African American cultural arts center. The house was moved from the Rosemary District, formerly known as Overtown, to Newtown on Orange Avenue, north of downtown Sarasota, on May 27, according to a statement
