On Friday, May 27, 2022 in the middle of the night, the historic Leonard Reid House was moved from the Rosemary District to Newtown, where it will become home to a new Sarasota African American cultural center.

The home was once lived in by Leonard Reid, an early pioneer who helped establish Sarasota’s first Black community, Overtown, and right-hand man to Sarasota’s first Mayor, J. Hamilton Gillespie.

It will now be preserved for generations to come as the first home of the
Sarasota African American Art Center and History Museum.

Learn more at www.thesaacc.com