FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Historic Stranahan House Museum is one of the beneficiaries of the Second Annual Riverwalk Summer Social Cruise setting sail on Friday, August 7. Tickets purchased through Stranahan House Museum will fund educational programs and preservation projects for the 114 year-old home.
Guests will board the iconic Riverboat Liberty Belle, docked at Pier 66 at 2301 SE 17th St. in Fort Lauderdale, at 6 p.m., departing at 6:30 p.m. and returning at 8:30 p.m. The paddlewheel vessel is the largest yacht charter in South Florida, accommodating up to 600 passengers.
Tickets are $40 per person and admission includes open bar, food and entertainment. Tickets can be purchased at StranahanCruise or by contacting Stranahan House at 954-524-4736 or emailing director@stranahanhouse.org. The Liberty Belle will voyage rain or shine for guests ages 21 and up.
“We are thrilled to be one of the organizations benefiting from this sunset cruise,” said April Kirk, executive director of Stranahan House Museum. “If you are looking for something different to do on a summer night, cruising our famed Intracoastal Waterway in this fabulous riverboat fits the bill.”
The Summer Social Cruise is sponsored by Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale, Marine Hospitality, Anticipation Luxury Yacht Charters, Riverfront Cruises and Liberty Belle Cruises.
Stranahan House Museum is the oldest surviving structure in Fort Lauderdale and was home to the city’s founders, Frank and Ivy Stranahan.
About Historic Stranahan House and Museum
The Stranahan House was built in 1901, when Broward County was no more than a bleak southern frontier supposedly unsuited for human habitation. The existing residents were the Seminoles who traveled down the New River to Frank Stranahan’s trading post to do business. Over the years as Fort Lauderdale grew and developed, the house became a post office, boarding house, restaurant and home to the “Founding Father” and “First Lady” of Fort Lauderdale – Ivy and Frank Stranahan. Today it stands as the oldest house in Fort Lauderdale and an epicenter of Broward County’s long and fascinating history.
