The 153-year-old home on Riverview Boulevard in West Bradenton is listed for $2.15 million.
BRADENTON, Fla. — After several years of intense salvaging, repair and restoration work, the oldest home in Manatee County is on the market.
The home was built in the late 1800s by the first European settlers in Bradenton. The current owner, a local philanthropist, and the realtors are hoping for new owners who would become stewards of the home’s heritage and legacy or any organization that would acquire it for larger public benefit.
“The significance of this home is that it is the oldest existing residential property in this area,” Thomas Netzel, a Sarasota-based broker associate with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, said.
Netzel is the listing agent for the 4,000-square-foot home built on a half-acre lot
Originally featuring large porches, the two-story, formerly 7-bedroom Tole Fogarty House located on Riverview Boulevard was built in 1871 by …