Our office building, located at 323 Fleming Street, is the recipient of a Historic Preservation Award. Jaime purchased this building in 2021, and restored the vintage 1909 building for Key West Vacation Properties & Realty (KWVPR). The two story structure was built between 1909 and 1911 and encompasses approximately 2,200 square feet with six offices, two conference rooms, downstairs lobby, kitchen and two bathrooms.
Plaque on the outside of 323 Fleming street building:
323 Fleming Street – Built in 1909-1911
2 1/2-Story Classic Revival Residence, a “Masonry and Frame Dwelling” embodies the twin touchstones of Key West’s illustrious past: both Civilian & Military history.
Listed on Truman Annex National Register District, 1982
It is listed in the 1984 U. S. Naval Station (Key West) District on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1903 George Dean Warren, a prosperous merchant, purchased this Fleming Street lot. On April 20, 1906, his daughter Susan Warren married Joseph Engle Shourds, a machinist at Key West Naval Station’s Machine Shop.
A deed on August 10, 1911 documents the sale of Warren’s lot to Shourds for $1,200. Joseph & Susan Shourds Residence 1909-1939. Architect-builder Joseph Shourds designed the home. In 1939 the U.S. Navy condemned residential properties in Square 39—all were razed or moved, except the Shourds’ Residence. In 1941 the Key West Naval Base was re-activated after Pearl Harbor. The Shourds’ home was rehabbed for $13,776 to serve as Quarters J, for Married Officers’ housing. The base closed in 1974. In 1986 the shuttered Officers’ Quarters, transferred to GSA’s Post Office parcel, as part of Truman Annex Redevelopment plan, was considered Historically Significant. In 2000, Moore & Spottswood, local accountants, purchased the neglected Quarters J for $405,000. On October 15, 2001, Richard J. & Peary S. Fowler, two Key West attorneys acquired the former naval home for $600,000. The original address was changed from 317 to 323 Fleming Street. In 2021 new owner Jaime Caballero restored the vintage 1909 building for her company Key West Vacation Properties & Realty (KWVPR).
Photo Gallery of 323 Fleming Street
