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State park in Florida, United States

Hugh Taylor Birch State Park is a Florida State Park located in Fort Lauderdale, on East Sunrise Boulevard (SR 838), between the Intracoastal Waterway and SR A1A.

History

Birch State park's roots began in 1893 when Chicago attorney Hugh Taylor Birch visited South Florida in search of a secluded area to build a home. Ultimately, he chose a small village in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that included just a few homes, old army posts, and a store.^[1]

He purchased the oceanfront property for approximately a dollar an acre, ultimately owning a 3.5 mile stretch of beachfront.

Jan 7, Hugh Taylor Birch dies at his beach home.

Hugh Taylor Birch State Park is home to one of the southeast's longest public seawalls, built by Hugh Taylor Birch more than one hundred years ago.

Terramar is what born naturalist Hugh Taylor Birch named his home that overlooks Fort Lauderdale Beach.

Smack in the middle of the city is this acre park, which offers a respite from city life with picnicking, camping, swimming and canoeing.

From the moment Ally and Michael reached out and asked for me to capture their wedding day, I knew I would like them a lot.

At age 90, in 1940, he built an Art Deco home on his 180-acre estate naming it "Terramar" or "land to the sea" and maintaining it until his death in 1943.^[2] This is now home to the park's visitor center.

Fauna

Among the wildlife of the park are the gopher tortoise, eastern indigo snake, butterflies, and turtles. Visitor