OLD VENUS

NAME: Old Venus
COUNTY: Highlands
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 4
CLIMATE: Fine
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime 		COMMENTS: Take SR 27 South and turn West on CR 731 to find the communities of Old Venus (west of RR Track)and Venus just beyond.
REMAINS: Various Cracker homesteads, General Store foundation, Concrete city curbs, Albritton General Store, burned site of school. Mostly old rubble, looks to have been recently bulldozed.
Old Venus was a town of agriculture workers, cattlemen, and, very common for Florida, the remains of the turpentine industry. The old town was just West of the RR track and East of the current Baptist Church. There the remaining foundation of the Venus General Store can be seen on the North side of the road. Notice the concrete curbs of where the city once stood. Across the street was a school and church. Some bricks and broken concrete can be found on the property. Further down CR 731 you will find the Old Albritton Store and some old homes dating back to the time. The old town burned down many years ago. Submitted by: Mike Woodfin


Concrete Curbs in Old Venus
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Slab of the Burned Old Venus General Store
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Albritton General Store
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Homestead in Old Venus
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Hatch Family Homestead
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Hatch Homestead Barn
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


First Baptist Church built in the 1800's
Courtesy Mike Woodfin


Remains of old school
Courtesy Jim Pike


Old Venus
Courtesy Jim Pike

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