The Bispham-Wilson Arts & Historic District is located in Sarasota County at 4613 South Tamiami Trail (US 41) on the northeast corner of Fiesta Street, a few miles south of the City of Sarasota. The district consists of a stately Victorian house (circa 1905), a Texaco gas station (circa 1952) and a garage. The house was built on land that was platted around 1890. It is a vernacular two-story Victorian and resembles a similar house located in Riverside, California, included in a book entitled 100 Most Important Homes in the United States. The Bispham family, owners of one of the first dairies in Sarasota, made it their home from 1927-1951. Jackson and Katherine Bispham raised their five children there. The beautifully restored house is now home to the Art Studio and Gallery of Colleen Cassidy-Berns.

The Dairy House before restoration.

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