Official Website of the Historic City of Apalachicola, Florida

Apalachicola City Hall
1 Bay Avenue
Apalachicola, FL 32320
(850) 653-8715
(850) 653-9319

Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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Library Hours:
Open 10AM to 6PM Monday-Friday (except Noon-1PM Tuesdays)
Saturdays 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

 Phone: (850) 653-8436   Fax: (850) 653-1350 NEW!
Address: 74 6th Street  Gorrie Square
Librarian: Caty Greene
amlib@fairpoint.net

 Apalachicola’s Water Street
Festival of Ice
Saturday August 28
Gorrie Square
Presents
 
Biographer & Historian Vivian Sherlock
10 AM   Topic: Dr. John Gorrie, “The Fever Man”
Location: Gorrie Museum
 
Meredith Bush, Surfside Middle School
10:45 AM   Presentation of “Stay Cool: Artificial Ice
Machine and Mechanical Refrigeration”
Exhibit Displayed at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
Location: Gorrie Museum
 
Photographer & Author Elli Morris
1PM  Topic:  “Cooling the South: The Block Era 1875-1975”
Her new book about the Ice Industry in the US
Location: Gorrie Museum
 
Biographer & Historian Vivian Sherlock
2PM  Topic: Her life in Apalachicola & St George Island
(with Special Friends Joining her)
3PM  Reception for Mrs. Sherlock & Friends – Please Come!
Location: Apalachicola Municipal Library
 
* The event will also include Ice Sculpting,
Live Music & Cold Treats in the Square *
 

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