Vero Beach, Florida - McKee Botanical Garden - Hall of Giants
- Address:
- 350 U.S. Highway 1, Vero Beach, FL
- Directions:
- South of Vero Beach on US Hwy 1.
- Admission:
- $6 adults, $5 seniors, $3.50 kids
- Hours:
- Tu-Sa 10 am - 5 pm, Su Noon -5. pm (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 772-794-0601
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Vero Beach, Florida - McKee Botanical Garden - Hall of Giants McKee Jungle Gardens was a popular roadside attraction on US 1 opened in 1929 by Arthur McKee and Waldo Sexton. It featured lush tropical gardens, eccentric architecture and exotic wildlife. In 1976 it closed and most of the land it was built on became a condo development.
In 2001 it re-opened, a third the size of the original. Prominent among the remaining architecture is the Hall of Giants, an exotic structure created to house the world's largest table built from a single piece of mahogany. Designed and built by Waldo Sexton, the building is made of cypress and adorned with bells and stained glass. Several other structures created by Sexton, including the Driftwood Resort and Ocean Grill, still exist in Vero Beach. [Rick Kilby, 04/25/2008]
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