Historic marker dedication postponed due to typo

ENGLEWOOD — A dedication ceremony for a new historic marker for Englewood’s New Point Comfort neighborhood has been canceled, and the reason is a typo on the plaque.

Charlotte County officials had planned the ceremony for Wednesday morning, according to Jennifer M. Zoebelein, historian for Charlotte County Libraries and History.

But a patron in Englewood alerted county officials to a spelling mistake on the marker, Zoebelein wrote in an email to The Daily Sun.

“Stanley Lampp’s first name is spelled ‘Stanely,’ she wrote. The error occurs in two places on the marker.

Lampp was the founder of the New Point Comfort subdivision, buying the 90 acres in 1922 for a reported $9,000.

Zoebelein contacted the company that created the marker to correct the spelling, she wrote. The error was on the company’s part and can be fixed, she wrote, and Charlotte County won’t be charged for the repair.

Alston Stanley Lampp played a significant part in Englewood’s history. He moved to town as a 9-year-old when his mother, Sarah L. Lampp, married Henry S. Kelley, who lived in Englewood. He was one of four brothers, along with Wade, Wilber and Jesse.

Stanley Lampp and his first wife opened a hotel in 1922, the Tamiami Lodge. He and his brother Wilber set up a generator there, bringing the first electric lights to Englewood, according to historian Diana Harris.

He and Wilber also had Englewood’s first car, a Model T Ford, which Stanley used to deliver the mail. He also had the first phonograph in Englewood, which played music recorded on cylinders, Harris wrote.

Stanley Lampp was one of Englewood’s mayors when the town was briefly incorporated in the late 1920s. He also was known for his generosity and commitment to the community, having donated land for a new school on West Dearborn Street, The Lemon Bay Woman’s Club, and Englewood’s first church building, which is now the historic Green Street Church.

Stanley Lampp died in 1960. He is buried at Gulf Pines Cemetery.