Perky's Bat Tower

Description:

• One of the Keys' early dwellers, Richter Perky, tried to combat mosquitoes, which were big as bombers and numerous as mangrove roots, with known enemies of the mosquito: bats. In 1912, he built a big tower but the bats weren't having any part of this belfry and just never bought into that batty condominium project. Here it stands, however, just quirky enough to be part of the Keys and just quirky enough to find its way onto the National Register of Historic Places. There is no admission charge.
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