Bonnet House

The Bonnet House (also known as the Bartlett Estate) is a historic home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.

[3] The property was originally acquired in 1895 by Hugh Taylor Birch, a Chicago lawyer, and given to his daughter Helen and her husband, artist Frederic Clay Bartlett, as a wedding gift in 1919.

Bartlett built a plantation-style home on the property and wintered there with his wife and child from a previous marriage, Frederic Jr, until Helen died in 1925.

[4] Bartlett was a self-taught architect; the main house is based on his interpretation of Caribbean plantation-style architecture.

[9] There are five different ecosystems within the property: primary and secondary dunes, mangrove wetlands, a fresh water slough and a maritime forest.

[8] The ceiling of the drawing room in the main house is of mahogany from a large log that washed ashore in a storm.

[18] The proposed hotel had been controversial, many people both in favor and opposed spoke at public hearings on the subject.