Tuckahoe (Jensen Beach, Florida)

Tuckahoe
Front View of Tuckahoe on Mount Elizabeth
Location1707 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach, Florida
Coordinates27°13′40″N 80°12′46″W / 27.22791°N 80.21279°W / 27.22791; -80.21279
Built1938
NRHP reference No.05001339[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 30, 2005

Tuckahoe, also known as the Leach Mansion or as the Mansion at Tuckahoe, is an historic home located at 1921 North East Indian River Drive in Jensen Beach, Florida, United States. The name was thought to be a Native American word for "welcome". It is inside the present day Indian RiverSide Park and is atop the Mount Elizabeth Archeological Site, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 2002.

On November 30, 2005, Tuckahoe itself was added to the National Register of Historic Places. On November 4, 2010, the Halpatiokee Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution placed a plaque on the building.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ National historic marker at Tuckahoe Placed by Halpatiokee DAR on Nov. 4