| Name | SORRY, THIS ENTRY IS NO LONGER ACTIVE
DuBois Pioneer Home |
| Address | 19075 DuBois RoadJupiter, FL |
| Brief Description | Tour this 1898 Historic Home |
| Type | Attraction |
| Category | Museum |
| Description | The 1898 shingle-style home sits atop a Native American Shell Mound and contains period furnishings, clothing and artifacts. The home was built by Harry and Susan DuBois and provides a unique glimpse of life in the area at the turn of the century. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Harry DuBois was born February 10, 1871 (d. 1924), on a farm in Holmdel, New Jersey. His father, John Rue DuBois (1844-1914), and mother, Anna Douglass DuBois (1848-1928), had an apple orchard in New Jersey and grew vegetables. When Harry was 16 years old, he came to Florida in 1887 to work in an orange grove on Merritt Island (Brevard County). In 1892, he sailed into the Jupiter Inlet and noticed the Indian shell mound and liked the location. He bought 20 acres of land on what is now the Intra-coastal Waterway, and grew pineapples on 10 acres. DuBois befriended Captain Charles Carlin and became part of Carlin’s crew at the Jupiter Life Saving Station and helped him build the DuBois Home. |
| Phone 1 | (561) 747-6639 |
| Email | visit@LRHS.org |
| Handicapped Accessible | No |
| Time Allowance | 40 minutes |
| Website | www.LRHS.org |
| Last Updated | 7/12/2004 |
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