Hoch Heritage Center

Research Hours
Tuesday-Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Monday & Saturday 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Built as a post office annex in 1949, this warehouse structure has been the home of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society since 1978. Today it houses the Society's collections and research departments.

The Fort Lauderdale Historical Society is committed to expanding knowledge of the past. The Hoch Heritage Center is where visitors and local residents come to expand their own knowledge, by perusing the reference library, conducting research in the history files, or shopping for photographic prints from the Society’s historic image collections.

PHOTOGRAPH AND IMAGE COLLECTIONS
The Society’s outstanding photographic collections contain 250,000 images relating to the history of Broward County. In addition to photographs, the Society also has notable collections of postcards and slides. Most of these images are available for reproduction.
Visit our image gallery.
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HISTORY FILES
These are the subject collections of the Society and contain newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures and ephemera. These files encompass vast amounts of information relating to the history of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County (up to the present day), from biographical files to local environmental concerns. A finding aid is available.

PROPERTY RESEARCH
In conjunction with the City of Fort Lauderdale Historic Preservation Board (HPB), the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society is developing a database for property research. The Hoch Heritage Center provides services for the HPB, homeowners, realtors, environmental auditors and other researchers.

For more information contact Research Director Merrilyn Rathbun, (954) 463-4431, x11.