Fry-Conter House to become office and Visitor Center for the St. Vincent Island National Wildlife Refuge

                A historic home in Apalachicola has been sold to the U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife Service and will soon become the new office and Visitor Center for the St. Vincent Island National Wildlife Refuge.

The Greek Revival style Fry-Conter House on Avenue F which was built in 1845 by Daniel Fry and currently serves as the Apalachicola Museum of Art.

The sale will return the St. Vincent Island National Wildlife Refuge offices and Visitor Center back to Apalachicola, which were formerly housed inside the Harbormaster’s House at Scipio Creek. 

St. Vincent Island, which is adjacent to Apalachicola Bay has a close historical relationship to Apalachicola, most notably that of the Wefing family.

Hatch Wefing, a resident of Apalachicola owns the journal of George Frederick Wefing, who began to record his experiences living on the Island in July of 1879, while at the young age of sixteen.

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