This 1850s Greek Revival house was, for a time in the mid-50s, the Casa Brazil rooming house. (That business moved into the house next door in the ’60s.) By the late 1980s, it was known as Admiral’s Landing, an eight-room bed-and-breakfast, under the proprietorship of Steve Irving. Peter Bez and Chuck Anzalone acquired the property in 1995.
According to an old postcard we found (date unknown), the three buidlings — 156 Bradford,158 Bradford and the house behind 158 Bradford on Pearl Street — were run together as “Casa Brazil.”
Prior to Steve Irving purchasing the house in 1985, it was run as “Wave’s Landing” by two women who had been in the Navy. We had guests in the 90s who told us they had stayed at Wave’s Landing in the 70s.
What ever happened to Steve Irving? I knew that he moved to the Fort Lauderdale area after he sold Admiral’s Landing. We had a few dinners together in South Beach, where I own a condo (since 1994). I recall that he died unexpectedly, but when and where?