McKnight Marinoni Nolan House
Longtime tradition in the Marinoni-Nolan family holds that this rambling classic revival-style mansion is an early 20th century rebuilding of a mid-19th century center hall cottage. While the differences are vast both outside and inside, the Marinoni-Nolan family owned the property for 129 years including the era when the cottage was rebuilt. Originally constructed in 1849 for investor Anna Powell Clarke, the cottage passed in 1851 to sugar merchant Logan McKnight, who expanded the site. McKnight's estate sale in 1859 engendered a colorful public notice nicely illustrating the cottage and grounds. In 1881 the house passed to Brescia, Italy native Ulisse Marinoni (Cavaliere, 1898) who was a banker and importer and his wife Anna Laplace. Canadian-born architect William T. Nolan, who married Marinoni's daughter Olga in 1907, managed the rebuilding of the home, completed in 1909. The family of their son Ulisse M. Nolan, Rex of 1978, and their descendants resided in the home until 2008 when Paramount's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was filmed here. Purchased and renovated in 2010 by the Jones-Wilusz family.