A historic club in the town of Eatonville will soon undergo a major transformation.
Club Eaton, at Kennedy Boulevard and West Street, first opened in the late 1940s and hosted some well-known performers.
It closed in 2008 and became dilapidated.
Now, with the help of what Eatonville Community Redevelopment Agency officials said is about $1 million of funding from the state Division of Historical Resources and $250,000 from the current property owner, Club Eaton will shine as it did in its heyday.
“Over 30 years, over 30 since I’ve been in here and to come inside. If the walls could talk, there is so much history because people that came not only from the community but people from outside the community traveled here to see it,” Charles McKinney said.
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