# Pigeon Key

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This article is about the island. For the ghost town, see [Pigeon Key, Florida](/source/Pigeon_Key,_Florida).

**Pigeon Key** is a small island containing the historic district of Pigeon Key, Florida. The 5-acre (2.0-hectare) island is home to 8 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. The former Assistant Bridge Tender's House has been converted into a small museum featuring artifacts and images from Pigeon Key's past. It is located off the old [Seven Mile Bridge](/source/Seven_Mile_Bridge), at approximately mile marker 45, west of [Knight's Key](/source/Knight's_Key), (city of [Marathon](/source/Marathon,_Florida) in the middle Florida Keys) and just east of [Moser Channel](/source/Moser_Channel).

Buildings remaining from the era of [Henry Flagler](/source/Henry_Flagler)'s [Overseas Railroad](/source/Overseas_Railroad) Key West Extension between 1908 and 1912 are now part of the [Pigeon Key Historic District](/source/Pigeon_Key_Historic_District).[citation needed]

Much of the 1978 [television film](/source/Television_film) *Hunters of the Reef* was shot on Pigeon Key.[2] Pigeon Key was one of the locations for the "Bal Harbor Institute" in the 1995 series of *[Flipper](/source/Flipper_(1995_TV_series))*. It was seen in three episodes during season one including the pilot episode. It was also the site of the Finish Line of [*The Amazing Race 18 "Unfinished Business"*](/source/The_Amazing_Race_18) in 2011.[3]

## Pigeon Key Historic District

Main article: [Pigeon Key Historic District](/source/Pigeon_Key_Historic_District)

The **Pigeon Key Historic District** is a [U.S.](/source/United_States) [historic district](/source/Historic_district_(United_States)) (designated as such on March 16, 1990) located on Pigeon Key in [Florida](/source/Florida). The district is off [U.S. 1](/source/U.S._Route_1_in_Florida) at mile marker 45. It contains 11 historic buildings and 3 structures. The old Seven Mile Bridge (closed to vehicular traffic) crosses over the island and has a pedestrian exit ramp going to the island.

## References

1. [""Hunters of the Reef" controversy"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-hunters-of-the-reef-c/112246734/). *The Miami Herald*. May 14, 1978. p. 346.

1. Andy Dehnart (May 9, 2011). ["Amazing Race ends with high notes but still has unfinished business of fixing its broken self"](https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2011/05/the-amazing-race-18-finale/). *realityblurred*. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

## External links

- [Pigeon Key Foundation](http://www.pigeonkey.net/)
- [History of Pigeon Key](http://www.keyshistory.org/pigeonkey.html)
- [Pigeon Key - Marathon Key Florida Keys Official Tourism Site Heart of the Florida Keys](http://www.fla-keys.com/marathon/pigeon.htm)
- [Monroe County listings](http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/Monroe/districts.html) at [National Register of Historic Places](http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com)

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