STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — A treasured piece of Treasure Coast history is getting a new lease on life.
After nearly 150 years of withstanding powerful storms along the Martin County coastline, restoration work on the historic House of Refuge museum is now nearing completion.
Located on Hutchinson Island between the Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean, the museum has been surrounded by scaffolding for months as crews work to preserve the county’s oldest building…