It’s 1886 and here’s the Coconut Grove Hotel in Lake Worth. It’s Lake Worth’s first resort hotel. The end came as Flagler and his railroad and his opulent Royal Poinciana Hotel was built nearby. It became more of an apartment[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Florida Hotels
Swampy’s #Florida Postcard – Spring Side Motel, Ocala, 1950s.
Here is the Spring Side Motel in Ocala on Silver Springs Boulevard in the 1950s. The postcard declares a Free T.V. in every room, 28 units and 100% air conditioned. Here’s what the motel looked like in 2007: The motel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcard Saturday: Maxwell Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, 1940s.
Here’s what the Maxwell Hotel once looked like. It was once located 441 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale. The back of the postcard states: “All modern rooms with private bath.” The card was not mailed and can only figure this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcard Thursday: The Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne, 1952.
This postcard of the former Melbourne Hotel was mailed from Grant, December 11th, 1952 from Flossie to Mrs. Naomi Jackson, 3342 Morrison Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. Flossie writes that he didn’t stay at the hotel above but at the ‘Carter Hotel’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcard Saturday: Fontainebleau & Eden Roc, Miami Beach.
This unmailed postcard shows The Fontainebleu on the left and the Eden Roc on the right. The hotels had quite a rivalry back in the ’50s and still battle it out for customers today. Both hotels were designed by Morris[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The six story Tarpon Inn opened in January 1914 and was considered one of the best hotels on the Florida west coast. The hotel was destroyed by fire March 24th, 1927. Just note: There is a Tarpon Inn now in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards: Miami Beach at dusk!
This is Miami Beach. To the left is the Algiers Hotel that st Between 25th and 26th street on Collins Avenue. The Algiers facade was designed, as many structures were in Miami Beach, by Morris Lapidus. The architect of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Floridana: Who Remembers This?
This is a part of the Swampy’s Florida Floridana Collection.
Here’s The Patio Grill in The Roosevelt Hotel in downtown Jacksonville. The postcard was written on and with a stamp, but the postmark was made on the edge of the card. So no date of the card can be seen.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s #Florida Postcards – St. Petersburg – The Vinoy Hotel – 1930s
Here’s a postcard from 1940 of the Naples Tourist Court on the Tamiami Trail. Naples in this area today couldn’t look more different. The back of the postcard proclaims each cabin to be “Modern, Gas Heated”. Also “Every Room with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This ad is from a copy of ‘This Week’ from November 8th, 1953. ‘This Week’ was an advertising circular for many, many years around Broward County. If you have any memories of this ‘This Week’, the Port-O-Cal Motel or Fort[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…