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An Archaeological Management Plan and Assessment for 500 Brickell,
Miami -Dade County, Florida
by
Robert S. Carr, M.S.
Alison Elgart-Berry,
Archaeological and Historical Conservancy
4800 SW 64th Avenue Suite 107
Davie, FL 33314
(954)792-9776
ahchlgcl@bellsouth.net
for
The Related Group
AHC Technical Report #488
March, 2004
Table of Contents
List of Figures ii
Consultant Summary 1
Project Setting 3
Previous Research 4
History Of Land Use 7
Results 10
Management Plan 11
References Cited 12
Appendix 1: Residents of the project parcel, 1907-1970 15
List of Figures
I Map of project area with regional archaeological sites 3
2. The 1910 Sanborn Insurance Map of the project parcel 9
3. The 1925 Sanborn Insurance Map of the project parcel 9
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Consultant Summary
In March 2004, the Archaeological and Historical Conservancy (AHC) conducted an
archaeological and historical assessment and management plan of the 500 Brickell parcel
for The Related Group.
The work and the report conform to the specifications set forth in Chapter IA-46, Florida
Administrative Code. This assessment was conducted in response to the parcel's Iocation
within a City of Miami Archaeological Conservation area located along the south bank of
the Miami River, as described in the City of Miami Historic Preservation Ordinance 16-
10, Chapter 23.
Several historical structures once occurred on the parcel, but all have been demolished.
Archival records indicate that homes were constructed there as early as 1907. No historic
structures currently exist on the subject parcel.
No archaeological sites are recorded on the parcel, but numerous archaeological sites,
features, and artifacts have been reported and recovered within 500 feet of the subject
parcel (Figure 1). No subsurface testing was conducted during this assessment because
of the active parking lot, but the project management plan includes stripping of asphalt
prior to new construction and archaeological testing. In addition, archaeological
monitoring will be conducted during the demolition of the 550 Building and during the
proposed construction related excavations of the parcel (see the "Management Plan"
section of this report).
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Project Setting
The 500 Brickell parcel encompasses ±1.27 acres, representing eight lots that are
bounded by Southeast Fifth Street to the north, by Lot 9 to the west, by Brickell Avenue
to the east, and by Southeast Sixth Street to the south. The parcel is located in Section 38
of Township 54S, Range 41E, and the relevant USGS map is the Miami Quadrangle (rev.
1969).
The project parcel lies about 300 feet south of the south bank of the Miami River and
about 750 feet west of the mouth of the river and Biscayne Bay. The parcel's proximity
to the confluence of the Miami River and Biscayne Bay made it an ideal location for
prehistoric and historic activity. In the recent past, this location encouraged urban
development, altering the project parcel from a quiet, residential neighborhood into a
commercial district in the center of the City of Miami. Prior to development, the parcel
was part of the Brickell Hammock, a mixed forest of tropical trees that extended from the
mouth of the Miami River southward to Coconut Grove, a distance of about four miles.
The USGS soil map for the parcel describes the parcel as Urban land, or an area where
more than 85% of the surface is covered by shopping centers, parking lots, streets,
sidewalls, buildings, houses, and other structures where natural soils are not easily
observed. The soils in the remaining open areas are mainly Udorthents. These soils have
generally been altered by land grading and shaping or have been covered with about 18"
of extremely stony, loamy fill. The bedrock is Miami Oolite, a limestone that
characterizes the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, a natural formation that extends north and south
along the southeastern coast of Florida. The Atlantic Coastal Ridge contains numerous
solution holes, features that are of potential archaeological importance because they
contain deep areas of sediment that often attracted prehistoric and historic activities.
These activities included their use for graves, trash pits, and cultivation.
Previous Research
The earliest documented visit to the Miami River and the Biscayne Bay area by an
archaeologist was in 1869 by Jeffries Wyman, who made some cursory notes on his visit
and conducted limited investigations of aboriginal mounds and middens on both sides of
the river (Eck 2000, Gifford 1978). He reported a mound "...about eleven feet high,
sixty long and forty broad, covered with sand" and composed of limestone fragments
located about one-half mile from Biscayne Bay and 150 yards south of the Miami River.
He conducted a small excavation but did not find anything. This mound, the Miami Rock
Mound #2 (8DA17), located approximately one -eighth mile southwest of the project
parcel (Figure 1), was destroyed at an unknown date. The mound is tentatively dated to
the prehistoric Glades period.
Andrew E. Douglass (1885) made an extensive survey of mounds at the mouth of the
Miami River in 1882, including DA17. Douglass examined a looter's hole in the mound
and found a modern coffin and bones. He noted a black dirt and shell midden on the
north bank of the Miami River near the Convention Center and the Brickell Avenue
bridge. This site, the Miami Midden 1 (8DA11), or Granada, was the principal site of the
town of the Tequesta during the Spanish contact period. This site is across the river from
the project parcel (Figure 1).
Several sand mounds and middens were reported on Brickell Point and in Brickell within
the area of the project parcel. The project parcel is located within the archaeological site
Miami Midden 42 (8DA12), which encompasses Brickell Point and the Miami Circle,
Douglass reported a sand mound 1000 feet south/southwest of Brickell Point (8DA13),
which would have been located about 400 ft southeast of the project parcel (Figure 1).
John Goggin recorded the Brickell Point site as Miami Midden #2 (8DA12) in his
inventory of southern Florida sites (n.d.). He noted that the old Brickell home " [was]
built on top of the refuse... [of] a low black dirt midden with some shell," probably
referring to an area on what is now the Sheraton Hotel property, directly east of the
project parcel. An advocational archaeologist, Dan Laxson, conducted excavations on the
Elks Club property (within the Sheraton parcel) in 1958 and 1959 (Laxson 1959:67-68).
Laxson's trenches were dug about 100 meters to the south of the southeast corner of the
Brickell Point Apartments. His excavations uncovered extensive aboriginal black dirt
midden deposits that were assigned the site number 8DA98 (FMSF 1959). As youths in
1961, Carr and his friend, Mark Greene, excavated a single trench about two meters long
on top of the bluff at a location now occupied by the Sheraton Hotel (Carr and Greene
1961). They also investigated below the crawl space of the last remaining Brickell
mansion and observed white sand, a large number of human teeth, and artifacts
suggesting that a burial mound once might have been located there. Carr also collected a
large quantity of glass beads and other artifacts associated with the Brickell Trading Post
(Carr 1981b).
In 1978-1980, the Dade County Historic Survey was completed. The survey included a
review of archival and archaeological materials, as well as field visits to archaeological
sites throughout urban Miami -Dade County (Carr 1981 a). The survey recorded extensive
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evidence of prehistoric occupation at Brickell Point and along the south bank of the
Miami River. A review of archival records indicated that an area of prehistoric
occupation extended for at least 1000 feet south of the Miami River along Biscayne Bay
and at least 1000 feet westward along the Miami River to an area just east of the Miami
Avenue Bridge. A prehistoric midden with a historic component, the South Bank site
(8DA1037), is located to the east of this bridge (Figure 1). Near the Metrorail is a Late
Archaic to Glades I site (DA2137), which was discovered during the construction of the
Metrorail (Figure 1).
In 1980, the Elks Club parcel was scheduled for the construction of a Holiday Inn Hotel
(now the Sheraton). The Miami -Dade County Historic Preservation Division organized
salvage excavations directed by Carr using student volunteers from the University of
Miami and members of the Archaeological Society of Southern Florida. The three-month
project uncovered well-preserved black dirt midden averaging 50 cm in depth. The
project area was included under the Florida Master Site File number 8DA98, but is now
considered to be a component of 8DA12, as described by Goggin's original
determination for the overall Brickell Point site. Thousands of prehistoric and historic
artifacts, as well as faunal bone were collected reflecting human activities dating back
over 2000 years, with including a significant nineteenth century occupation. Six
radiocarbon dates were obtained from basal midden horizons during these excavations.
These dates suggest that this part of 8DA12 was first occupied during the early Glades I
Period (A.D. 1-A.D. 750). Testing was conducted at Brickell Park by Carr with students
from the University of Miami in 1980. Several test pits dug on the north side of the
mausoleum resulted in the discovery of human bones and teeth.
In 1998, the Miami Circle was discovered at Brickell Point during monitoring of
demolition of the Brickell Apartments. The discovery of this significant site led to its
public acquisition by the state of Florida and Miami -Dade County (Carr and Ricisak
2000). The site, thought to be the footprint of a prehistoric structure, has been
radiocarbon dated to over 2000 years old.
In 2001, Brickell Park, located directly east of the project parcel, was assessed by the
Archaeological and Historical Conservancy, resulting in the locating of human remains
there (Carr et al., 2001). Over 40% of the test pits dug were positive for human material,
and 95% were positive for culture material typical of prehistoric black dirt middens. One
test pit also uncovered a ca.1900 trash deposit. This assessment revealed that Brickell
Park encompasses a significant prehistoric Tequesta cemetery, containing graves
probably associated with site 8DA12. Previous archaeological investigations at the other
parts of the site, specifically at the Sheraton Hotel (Carr, 1981a) and the Miami Circle
(Carr and Ricisak 2000) revealed only a few fragmentary human bones and teeth,
reinforcing the conclusion that the site's human remains were largely interred south of
the major village, at least in part, in what is now Brickell Park. The park and surrounding
area were deliberately selected for mortuary practices.
Other discoveries of prehistoric artifacts, features and sites have been made during
archaeological surveys and monitoring within one mile of the project parcel. At the 1441
Brickell Avenue parcel, isolated pottery sherds, shell refuse and a cache of shell celts
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were uncovered (Haiduven, 1999). Miami Sand Mound #2 (8DA15) was located about
200 yards from the Biscayne Bay shore and one quarter mile south of the river (Douglass,
1885; Goggin, Master Site File). Straight (unpublished manuscript, 2002) locates the
mound one-half block south of present day Southwest Eighth Street (Figure 1). This
places it south-southwest of Mound #4. Douglass (1885:145) described a burial mound
"about 200 yards from the shore of the Bay, at a point about a quarter of a mile south of
the [Miami} river", where he "found many burials, but in such a state of decay, as to be
merely distinguishable by a shade in the sand". He reported the discovery of a "beautiful
earthen cup symmetrically shaped, and ornamented with incised lines of graceful
pattern..." within the mound (Douglass, 1885:145). Sand Mound #2 is tentatively
assigned an early Glades II date (Willey, 1949). The mound was probably leveled during
the construction of Brickell Avenue in 1896 (Straight, unpublished manuscript, 2002).
An archaeological site (8DA3220) is located within Jose Marti Park, which is situated
about one-half mile west of the project parcel on the original bank of the river (Figure 1).
It is a shallow, prehistoric midden dated to the Glades I period discovered by Carr in
1983. A human cranium was discovered at this site, as well as sand -tempered plain
pottery, worked bone, faunal bone, lithics, a shell point or awl, shell refuse, and a
fragment of a wooden log approximately 40 cm in length. The deposits were
concentrated in discrete areas suggesting specific activity areas (Florida Master Site File).
Out of four 5-foot units excavated, the densest concentration of material was recovered
from the most northerly unit closest to the river. Solution holes, up to 14 inches in depth,
also were repositories of prehistoric material. The site was capped by fill during
construction of the park.
Other recent archaeological discoveries made within 500 feet of the subject parcel
include the uncovering of a shell cel.t by Carr in 1998 during construction of a new
sidewalk in front of 550 Brickell Avenue. No other artifacts were found, but shell refuse
and faunal bone observed there suggest that site 8DA12 extends westward from Brickell
Point. On Lots 9 and 10, while Carr was the Miami -Dade County archaeologist, a large
solution hole bisected by the lot boundary line was discovered during excavations in Lot
10. The solution hole contained a large quantity of historic refuse dating from ca. 1900
and some prehistoric refuse. Collected materials now repose at the Historical Museum of
Southern Florida. Located about 200 feet north of the subject parcel is site 8DA1.064, the
Custom House site, which extended westward to Tommy's Boat Yard (Figure 1). This
site is composed of an extensive prehistoric midden and the mid nineteenth century
homestead of Robert Fletcher, who received title to his parcel in 1844. Hundreds of
artifacts were uncovered during environmental clean-up of the parcel in the mid-1990s,
and archaeological monitoring continues during the current development of the boatyard
parcel.
History of Land Use
The project parcel lies at the confluence of the Miami River and Biscayne Bay, but the
proximity to these bodies of water did not greatly influence development within the
parcel as much as its proximity to the Miami City center. The history of the parcel begins
in the early days of the fledging City of Miami, and urban development in the last twenty
years has altered the area considerably.
The project parcel was originally part of a 640-acre parcel granted to John Egan in 1808
by the Spanish government, which was deeded to his wife Rebecca after his death
(Robbins et al., 1907). Egan was later mistakenly spelled as Hagan, and the land became
the "Mrs. Hagan Donation" to the City of Miami. This record of title was corrected in
1888. The land was sold to R. Fitzpatrick in 1831, who in turn sold it to William English
in the mid nineteenth century. The Brickell family bought all of English's land south of
the Miami River when they moved to Miami in December, 1870 (Parks, 1987; Gaby,
1993).
At the turn of the nineteenth century, the area south of the river was known as
"Southside". Brickell Avenue was the northern end of the Coconut Grove Trail, which.
was a rocky, dirt road so narrow that passing through the hammock south of the project
parcel was like traveling through a "green wall" (Peters, 1984:20). It was notorious for
being infested with dangerous creatures such as rattlesnakes and panthers. In 1896,
William Brickell's ferry service was the only way to cross the river from the city into the
Brickell area.
The Brickells bad the Southside area platted in 1905, and the project parcel became part
of the Mary Brickell Subdivision Addition B-113. In 1906, there were few people living
in the subdivision. Besides the Brickells on Brickell Point, one of the only other
residents was S. Bobo Dean, the editor of the Miami Metropolis, who lived on Nineteenth
Street (now Southeast Seventh Street) with his family so that he could raise cows and
chickens, which he could not do in the city (Peters, 1984). No one lived on the project
parcel at this time.
The first documented resident to live on the project parcel was George McKinnon, the
secretary of The JA McDonald Company, who resided at 235 Eighteenth Street (41
Southeast Sixth Street), on Lot 8, as early as 1907 (City Directory, 1907, 1908; Appendix
1). Southside experienced a boom around 1909, and soon residents formed the Southside
Improvement Association, which worked on, among other things, getting a school in the
area (Peters, 1984).
By 1910, there were four houses situated on the project parcel (Sanborn Map Co.. 1910).
Besides the McKinnon home on Lot 8, there were residences on Lots 1, 4, and 6 (Figure
2). The house built on Lot 4 was the Ferris Home (site 8DA367, named after most recent
resident), at 59 Southeast Sixth Street, which was built circa 1907. The City Directory
lists W. Cuiberson, a teller, living there with his wife beginning in 1908, but historic
records indicate that H. Patkinson and Mary Brickell owned the house as early as 1907
(Florida Historic Structure Form, on file at the Office of Historic Preservation. Miami).
On Lot 6, at 51 Southeast Sixth Street, US Engineer Hobart Crabtree lived with his wife
around 1911.
Two more homes were built on the project parcel by 1914. on Lots 3 and 5 (Sanborn Map
Co., 1914). The neighborhood was mainly middle class, white-collar workers, which
included clerks, managers, mechanics, and contractors (City Directory, 1911-1915;
Appendix 1). Around 1919, the first and only apartment building was built on the project
parcel, on Lot 7, at 47-49 Southeast Sixth Street. In the 1920s and 1930s it was called
Del -Ray Apartments and held only four residents (Sanborn. Map Co., 1926; G.M.
Hopkins, 1936; City Directory, 1921-1940). In 1926, all lots except Lot 2 had standing
structures, most of which were residences (Figure 3). The large McKinnon house
became the Sunny Oaks Sanitarium in 1919 (City Directory, 1919), and the Gowdy
Hospital in 1921 (City Directory, 1921). By 1935, the home had reverted to a residence.
The first Brickell Bridge was built in 1926, creating easy access to the Brickell area from
downtown Miami, and Brickell Avenue was paved in the 1930s (Murrell, 2003), but the
project parcel did n.ot change much through the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the parcel
was buffered from activity on the Miami River to the north by parcels owned by the heirs
to the Brickell fortune. North of Lot 8 was Tommy's Boat Yard, and to the northwest of
the parcel was commercial land used by the Gulf Oil Relining Company. In 1936, all
lots except for Lot 2 held residences (G.M. Hopkins, 1936). In the 1930s and 1940s, the
project parcel was occupied by many widows (City Directory, 1931-1953-4; Appendix
1). Writer Hattie Carpenter occupied the historic Ferris house from the 1920s to the
1950s (Appendix 1; City Directory, 1921-1960).
The first commercial building, the 550 Building, was built on Lots 1 and 2, on Brickell
Avenue in the early 1950s (City Directory, 1953-4; G.M. Hopkins, 1947; Sanborn Map
Co., 1953). The house on Lot 1, at 522 Brickell Avenue, was demolished for this
development. The 550 Office Building held an apothecary shop, an optical dispensary,
law firms, and doctors and dentists offices in the 1950s (City Directory, 1953-4). The
character of the project parcel began to change with the advent of commercialization. By
1965, the houses on Lot 3, at 63 Southeast Sixth Street, and on Lot 6, at 51 Southeast
Sixth Street, were razed and there were parking lots in their place.
By 1970, there were only five residents still living on the project parcel (City Directory,
1970). Commercialization steadily encroached upon the neighborhood, and one by one,
all of the houses were demolished. Even though historic status was conferred on the
Ferris house, at 59 Southeast Sixth Street around 1974, it did not save the structure and it
was demolished at some time in the 1980s, as were the rest of the houses on the project
parcel.
Today, the 550 Building continues to occupy Lots 1 and 2 on Brickell Avenue, and still
contains law films and offices. The bottom floor contains a coffee shop, a Kinko's, a
beauty salon, and a Subway. Lots 3-8 are all commercial parking lots; nothing remains
of the historic neighborhood.
Project parcel
Project parcel
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7
SE 5th Street
4
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3
Figure 2. The 1910 Sanborn Insurance Map depiction of the project
parcel. Numbers indicate lots.
Figure 3. The 1926 Sanborn Insurance Map of the project parcel,
Numbers indicate lots.
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Results
An archaeological and historical assessment of the 500 Brickell project parcel indicates
that no recorded archaeological sites occur on the parcel, however, one historic site, the
Ferris House (a.k.a. the Hattie Carpenter House), was located at 59 Southeast Sixth
Street, but was subsequently demolished. There is extensive evidence of archaeological
sites, features, and artifacts occurring adjacent to the subject parcel. It would seem
unlikely, however, that extensive midden or historic deposits have survived intact on the
parcel considering the numerous episodes of clearing, building, and demolition that have
occurred there in the past 100 years with the important exception of possible deeper
archaeological deposits. Solution holes, such as the one known to occur in Lots 9 and 10,
often contain these deep deposits and are commonplace in limestone bedrock.
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Management Plan
The applicant will maintain the archaeological consultant to document any archaeological
sites, features, and artifacts that might be uncovered during the development of the
parcel. The following archaeological actions will be conducted as part of the
archaeological management plan:
An archaeologist will provide inteinsittent monitoring, as needed, during the
demolition process of the 550 Brickell Building.
2. Prior to construction activities, a phase 1 archaeological survey will be conducted
on the parcel. The parking asphalt will be removed and phase 1 testing will be
conducted across the lot.
3. During initial construction excavation activities, archaeological monitoring will
be conducted across the parcel_
4. Any significant sites or features uncovered during pre -construction and
construction activities will be fully documented by the archaeologist.
5. If a significant discovery is made, written .notice will be provided to the County
and City Archaeologist and to the City of Miami Historic Preservation Planner. If
human remains are uncovered, then the guidelines provided by State Statute
872.05, the Unmarked Human Graves Act, will apply.
6. All collected artifacts will be transferred and will repose at the Historical Museum
of Southern Florida.
7. A final archaeological report will be provided to the County and City
Archaeologist and to the City of Miami Historic Preservation Planner.
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Carr, Robert S.
1981 a The Archeological Survey, Dade County Historic Survey, Final Report. Office of
Community and Economic Development, Historic Preservation Division, Miami,
Florida.
1981b The Brickell Store and Seminole Indian Trade. The Florida Anthropologist
34(4):180-199.
Carr, Robert S., and Mark S. Greene
1961 Excavations at the Brickell Site. Unpublished report on file at the Historical
Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.
Carr, Robert S. and John Ricisak
2000 Preliminary Report on. Salvage Archaeological Investigations of the Brickell Point
Site (8DA12), Including the Miami Circle. The Florida Anthropologist 53(4):
260-285.
Carr, Robert S., Jeff Ransom, Mark .Lance, and Alison Elgart-Berry
2001 A Due Diligence Archaeological Assessment of Brickell Park. AHC Technical
Report #312, Miami, Florida_
Carr, Robert S., Jeff Ransom, Victor Longo, and Alison Elgart-Berry
2001 An Archaeological Survey of the Brickell View Parcel, Miami, Florida. AHC
Technical Report #299.
Douglass, Andrew E.
1885 Earth and Shell Mounds on the Atlantic Coast of Florida. American Antiquarian
and Oriental Journal 7:140-147.
Eck, Christopher
2000 A Picturesque Settlement: The Diary Notes of D. Jeffries Wymans Visit to Miami
and the First Archaeological Excavations in South Florida, 1869. The Florida
Anthropologist 53(4): 286-293.
Florida State Site Forms
1980 Site Forms for 8DA462 and 8 DA505. On file at Miami -Dade County's Historic
Preservation Division.
Gaby, D
1993 The Miami River and its Tributaries. Miami: Historical Association of Southern
Florida.
Goggin, John M.
N.D. The Archeology of the Glades Area, Souther. Florida. Unpublished manuscript
on file at the P.K. Yonge Library, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
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Gifford, George E.
1978 Dear Jeffie: Being the letters from Jeffries Wyman, first director of the Peabody
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Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Haiduven, Richard G.
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Hopkins, G.M.
1925 Plat book of Greater Miami, Florida and Suburbs. Philadelphia.
Laxson, Dan D.
1959 Three Salvaged Tequesta Sites in Dade County. Florida. The Florida
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Appendix 1: Residents of Southeast 6th Street and Brickell Avenue from 1907-1921
Date of
Directory
1907
1908
1911
1913
1915
1919
1921
Address
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident!
Occupation
Resident!
Occupation
Chaulk, AB/
mechanic, Royal
Palm Transfer
Resident/
Occupation
same
Lot 1: 522
BrickeIl Ave
Lot 2: 550
Bricke.11 Ave
Lot 3:
63 SE 6th St.
Lawrence, WH
(Bertha)
Guton, JR Mrs.
MacDonald,
JW/ Lasseter-
MacDonald
Hardware
Lawrence, B.
Mrs.
Lot 4:
59 SE 6th St.
Culberson, W.
Weart (Janie)
paying teller
Culberson, WW
(Janie) / teller,
First Nat'l Bank
Houston, GM
(Agnes) / real
estate
Bowen, CD
(Frances) /
agent, Guyton &
Moore
Carpenter, N.
Mrs.
Lot 5:
57 SE 6th St.
McGahey, TB
(Maude) clerk-
DN C enter
same
same
same
Lot 6:
51 SE 6th St.
Crabtree, Hobart
(Rosa) US
Engineer
Roberts, ME
Mrs.
Hopkins, Phelps
(Elizabeth)
manager-
Southern Feed
St. John, JH
(Helen) /
contractor
Curry, JF
(Evelyn) /clerk
Lot 7:
49 SE 6th St.
-
Kleder, GF/
plumber
Del -Rey
Apartments
Lot 7:
49r/2 SE 6th
St.
Neville, Wm
(Hannah)/
machinist
Del -Rey
Apartments:
Shaaw, RD
/clerk
Appendix 1: Residents of Southeast 6th Street and Brickell Avenue from 1907-1921
Date of
Directory
1907
1908
1911
1.913
1915
1919
1921.
Address
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Ramsey, HK
(Helen) USN
Resident/
Occupation
Del -Rey
Apartments:
Lightbourne, W
(Belle)/
insurance agent
Lot 7:
47 SE 6th St.
Lot 7:
47V2 SE 6th.
St.
Hornberger, SE/
Miami Barber
Shop
Del -Rey
Apartments:
Johnson, JA
(Matilda)
carpenter
Lot 7:
47a SE 6th
St.
Reynolds, LR
(Alline)
Maxwell, WS
(Anna) Inlet
Construction Co
Lot 8:
41 SE bth St.
McKinnon,
GA (Celia)/
Sec. The JA
McDonald
Co
same
same
same
same
Sunny Oaks
Sanitarium
Gowdy Hospital
IIP
Appendix 1: Residents of Southeast 6th Street and Brickell Avenue from 1924-
Date of
Directory
1924
1931
1935
1940
1945-6
1953-4
1960
1970
Address
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Querio, S/
carpenter,
Kerkhof, F/
carpenter
Resident/
Occupation
Aceurso, S
(Frances)/
Empire Bar
Resident/ .
Occupation
Hooper, E
(Nellie)/ auto
mechanic
Resident/
Occupation
Berterinan,
M Mrs.
Resident/
Occupation
550 Building:
lawyers, drs.,
dentists,
shops
Resident/
Occupation
same
Resident/
Occupation
same
Lot 1: 522
Brickell Ave
Lot 2: 550
Brickell Ave
550 Building
lawyers, drs.,
dentists.
shops
same
same
Lot 3:
63 SE 6th St.
Simpson, GG
Burgess, R
Mrs./ music
teacher
Altemus,
MeD, Mrs.
Sparrenberger
E Mrs.
Fox, C Mrs.
Fox, GL
(Cora)/ clerk
Parking lot
Parking lot
Lot 4 :
59 SE 6th St.
Carpenter, H.
Mrs./ writer
same
same
same
same
same
Vacant
Ferris, SN /
retired
Lot 5:
57 SE 6th St.
Munier, LA/
salesman-
Turner Music
Co.
Shultz, G
Mrs.
Saunders, V.
Mrs.
Marshall, E
Mrs.
Fox, L B/
foreman- Red
Top Transfer
Tanner, GD-
furnished
rooms
Same/ tax
consultant
same
Lot 6:
51 SE 6th St.
English, R/
printer-Miam
Print Co.
Ohler, G
Golden, H.
Mrs.
same
Vacant
Schrimscher,
EA/
bardender
Preview
Lounge
Zerblus, IA
Parking lot
Lot 7:
49 SE 6th St.
Del -Rey
Apartments:
Bond, Mrs. F
Del -Rey
Apartments:
Quimby, EV
Buffin, M./
violin maker
same
same
Lavender, S /
houseman,
Empress
Hotel
Lloyd, R/
boat charter
Huss, W/
manager- NY
Deli
Lot 7:
491/2 SE 6th
Del -Rey
Apartments:
Tyson, Mrs
D
Del -Rey
Apartments
Del -Rey
Apai Intents
Rice, E
Appendix 1: Residents of Southeast 6th Street and Brickell Avenue from 1924-1970
Date of
Directory
1924
1931
1935
1940
1945-6
1953-4
1960
1970
Address
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident!
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
Resident/
Occupation
same
Lot 7:
47 SE 6th St.
Del -Rey
Apartments
Del -Rey
Apartments
vacant
Del -Rey
Apartments
Ewert, B
Mrs.
Howard, HE
(Vida)
Seeley, C
(Katherine)
same
Lot 7:
47 SE 6th
St.
Del -Rey
Apartments
Del -Rey
Apartments:
Wadsworth,
JW/ captain
Del -Rey
Apartments
Transient
Lot 7:
47a SE 6th
St.
Del -Rey
Apartments:
Sherman, AG
Del -Rey
Apartments:
Shetterley,
WH
Del -Rey
Apartments
Lot 8:
41 SE 6th St.
Gowdy
Hospital
Gowdy
Hospital
Dock, R Mrs.
Sacheroff, L
Mrs.
Blitch, FE/
tile str
same
same
Starkey, C