Actually, may I present longtime Sarasotaphile, Rex Carr, whose wonderful detail work this map is!
To this aerial photo of Sarasota in 1925, Rex has added some landmarks for us.
Rex writes: “I’ve posted a second version of the photo with my own annotations to help you appreciate the photo to its fullest extent. I’ve also highlighted a few
streets and traced the original route of the Tamiami Trail through town for your pleasure.
- Site of El Vernona Hotel (John Ringling Towers) being prepared for construction
- Grounds of the Halton Sanitorium (originally built as a home built for John Hamilton Gillespie in 1904)
- Frances-Carlton Apartments under construction.
- Belle Haven Inn: future site of American National Bank, later Orange Blossom
- First National Bank, later Palmer Bank under construction
- Future site of Edwards Theater, later Florida Theater
- Future site of Burroughs Garage, later Montgomery Roberts
- Future site of Morrison’s Cafeteria, later Golden Apple Dinner Theater
- West Florida Ice Plant
- Old High School
- Central Elementary
- Union Bus Station
- Mather’s Good and Bad Furniture
- Future site of the Times Building (today’s Sage Restaurant)”
Can you spot the Mira Mar? The Gator Club? What else can you see?
The Historical Society of Sarasota County 