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Stuart Feed Store customers, c. 1945
Two men talk around a truck filled with bushel baskets of fruit outside the Stuart Feed Store. -
Stuart Feed Store customers, c. 1945
Two women talk outside the feed store near their cars with a dog nearby. -
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Palm City Grocery, c. 1940
Small corner building with grocery store and single fuel pump featuring Sinclair Gasoline. -
Virgina Apartments, c. 1940
Apartment building built by Robert Roebuck in the 1920s. -
Second street houses, c. 1940
Small single family houses. Copy print of postcard. -
Stuart school, Feb. 1912
Several children on stoop of school. Built in 1908, the building was then used as the Martin County courthouse from 1925 to 1937. Published in the Stuart News, 25th Historical Edition (9 Nov 1950) with the caption "This front portion of the present county court house formerly was the Stuart school until the present school plant [sic] further east on 4th St. was erected in 1926. Primary grades used the small building at right." -
The Lighthouse Restaurant, 1948
Long building with cars parked under eave. Located a few hundred yards from the north end of the bridge across the St. Lucie River on Federal Highway, it was originally Speedy's Garage, built in about 1923 by Harry Miles Speedy. A small marina and a decorative lighthouse were added soon after. After being remodeled in 1933, it became Speedy's Inn. In 1937, after ownership changed hands several times, it was remodeled and became the Lighthouse Restaurant. After a fire in 1956, the business reopened in a one-story building. It was demolished in 1962 as part of the widening of U.S. 1 and Roosevelt Bridge. -
Stuart Hotel, c. 1948
Hotel and restaurant. Originally built in about 1891 by Broster Kitching (and then moved by 1898) and added onto extensively over the years. Demolished in 1966. -
Barrel palms along the road, c. 1940
Barrel palms planted along the roadside.