St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Stuart Florida. This building was originally the first church in Stuart (built in 1895) and was moved to Third Street in 1932 (steeple removed). In 1950, the church moved to a new building.
Interior of Rue's Sweet Shop on Flagler Avenue, Stuart, which sold candy, cigarettes, cigars, homemade root beer, magazines, ice cream, and soft drinks.
A shop employee and Henry Clay Rue (1861-1937) stand in a small shop with cases, counters, and displays of candy; a man reads at a table; a sign advertises "Ice Cream Dixies" for 5 cents.
Henry and Harriet Rue and their adult sons Charles and Fred relocated from Michigan to Stuart in 1924. They purchased the Butter Kist Shoppe on Flagler Avenue, next door to the Feroe Building, and renamed it Rue's Sweet Shop, which continued operating until 1944. The building was demolished in the 1980s and in 2024 it is a gated courtyard garden.
Unidentified staff members of the newspaper, South Florida Developer, which was published in Stuart between 1925 and 1931, when it merged with the Stuart Daily News. Charles H. Rue was business manager in 1930 and is probably one of the men in this image.
