Front view of The Victory Hotel and Restaurant, which was previously the Peacock Arcade on Flagler Avenue. The building was remodeled and opened as The Victory Hotel in March 1942. Image captured before the Marine Room & Beach Club opened in 1944. The Victory Hotel later became the Toric Hotel in December 1950, the Tropic Hotel in March 1951, and the Commodore Hotel in September 1956. It burnt down in January 1959.
Cypress Lodge, front and back. Built in 1936 by Paul Moffett Hoenshel (1889-1966), who was also the manager of the Phipps Estate between 1927 and 1944. He and his family operated the Cypress Lodge from 1936, with his wife as chef. In WWII, rationing of gasoline ended much of the tourist trade and the Hoenshels moved to Stuart.
