Clement's Restaurant, 1946

Front exterior view of L. C. Clement's Restaurant (previously Fred's Lunch Room) located on US Hwy 1 near Frazier Creek in Stuart, Florida. The restaurant signage advertises steak, chops, southern fried chicken, seafood, and breakfast. A man stands in front of the entrance. Postmarked in West Palm Beach on October 3rd, 1946. Postcard sent to Miss Lena Shaw in St. Johnsbury, Vermont from "Mildred."

This restaurant was located on U.S. 1 south of the Frazier Creek bridge. Originally built by the Pittman family and called the "Supreme Service Lunch Room"; on 10 May 1931, two staff and two of the Pittman family were killed when the building exploded due to improperly installed gas tanks. The Pittman family rebuilt the restaurant, with a new manager, Freddie Mae Pittman Crawford; by 1938 it was called "Fred's Lunch Room." It was sold in January 1946 to Lamuel C. Clements, former principal of Stuart High School (1938-1942) and his new wife, Eva Hayes Clements, a dietician. The business was renamed "Clement's Restaurant." Soon after, Clements sold the restaurant to Bertha and Ben Goddard, who renamed it "Goddard's Restaurant" in April 1947, adjacent to the Goddard's Sailsport Docks. The building was demolished when U.S. 1 was widened in the 1960s.

Scans gift of Stuart Heritage Museum.

National Press (Chicago, Ill.); Allied Printing Trades [Union Label] Council (Waukegan, Ill.)

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Black and white printed postcard; 5.4x3.4 inches

English

Still image

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