The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-19
OLD ARCHITECTURAL

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fCmtinued from Pretkns Page
Office, 60 Cilut0a SQaars ard ~
Courthouse Before that he had De-
signes snd bunt ne Coavsni a
Mary IHmaeuists wiit ~ dorm
cred manaafd roois ard cenira.
t0wer.
while kssT wss hoildsna his
brick paass. ess ~ 80 ezssf haag.
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tsasgisT mass aspsasina Ger
Grace upeA rs fsla6s eabsl.
hshed by pevehss sse sgswsvns-
e ~ high e0psias. TIE lsxsly
b&slsina. now s~mad ~ A. Mat.
land Aesms, was teF aematlme
IRE hsaazvsFtar ~ re Key wEsss
Fashf ciUb. Tedsy n slancs %.
ssFisd save isF ne kav West
Electric shop 81 rs sira flesf.
TIE FIRST Natoaal Bank built is
1900, and recently renovated. wai
Influenced By the Cuban styles
President 1eFry TreFoF In directing
The ren0yafiaus kept the balcony
intact and she lldfashl0ned pleas.
Ing style on Duyal Street. which IA
IN sharp o0ntrasl With Che extrem.
ely modern. comfortable annex.
Even as recently as 1871 when
The Key Hest Guide Was Taiipl.shea.
wood remained the most importani
buldlng materlal on TIE island To.
DAY, however. concrete block
houses with metal o. glass lalou
sizes. have Ions since replaced the
older wood.
There are large sections Of the
Island. sought out b. artists and
architects which retain intact the
old one story Cuban cigar workers
houses end The two-stoFy masses
II h IN these lisile pockets Of 18th
esnl,ry Key Vest, that The painters
can stu find their subjects. Some
OF them say they have yet 90 find
any greater beauty than che white
a these simple hsuSex against the
tismlng red u the pogal Poinclana
m Nay. Others find . distinct aes.
theuc pleasure IN seeing the moon.
hight whilen the IN roofs 20 that
one has the feeling Of xhow topped
New England houses. coupled with
warm tropical bFeenes.
SisndsHs sfilI against the en-
rush Of time en- William and &c.
Zen Streets ere ne I'VE Bshsms
hevsss. The esrisvm Fssidsnxs
which Is ~ the eafnsr 81 Esaen
aa9 william was built ea Green
Turtle Key, eahaHns islands. BY
cspi. ice BartiUm IN ne early
part 81 re lssh csnsvvy. afhsn Ne
neyed 70 ksy Meai, ths hoosa
YES taken spaFi. lssdsd sboaEd
o selaoessE sna EsAslif on ~ pre-
seHi site.
The Roberts h0ase. formerly 0c.
eapled By Mrs. Jeanne Taylor,
curator u East Msrtello Gallery.
10 ~ eos william Street Il was
brought from Bahamas By Capt.
Dick Roberts. The Bahama houses
are built u white PINE. TheiF only
difference from he ksy West bon.
ses is q l0w eellihg. Conforming 10
The Key West style are the halus.
trades on the p0rcLes. the large
suffered openings, and the roof
With twin gables.
The Ernest Hemingway hovss
81 White end Olivia Streets 70 N
q class ~ itself enthusiastically.
De0ble perehss ere ~ enlv 70.
lsfisn 10 ksy West houses. slyses
Instead 81 frame. ne mansien
has mere ~ Q ss~ orisans fhsa
key West teeilne. haeevss Of Ne
iFen grill work. Built shortly sfs.
o. the Civil WaF, Hemingway
and he wiis psvlias. sddsd .
HIGH wall ieF privacy, . iins
swimmins posl Ger kssskish s~irns
sHd senvsrtad no ssash hsvss
feT ere sraai writer's sivaY.
The last year aas seen the end Of
The Livingston Bsthel mansion on
Duyal and the ash mansion on
Eaton and Duval.
stu standing IS . triumph over
time 90 the lslaad u the Oldest
house In ksy vest 90 Duval Street
the hatiington house. built In le25.
and lived IN until her dcah by their
descendant Mrs. Mae Douglass.
With just a story and a half, and
making an $3.50 porch "a his house
Clifford Miller. Plantation Key Is
building q $500 CHS house.
Lionel Arnau Is building a CHS
house al Rock Harbor. costing 81.
$40
Peter 5 List. IslamoFnda. IL max.
inc . 500 addition IA a CHS store