Historical Museum of Southern Florida
Research Center — Visual Materials

Claude C. Matlack Photographs

photo of downtown Miami

The Lobby, Avenue D (Miami, Fla.), 1896.

Miami's business district started on Avenue D (Miami Avenue). On July 28, 1896, on the second floor of the Lobby, residents met and voted to incorporate as a city. Most of these buildings burned in the December 1896 fire.

Credit: Claude Matlack Collection, Historical Museum of Southern Florida.

Image number: Matlack 245-12