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Bookends to our brief sojourn down US1 from Sunset Drive to SW 61st Avenue are both iconic and memorable parts of the fabric of our community\u2019s storied history, from the Dorn Brothers Buildings to FOX\u2019S Sherron Inn. The magnificent Dorn Brothers building heralds the entrance into our town center retail and restaurant district; FOX\u2019S enjoyed its own storied history for a period of over 65 years.<\/p><\/div>\n

DORN BROTHERS BUILDINGS
\n<\/b>Built by the Dorn Brothers in 1925, one of the first families of the Town of Larkins, the buildings are rare surviving examples of an architecture that belonged to the Florida Real Estate Boom of the 1920s.\u00a0 <\/span>Harold and Robert Dorn, build the Dorn-Martin Drug Store, the first Post Office and a branch of the South Florida State Bank which never opened because of the 1926 Hurricane.\u00a0 <\/span>After the hurricane the real estate boom was over the brothers got into their father\u2019s fruit and vegetable business.\u00a0 <\/span>The Dorn Fruit and Vegetable Company became one of the largest\u00a0shippers of the Hayden Mango, among other produce.<\/p>\n

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Ellen Uguccioni, Cultural Resource Consultant for the City of South Miami (2005), noted that the building is \u201cbest described as a Mission Style, which included the curvilinear center parapet, the broad expanses of stucco, use of barrel tile coping at the parapet, the engaged pilasters that separate the window and entry bays and the use of glazed ceramic tile for accent.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>The original Post Office is described as Mediterranean Revival.<\/p>\n

Mary Elizabeth Dorn, known as \u201cMother Dorn\u201d who had invested in Larkins land, had purchased five acres on Sunset Drive and Nervia Street for one hundred dollars.<\/p>\n

Mother Dorn eventually sold the land to the Arvida company, and it is from them that the current owner, Harvey Amster, purchased the Dorn Brothers Buildings in 1958 for $90,000. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"LAST CALL AT FOX\u2019s
\n<\/b>On Friday, July 31, 2015 FOX\u2019s served up their last thumb bits, prime rib, fried chicken and much more\u2026. and don\u2019t forget that fabled martini.<\/p>\n

FOX\u2019s Sherron Inn had been serving \u2018em up for over 65 years from its location on US1. Drinking and dining at this popular spot have been something of a rite of passage for students, entertainers, professional sports stars, airline pilots and just about anybody else within walking and driving distance.\u00a0 <\/span>Original owners, Hank and Betty Fox had a concept for the establishment that included a bar, a family-friendly dining room and a liquor store all under one roof.\u00a0The year was 1946, and H.W. Vanderboegh was serving as mayor in a South Miami of about 2,761 residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cArt Moderne\u201d might best describe the building\u2019s architecture, complete with a three-foot deep brow visually dividing the first and second floors on the exterior.\u00a0 <\/span>(See somimag.loc, for the FOX\u2019s cover feature.)<\/p>\n\n\t\t