The designated Historical Markers are:
The designated Historical Markers are:
The designated Historical Markers are:
- 1. The Lemon City train station, once located at N. E. 59th Street and N. E. 60th Street.
- 2. The Lemon City Post Office, The post office opened October 1, 1889. During its 36 years of operation, it moved nine times and had twelve postmasters, three of which were women.
- 3.The Lemon City Port, Predating the City of Miami, Lemon City had the first Port on Biscayne Bay. Shipping was Lemon City’s primary link to the outside world.
- 4. Lemon City Pharmacy-Dr. DuPuis’ Office building. Dr. John Gordon DuPuis moved to Lemon City in 1898 after graduating from the Medical School at the University of Kentucky. The building served as Dr. DuPuis’s office and one of the first drug stores in South Florida. He worked with the Seminole Indians in the early 1900’s. They regarded him as a white medicine man. He also worked in the Black community. In 1902 he built a new office on the corner of Lemon Avenue, (N. E. 61st Street) and Rock Road(N. E. 2nd Avenue.)
- 5. Lemon City Library Branch-Lemon City’s first library started in the 1890’s under the leadership of a teacher, Ada Merritt. Under her leadership the library amassed a collection of 400 books. Starting in 1902, the Local village Association began raising funds for the construction of a new Library building which was completed in 1904.
Board Members
The designated Historical Markers are:
The designated Historical Markers are:
Dr. Enid Pinkney, Founder
Elizabeth A. Bain Warren, President
Dr. Errol Harvey, Vice President
Rev. Roberta Knowles, Secretary
Dianne H. Rolle, Treasurer
John W. Carter, Member
Retha Boone-Fye, Member
Edward E. Crawford, Member
Peter Ehrlich, Jr., Member
Vera A. Lee, Member
Calvin McFadden, Member
Anita McGruder, Member
Harold Meadows, Member
Dorothy Morrison, Member
Agnes R. Morton, Member
Maud P. Newbold, Member
Claudia Slater, Member
Cecilia Stewart, Member
Rene M. Tew, Member
Willie Warren, Member
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About the Founder
Enid C. Pinkney is Founder of the Lemon City Cemetery Community
Corporation. She also founded the African American Committee of Dade
Heritage Trust. The Lemon City Cemetery Community Corporation which was
the former African American Committee of Dade Heritage Trust was organized
to stop developers from building three affordable housing units on a Black
abandoned cemetery. The City of Miami said they did not know that the
property was a cemetery. The founder is the Founding president of the Historic
Hampton House Community Trust, Inc. and the Curtis Foundation, a historic
preservation organization. The developers made two of the properties into a memorial
Garden and a monument with 523 names of the deceased persons who are buried in the
Lemon City Cemetery. They also reinterred the human bones that were dug-up
from the cemetery. The Human bones were reinterred at a re-interment
service.
Mission Statement
The Lemon City Cemetery Community Corporation respects all
our historic neighborhoods to include Brownsville, Buena Vista, Coconut Grove, Edison, Lemon City, Liberty
City, Little River, and Overtown.
Upcoming Events
The Lemon City Cemetery Community Corporation has sponsored various
activities to carry out its mission. Among them are the following:
The Essay contest on the topic “Why I am Proud of My Heritage,” which
motivates Dade County students to use their writing skills in connecting to their
heritage and culture. Contest is open to All Miami-Dade County “ELEMENTARY”
“MIDDLE” “HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS” (Public, private, homeschool) GRADES 1-
12. The 29th Annual Essay Contest December 5, 2023 - February 17, 2024 for the Award presentation
The woman’s Honoree Luncheon recognizes Women in the Community who
Volunteer their time to help make mentors for the women of tomorrow. These
Honoree’s bring to the community a long-lasting History of Education, Civic
participation, and many years of Cultural and Historical endeavors to our
environment and relations. Honoring Women’s Luncheon Date: March 2023
LCCCC has expanded its operations to share with the community reflections of
our history through music by celebrating the classics of the past with the classics
of the future through a concert. Its multi-cultural, multi-racial and inter-
generational participants show the progress that Miami has made in inter-racial
relations and bridging the classics of the past with the classics of the future.
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