R.B. Potter Home

Material Information

Subjects / Keywords:: Pioneers
Pioneer home
Biscayne
Wooden-frame houses
Wood house
Coordinates:: 25.853161 x -80.176632

Abstract:: Two men posing in front of wooden frame house. Typewritten note reads: R. B. Potter Home - 1874 (Approx. NE 84 Street & 10 Ave.) ( en )
General Note:: Dr. Richard B. Potter came to South Florida in 1874 from Cincinnati, Ohio, along with his brother George. They lived on Biscayne Bay near 85th Street and N.E. 10th Avenue. Although Richard Potter was a physician, the scarcity of people made the practice of medicine an unprofitable profession. By 1875, in addition to practicing medicine, Dr. Potter was a coontie digger, a Customs Inspector and a Deputy U.S. Marshal. Source: MIAMI IN 1876 By Arva Moore Parks, Tequesta: The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida. Volume 1, number 35.
Funding:: This project has been funded under the provisions of the Library Cooperative Grant program, administered by the Florida Department of State’s Division of Library and Information Services.