:: D.A.
Dorsey House
250 NW 9th Street
Year Built: circa 1913
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Date Designated: 1983
a. This modest Frame Vernacular residence was home to one of Miami's most
prominent black businessmen and philanthropists. Dana A. Dorsey helped
organize South Florida's first black bank and amassed a real estate empire
while developing Overtown, the center of Miami's historic African-American
community. The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South
Florida, Inc. reconstructed this building in 1995. The house was listed
in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
b. Historic photograph of the D.A. Dorsey House, circa 1948.
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