Volume 15 , Issue 8

1939 Penny Postcard Dixie-Sherman Hotel Panama City, Fla.

Here is another image from our 2002, Vol. IV, of the OkieLegacy Ezine that we found while rummaging, cleaning our archives.

1939 Postcard of the Dixie-Sherman hotel, Panama City, Florida - "The area's first skyscraper, the Dixie Sherman Hotel, was finished in 1926." Downtown Panama City History. Hotel Dixie-Sherman, Panama City's (Florida) premier hostelry was one of the finest in the State. It was fireproof, had one hundred rooms with bath and its appointments and service were par-excellence. It catered to both commercial and recreational patronage, and was open the year round, offering special services to vacationers, with experienced guides and fishing equipment available.

Did this first skyscraper, Dixie-Sherman Hotel, in Panama City, Florida make it into the twenty-first century? Someone sent us a photo of what remained of the Dixie-Sherman Hotel. It was demolished, circa 1970. This city has a fine website (History of Bay County Florida. One of the landmarks for over forty years was the Hotel Dixie Sherman. This multi-history skyscraper was built in 1926 by Walter Sherman and served as a center for social activities. It was demolished in 1970.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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