Hotels and Restaurants
Aerial view looking northwest from Beach Dr and 1st Ave N. St Petersburg Yacht Club in bottom left, Soreno Hotel in middle right, Williams Park and 2nd Ave Methodist Church upper left. c. 1930
Detroit Hotel before west wing addition. c. 1905
Detroit Hotel, on the corner of Central Ave and 2nd St N. c. 1888.
Detroit Hotel, seen from Central Avenue side. Several people and a horse & buggy stand out front. c. 1897
Ponce De Leon Hotel. Fish Market on Beach Drive in background. c. 1926
Detroit Hotel, with second brick wing added, and no minaret in front. c. 1925
Princess Martha Hotel, with First Baptist Church in the background. c. 1980
Suwanee Hotel. c. 1925
Horse and buggy promoting Aunt Hattie’s Restaurant. c. 1950
Orange Blossom Cafeteria, located on the 200 block of 4th St N. c. 1960
Vinoy Park Hotel. 18 January 1926.
Vinoy Park Hotel. c. 1930
Princess Martha Hotel. c. 1930
Central Avenue entrance of the Detroit Hotel, with gazebo. c. 1900
Don CeSar, as renovated in 1975.
Aerial view of the Vinoy Hotel. Looking north from the Vinoy Basin. c. 1935
Don CeSar by moonlight. c. 1940
Guests relax and socialize on the promenade of the Vinoy Hotel.
Vinoy Hotel from Vinoy Basin with a pelican in foreground. “Vinoy” sign over top of building.
Vinoy Park Hotel and Sunset Golf Club. c. 1972
Don CeSar, seen from McPherson Bayou. December 2002.
Aerial view of Pass-a-Grille looking north. Pass-a-Grille Beach Hotel & Casino can be seen on the beach, center left. Don CeSar Hotel is in the top left. Smoke from a large fire is in distance. c. 1940
Arrival of the train to Henry Plant’s Belleview Biltmore Hotel in Belleair. Note this is before hotel was painted white. c. 1897
Golfing at the Belleview Biltmore Hotel in Belleair. c. 1923
![St. Petersburg mail man with his dog in his bicycle basket. Note on the back of the photograph says 'In front of Kranghurst [Hotel]', 419 3rd Ave. N. c. 1930](https://historystpete.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/P00049.jpg "St. Petersburg mail man with his dog in his bicycle basket. Note on the back of the photograph says 'In front of Kranghurst [Hotel]', 419 3rd Ave. N. c. 1930")
St. Petersburg mail man with his dog in his bicycle basket. Note on the back of the photograph says ‘In front of Kranghurst [Hotel]’, 419 3rd Ave. N. c. 1930