:: DuPuis
Medical Office and Drugstore
6041-6045 NE 2nd Avenue
Year Built: 1902
Architect/Builder: Unknown
Date Designated: 1985
a. Dr. John G. DuPuis constructed his medical office and drug store in
the rural community of Lemon City four years after he arrived in South
Florida. One of the region's most noted early physicians and community
leaders, DuPuis founded the Dade County Agricultural School and established
what would become one of the area's largest dairies. This traditional
Masonry Vernacular style building features pressed metal detailing typical
of turn-of-the-twentieth-century American commercial architecture.
b. Historic photograph of the DuPuis Medical Office and Drugstore, circa
1948.
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