Coconut Grove Grapevine: Visiting the Peacock Inn

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Sunday, August 20, 2017

Visiting the Peacock Inn

A guy posted this photo on one of the history pages I follow on Facebook. It's The Peacock Inn which was in Peacock Park. The inn was built in 1882 by Charles Peacock, this photo is from 1896-1898. There were three buildings that were converted into the one structure.

I never realized it was so large before, but you can see the people on the veranda in this photo by comparison. This photo below is how I always picture the Peacock Inn, this is Christmas Day 1886.

But if you look at this angle, you can see the three structures that make one.

And these are winter visitors on the porch in 1890.

I would love to see what it looked like inside, you know, the common areas and the hotel rooms; probably like something you see on Gunsmoke or Maverick ,I guess.

The photos come from Florida Memory, from the State Archives of Florida.

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2 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Nice photos and posting. If it had been located in Savannah or Charleston and had not burned down it would probably still be standing and be a treasured landmark. Probably a museum, wonderful restaurant or romantic guest house. Being in the the Grove, we are lucky the park wasn't sold to a developer to build another shopping center, gated complex or luxury condo towers.; August 20, 2017 7:30 PM
Anonymous said...: Lovely pictures! It was Ralph Munroe who gave the idea to the Peacocks to build their inn right in that spot, close to Biscayne Bay. Thank you for them.
cristina; August 22, 2017 12:59 PM

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