Sarasota Journal
Eat your heart out, Barney Olfield. Which way's Daytona Beach? Mr. O'Neal came within three miles an hour of breaking the world's motorcycle speed record as he roared down Sarasota (Siesta) Key Beach on his Harley Davidson at 112 mph. The was the feature event in the American Legion's July 4th Carnival.
Editor's Picks
Reagin Residence
The Reagin Residence and garage, at 1213 North Palm Avenue was built in 1926 in the Mediterranean Revival Style. The two-story house was designed by Thomas Reed Martin for L.D. Reagin, owner and editor of the Sarasota Times newspaper.
Municipal Airport/Lowe Field
On January 12, 1929, Sarasota dedicated its first municipal airport located on 160 acres just west of Oriente Avenue, now Beneva Road, and north of Fruitville Road. Pilots performed aerial maneuvers and stunts for the crowd, many of whom felt an airport was critical to future growth of the city. An earlier airfield located on the fairgrounds east of Oriente Avenue closed when the Fair Association deeded its holdings to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for winter quarters.
Beloved Sarasota High School
The red brick and glazed terra cotta, Late Gothic Revival, three-story with a 4 ½ -story entrance tower building located at 1001 South Tamiami Trail, was designed by architect M. Leo Elliott as the Sarasota High School in 1926. The school was completed in 1927 and the first senior class graduated in 1928. Designed in the "Collegiate Gothic" style, the rectangular, irregular plan masonry wall structure was set on a high base of limestone and concrete laid in imitation of limestone. The flat roof surfaces were protected by flat parapets ornamented with label-enframed and cusped crenellations. At the east elevation appeared a two-story wing which was parallel to the three-story west elevation.
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