Sarasota Times Building, Historic newspaper building in downtown Sarasota, Florida, United States

The Sarasota Times Building is a three-story, asymmetrically massed structure at 1214–1218 First Street, designed in 1925 by architect Dwight James Baum. Its façade combines stucco with cast stone, and the ground floor uses three different door types with their own enframements. Flat roof entrance porches with arched openings on square columns, casement and double-hung sash windows, and ceramic tile decoration follow the Spanish Colonial Revival style Baum studied in California.

Architect Dwight James Baum designed this building in 1925 to serve as headquarters for the Sarasota Times, a newspaper that began in 1899. Its construction reflected the growth and ambitions of Sarasota during that period.

The building's name comes from the Sarasota Times, founded in 1899 and bought by editor L.D. Reagin in March 1924; his house stood on North Palm Avenue next to the new plant. Later uses changed with the city: Tree-Ripe Citrus Products, then Ceviche Tapas Bar from 2008, which hosted Sarasota Film Festival wrap parties, and Sage restaurant from 2019.

The building stands at 1214–1216 First Street in downtown Sarasota, near the Broadway area where several other Dwight James Baum designs were built. It is a three-story walk-up with no reported lift, so the dining rooms are reached by stairs. The ground floor holds three different door types, each with its own enframement, worth a look from the sidewalk.

The newspaper for which this building was constructed ceased operations during the Great Depression, marking a major turning point in its story. Though the presses fell silent, the structure itself endured and found new purposes in later decades.