Dana A. Dorsey House, Historic residence in Overtown, Miami, United States.
The Dana A. Dorsey House stands at 250 Northwest Ninth Street in Miami, Florida. It is a historic house listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1989, and forms part of the Downtown Miami Multiple Resource Area. It was the home of D. A. Dorsey.
The house was built in 1913 by Dana A. Dorsey, Miami's first Black millionaire, who transformed the Overtown area through real estate development. His financial business activities laid the foundation for Black wealth building in the city.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1989, the house is also recorded as part of the Downtown Miami Multiple Resource Area, a survey grouping historic properties of the district. Its address, 250 Northwest Ninth Street, places it in the Overtown section of Miami-Dade County.
The building is easily located on Northwest 9th Street and operates as a public community center. Visitors should contact ahead to confirm hours and available tours.
Dorsey also owned Fisher Island and planned a resort there for wealthy Black guests at a time when segregation defined life in Florida. This ambitious vision shows his strategy to counter the discrimination of that era.
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