LIVING HISTORY
downtown structures, too, including the Pocahontas Building, Vero
Theatre, Farmers Bank, Sleepy Eye Lodge and Redstone Hardware
and Building Supply Store.
He built a home for his family squarely in the middle of downtown,
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at what is now the intersection of 14th Avenue and State
Road 60.
“When he found out he was building the town around his house, I
guess he figured it was too close, so he moved it,” said his grandson,
J. Douglas Baker Jr., 85, who grew up in the house. “They moved
buildings around a lot in those days.”
The Baker house survives, and is owned by others. It faces east-
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ED DRONDOSKI
The Pocahontas Building, dating from 1925, remains a downtown
landmark in Vero Beach.
FLORIDA PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION
This photo shows the thriving Vero Beach Business District in the early days.
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