Remnants of Florida’s Early Years: Behind the Walls of a Sports Bar

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PICTURE THE FRESH, CLEAN WALLS of a modern interior space. It’s hard to imagine they would hide anything special, but in the case of a former sports bar in St. Petersburg, Florida, some of them concealed a world of history, hidden for decades. When the walls came down during recent construction, they revealed century-old relics from a storied age: a telephone switchboard, a partial staircase, a double-sided fireplace, and an entire elevator with an elegant ceiling flecked with gold leaf.

Full story: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/detroit-hotel-florida-history

Good story, cool find and love the old telephone switchboard ⇩ (which, I'm thinking, @LizzieMaine will love).

 

[LizzieMaine]

Looks like they just pulled out the main phone cable to the board and just left it hanging there. Hook it back up and see what happens!