Neighborhoods
markmiddleton | May 21, 2026
If you drive south through western St. Petersburg, past Jungle Prada and toward the Pasadena Yacht and Country Club, you pass a stretch of road where the wall starts. … Read more
Buying a Historic Home
markmiddleton | May 18, 2026
A house built in 1925 has been standing for a hundred years. It went up when Calvin Coolidge was president, when St. Petersburg was in the middle of the Florida land b… Read more
Neighborhoods
markmiddleton | May 10, 2026
A note before I begin. This Journal usually covers historic homes. Crescent Lake Park is not a home. It is a park. But it is also one of the most historically signific… Read more
Neighborhoods
markmiddleton | May 2, 2026
South Tampa Steinbrenner historic property Beach Park, Tampa’s premier waterfront luxury neighborhood, is among the most architecturally distinguished historic residen… Read more
Neighborhoods
markmiddleton | May 1, 2026
1930s Postcard of Honeymoon Island The barrier island that we now know as Honeymoon Island has, across its documented history, been the site of a remarkable concentrat… Read more
Architecture & Style
markmiddleton | April 30, 2026
I want to begin by being clear about what this house is, because the legend often runs ahead of the documentation, and the truth is more interesting than the myth. The… Read more
Neighborhoods
markmiddleton | April 27, 2026
1930s Postcard featuring the “Honeymoon Cottages” Published in the Journal at Historic Homes Tampa Bay The first land deed recorded within what is now Dunedin, Florida… Read more
Neighborhoods
markmiddleton | April 22, 2026
Laurel Park Sarasota: A Historic Neighborhood Where the 1920s Never Quite Ended There is a moment, walking Laurel Park, when the pace of the world slows without asking… Read more
Architecture & Style
markmiddleton | April 21, 2026
very once in a while in this work, I find myself standing in front of a home so genuinely consequential that the professional parts of my brain go quiet and I just loo… Read more