About this picture: Notre Dame in Little Haiti
Little Haiti or La Petite Haiti, is a neighborhood in the City of Miami, Florida, United States known as a traditional center for Haitian and Francophone culture in the city.
Little Haiti's boundaries are roughly as follows: to the north, Little River, to the west, I-95, to the east, Florida East Coast Railway, and to the south, I-195. The southern extremity of Little Haiti is now referred to as the Miami Design District, an 18 block section of art galleries, showrooms and restaurants located between NE 41st Street and NE 36th Street, Miami Avenue and Biscayne Boulevard.
Notre Dame in Little Haiti
In the early 1900s, a small farming community, Lemon City, developed in this area, but it was a city only in name.
The area had many lemon groves from where the town took its name.
Though not as abundant as in the past (due to urbanization and eradication from citrus canker outbreaks), lemon trees still grow in several residents' backyards.
The town even had its own railway depot on the Florida East Coast Railroad.
The growing city of Miami to the south, however, was looking for more property to add to their town.
In 1925, Lemon City was annexed by Miami, along with the town of Little River to the north, and the town of Buena Vista to the south, each of which now comprise modern-day Little Haiti.
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