Cauley Square Historic Village
Restored railroad-era village of packing houses and cottages turned garden shops, tea room and antique stores.
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This guide to Cauley Square Historic Village near Miami follows Mary Ballard, who arrived in South Dade in 1949 expecting a quiet retirement and instead bought a set of condemned wooden buildings. It traces the site back to 1903, when farmer William Cauley built a packing house beside Henry Flagler's new railway, and the rowdy stop that grew up around it, with a saloon, a speakeasy and worse. You'll hear what a tornado and a hurricane did to the village before Ballard ever arrived. Look for the brick paths threading between the old workers' cottages as you walk.
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