Hot-Dog Stand, pencil and watercolor on illustration board. Signed “Bernhardt Muller / Architect / N.Y.C.,” 1929.

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By Bernhardt E. Muller, Architect.

Developer Glenn Curtiss and architect Bernhardt E. Muller created an architectural fantasy when they based their designs for the city of Opa-Locka on tales from The Arabian Nights. However, due to the Hurricane of 1926 and the following Florida State real estate crash, a great portion of the construction plans were never followed through. Twenty of the existing buildings are now in the National Register of Historic Places.

This design of a refreshment stand exemplifies the fantasy world that developer Glenn Curtiss and architect Bernhardt E. Muller fabricated.

From the Bernhardt E. Muller Collection.