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93 Palm Avenue Part 4
Pool house lower archways
(Mario Gomes Collection)
Other Lamp post near dock.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
Down the stairs and onto the dock.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
Original archways were covered up to make the windows look square.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
Pool house facing the water. At the end remains a giant spotlight from Capone's day.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
From here, Al would either get on one of his two boats, or jump on a hydroplane and off he was to either Bimini or Cuba.
Today, this is not the original dock. View of the water Capone might have seen. Tour boats pass by here 2-3 times a day pointing out Al's home to the tourists.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
View of the bridge in the distance that takes you to Hibiscus island.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
Al with his mother on the dock at 93 Palm Avenue circa mid 1940's
(Mario Gomes Collection)
Now back to the front of the house to visit the guard/ guesthouse and the front gate.
The walkway back to the front house.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
6 Foot walls surround the house on three sides.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
Heading past the main house to the guard/ guest house.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
The old main gate and guard house. Capone's secuity detail would live here and checked who came in and who left. After Capone's death the guard / guest house became a home away from home for Mae's sisters and friends when they stopped for a visit. Mae's sister Muriel Clark and her husband Louis made the transition from Chicago to live in Florida and stayed with Mae for moral support before and after Al's death. They later moved to Hollywood, Florida where Louis Clark found a job as a city maintenance man for the water dept.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
Underneath old guard / guest house is the old main gate with peep hole.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
Upper view of guard / guest house.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
Stairway to guard / guest house. Back in the Capone days many nails were placed on the side wall of the stairs in order for plants to grow onto.
(Mario Gomes Collection)
This concludes the tour. Thank-you for visiting!
My special heartfelt thanks goes out to the owners, previous and new, for giving me the priviledge to see the house up close and personal. Please note that all 93 Palm Island photos on these webpages belong to www.myalcaponemuseum.com and may not be used without permission.
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