South Florida’s first library opens in the community of Lemon City (today’s Little Haiti neighborhood), five mile north of the Miami River. Settlers in the area create a small but successful community in the upper bay.
![This home served as Lemon City’s library from 1894 until 1904. (State Archives of Florida) [+LEMON CITY LIBRARY/EARLY LEMON CITY]](https://mia125.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lemon_City.jpg)
South Florida’s first library opens in the community of Lemon City (today’s Little Haiti neighborhood), five mile north of the Miami River. Settlers in the area create a small but successful community in the upper bay.