THE HISTORY

THE “FRANCES STRRET BOTTLE INN”  IS NAMED FOR IT’S DISPLAY OF  ANTIQUE BOTTLES SALVAGED FROM THE KEY WEST HARBORS DATING BACK TO THE 1800'S.

IT WAS BUILT AS A PRIVATE HOME IN 1863.  IN 1920 THE ADDITION, WHICH NOW FUNCTIONS AS THE OFFICE / KITCHEN AND "PANAMA SUITE" ,  WAS FORMERLY A GENERAL STORE NAMED THE "PANAMA MEAT MARKET"  AND OPERATED FROM THE 20'S THRU MOST OF THE 40'S.  IN 1948  IT CHANGED OWNERSHIP.  THE MARKET CLOSED AND AND IT BECAME THE  "PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE ROCK".  THE BUILDING WAS SOLD ONCE AGAIN IN 1954 AND BECAME A BOARDING HOUSE WITH NINE ROOMS AND ONLY ONE BATH. 

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BY THE MID 1980'S THE BUILDING HAD DETERIORATED AND OPERATED AS A "FLOPHOUSE".   THEN IN 1993 THE "FOX TELEVISION NETWORK"  LEASED THE BUILDING FOR IT'S SHORT LIVED TV SHOW NAMED  "KEY WEST".  IT STARRED JENNIFER TILLEY AND FISHER STEVENS AND WAS A SHOW ABOUT A SMALL TOWN NEWSPAPER CALLED  "THE METEOR".
THE SHOW WAS CANCELLED AFTER ONLY A SIX MONTH RUN.

WITH THE BULIDING EMPTY AND IN FURTHER DISREPAIR, A MAJOR RENOVATION WAS UNDERTAKEN TRANSFORMING IT INTO THE          "BOTTLE INN" AND IN 1994  WAS HONORED WITH AN AWARD FROM THE "HISTORIC FLORIDA KEYS FOUNDATION".

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