Dunns Josephine Hotel
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The Dunns Hotel and Josephine Hotel consisted of two separate buildings, and are some of the few remaining hotels in the area from the early and middle twentieth century. The Josephine Hotel was built in 1938 and the Dunns Hotel in 1947. During segregation, hotels in Overtown would serve black entertainers barred from receiving accommodation in Miami Beach.
The Josephine and Dunns Hotel was renovated into the Dunns Josephine boutique hotel with funding from the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency. Dunns-Josephine Hotel Founder Kristin Kitchen, after nearly twenty years in the hospitality industry focusing on the bed and breakfast segment, asked herself “Was it possible to create a brand of bed and breakfast boutique hotels that combined the amenities of a 1st class hotel and the intimacies of a Bed and Breakfast?”
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