January 1st, 2007 – 1955 Dairy Queen – Lighthouse Point
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jan.04, 2007, under Florida History!, Florida Restaurants, What\'s New?
I was down in the Fort Lauderdale area for the New Year. drving home on the first I did my typical Florida history site seeing.
Here’s a sketch I drew of an original Dairy Queen from 1955. The take out only stand sits on U.S. 1 just north of Fort Lauderdale in the city of Lighthouse Point. According to the fellow who was working there, this Dairy Queen opened with the giant neon Dairy Queen sign on top. Eventually zoning laws had the sign taken away and destroyed. After stand was opened a strip shopping center was built behind it in three parts over the years. Over time the shopping center was completely made over and no longer reflects it’s origin. Thankfully, the Dairy Queen has maintained it’s integrity and still looks as it did in 1955.
The employee provided a photo of how the area originally looked. I took an unfortunate blurry photo of the photo. Nevertheless, I boxed in red the Dairy Queen. At the time it was pink. You can still make out the blue neon sign with an ice cream cone on it. Doesn’t that giant green shopping center sign, now gone, look cool!
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January 25th, 2007 on 11:28 pm
Dairy Queen Rules!