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12. Reid Avenue - Smith's Drug Store (Sisters' Restaurant)
Reid Avenue has been the commercial heart of Port St. Joe for nearly a century. Although facades and businesses have changed, the outline of the street has remained essentially the same. Unlike that of many towns, Port St. Joe’s main commercial street has not become a thoroughfare for traffic going elsewhere. Reid Avenue was named after John Robert Reid of St. Johns County, president of the 1838 Constitution Convention held in the Old City of St. Joseph. In 1913 the street was macadamized with a mixture of mud and shell dredged from the bay along the railroad pier, loaded on flat cars and carried down a track constructed for that purpose. In 1922 or 1923 the city installed electric street lights along Reid Avenue. In 1939 the avenue was resurfaced with sand, gravel and asphalt. Click on the photos below to view some earlier views of Reid Avenue
Smith's Drug Store (Sisters' Restaurant)236 Reid Ave.
Previously owned by John Robert and Margaret M Smith, the building was remodeled and is now Sisters’ Restaurant. Owned by Cheryl and Jimmy Johnson and run by their daughter Paige Rich. A sign for the drugstore is still visible in side window of the restaurant.
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