James Sottile

farmer, banker and land developer · Florida City

First documented act

1915

Role class

connector (carried know how or capital between two or more nodes)

Community

Florida City · municipality

Status as of 11 September 2026

active

Historical state

pre Andrew

Connections

4 edges, 4 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.014 (rank 36 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.000 (rank 54)

Confidence

Medium · sources: [T41], [A21] (register)

Sicilian immigrant James Sottile, in the United States from 1899 and a citizen from 1909, establishes South Dade Farms and the South Dade Farmers Bank at Florida City. He moves to Miami in 1924, forms the Cadillac Development Corporation in 1925 during the land boom and advertises farm leases from 1936. The founding year of the farms is not stated in the source used.

Connections

Moves, founders, developers

• foundedFlorida CitySouth Dade Farms and South Dade Farmers Bank at Florida City1910s
• foundedSouth Dade Farms (Sottile Farms)Founds South Dade Farms1930

Plans, funding, partners

• fundedHomestead Bayfront Park and Herbert Hoover MarinaDonates 1,200 acres for the park1937
• fundedFlorida City State Farmers MarketDonates twenty acres for the state market1939

Influence

• shaped1920s land boom in South DadeForms Cadillac Development Corporation in 19251925

Located

• located inFlorida CitySits in Florida City by address or centroid1925