Sweet Way on Brickell Avenue

The story of the mansion constructed by Annie Mitchell, sister of artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, at 2025 Brickell Avenue in 1921. The residence was where the Atlantis Condominium stands today.

Cover: Sweet Way residence in 1922. Courtesy of Florida State Archives.

A leisurely cruise on Biscayne Bay along Miami’s Southside neighborhood one hundred years ago would reveal a group of extravagant mansions along a bluff known as Cliff Hammock. This quarter of the Brickell neighborhood was called "millionaire row" for the ornate residences and notable residents who generally occupied the homes during winter.

One of those mansions was two separate structures connected by a covered portico constructed for the daughter of the founder of Tiffany & Company, Charles Tiffany. Her brother, Louis Comfort Tiffany, was her neighbor to the north in this extravagant section of the Brickell neighborhood.

Both Louis and Annie Tiffany Mitchell’s Brickell mansions were conceived by drawings provided to an architectural firm by Louis, a prominent artist specializing in stained glass, but evolved based upon the tastes and eccentricities of the two siblings. While Louis' home was razed after being damaged by a hurricane in 1935, Annie's residence played an essential role in the history of her family lineage and still stands today as a part of the Atlantis condominium complex at 2025 Brickell Avenue.