MURDER & ARSON: Mega Mansion Built at North End of Gulfmead Dr Siesta Key Sits at Historic Site of Former Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel's HigelHurst Hotel, Feb 25, 2026, at 3332 Gulfmead Dr Siesta Key Fl.  Mr Higel was murdered and the Hotel subject of arson and was burnt to the ground. Three time former Sarasota Mayor Harry Higel had built his Higelhurst Hotel in 1915 at the very north tip of Gulfmead Dr on Siesta Key Fl, the Higelhurst Hotel faced Big Pass and Lido Beach, just like the new house. The Higelhurst Hotel on the North tip of Siesta Key was at the entrance to Big Pass on Sarasota Bay with an unobstructed view of the Gulf of Mexico and directly across from Lido Beach. The Higelhurst Hotel was burned down (arson) on Friday March 30th, 1917, the north bridge to the island was not yet open. THIS STORY IS A MOVIE SCRIPT WAITING TO BE WRITTEN; Story of Unsolved Murder of Harry Higel by Rube Allyn and the arson of the Higelhurst Hotel by Rube Allyn all on Siesta Key read...