initially, the firm survived the collapse of the 1920s land boom, but began to fail during the onset of the great depression. in october 1928, the month after a devastating hurricane, clarke became supervisor of plans for new hotels and residences. harvey moved to birmingham, alabama, before returning to florida in 1933 to work at a hardware store in miami beach. clarke remained in the architectural industry, designing buildings such as a school auditorium in belle glade in 1932 and a new city hall for west palm beach in 1947. several of the firms remaining structures were listed in the national register of historic places or have otherwise been preserved. however, the dixie court hotel was demolished in 1990 for construction of a new courthouse for palm beach county, while the pennsylvania hotel was demolished in 1995 and replaced with the mckeen towers, a senior living facility.