Downtown Miami Historic District | |
![]() Downtown Miami skyline in the early 1930s | |
Location | Downtown, Miami, Florida |
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Coordinates | 25°46′28.8546″N80°11′30.8652″W / 25.774681833°N 80.191907000°W |
Architectural style | Moderne, Classical Revival, Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival |
MPS | Downtown Miami MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 05001356 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 6, 2005 [1] |
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The district is bounded by Miami Court, North Third Street, West Third Avenue, and South Second Street. [2] It contains 60 historic buildings. A large portion the buildings in the historic district were built during the Florida land boom of the 1920s, when Miami experienced rapid population growth. Many of the older structures from before the 1920s, were smaller scale buildings and homes from the Miami pioneer era of the mid and late-19th century. Palm Cottage, built in 1897 is a home from the pioneer era that is still standing, however, few of these original homes remain.
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