Downtown Miami Multiple Resource Area

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Downtown Miami Multiple Resource Area
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Location Downtown Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida
MPS Downtown Miami MRA
NRHP reference No. 64000115
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 1989

The following buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Downtown Miami Multiple Resources Area, a type of MPS Multiple Property Submission (or MPS).

Additional buildings were also covered in the study of Downtown Miami historic resources, but were not NRHP-listed due to owner objections at the time. These include the Art Deco, 1930-built Shrine Building (Miami, Florida) and the Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Miami, Florida). [1] :11, 30 The latter was the first-built Art Deco building in the county, built in 1929, and it was later NRHP-listed.

Resource NameAlso known asAddressCityCountyAdded
Algonquin Apartments 1819-1825 Biscayne Boulevard Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Atlantic Gas Station 668 Northwest 5th Street Miami Miami-Dade County December 29, 1988
Brickell Mausoleum 501 Brickell Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Central Baptist Church 500 Northeast 1st Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
City National Bank Building 121 Southeast 1st Street Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
City of Miami Cemetery 1800 Northeast 2nd Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Dade County Courthouse 73 West Flagler Street Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
D. A. Dorsey House 250 Northwest 9th Street Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Alfred I. DuPont Building 169 East Flagler Street Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Fire Station No. 2 1401 North Miami Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Greater Bethel AME Church 245 Northwest 8th Street Miami Miami-Dade County April 17, 1992
Hahn Building 140 Northeast 1st Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Huntington Building 168 Southeast 1st Street Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Ingraham Building 25 Southeast 2nd Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
J & S Building 221-233 Northwest 9th Street Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Kentucky Home 1221 and 1227 Northeast 1st Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Lyric Theater 819 Northwest 2nd Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Martina Apartments 1023 South Miami Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Meyer-Kiser Building 139 Northeast 1st Building Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Mount Zion Baptist Church 301 Northwest 9th Street Miami Miami-Dade County December 29, 1988
Old US Post Office and Courthouse 100-118 Northeast 1st Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Palm Cottage 60 Southeast 4th Street Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Priscilla Apartments 318-320 Northeast 19th Street and 1845 Biscayne Boulevard Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
S & S Sandwich Shop 1757 Northeast 2nd Street Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Security Building 117 Northeast 1st Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Shoreland Arcade 120 Northeast 1st Street Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
Southside School 45 Southwest 13th Street Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989
St. John's Baptist Church 1328 Northwest 3rd Avenue Miami Miami-Dade County April 17, 1992
Walgreen Drug Store 200 East Flagler Street Miami Miami-Dade County January 4, 1989

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References

  1. ↑ Sarah Eaton and Vicki Welcher (October 1988). "Downtown Miami MRA".
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