Neva King Cooper Educational Center

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Location151 NW 5th St., [1]
Homestead, Florida
Coordinates 25°28′29″N80°28′48″W / 25.4748°N 80.4801°W / 25.4748; -80.4801 Coordinates: 25°28′29″N80°28′48″W / 25.4748°N 80.4801°W / 25.4748; -80.4801
MPS Homestead Multiple Property Submission
NRHP reference No. 85003112 [2]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1985
Location in south Florida

The Neva King Cooper Educational Center is a historic school in Homestead, Florida. It is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district. The school serves students with mental disabilities. [1]

The school was built in 1914 as the Homestead Public School and designed by August Geiger. In 1934 it was renamed the Neva King Cooper School. [3] On December 4, 1985, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [2] The property is part of the Homestead Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.

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Notes
  1. 1 2 "Neva King Cooper Educational Center". Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. Patricios 1994. pp. 218-219
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