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Freedom Tower (Miami)

Freedom Tower
Miami Freedom Tower by Tom Schaefer.jpg
The Freedom Tower in downtown Miami as of September 2010.
Freedom Tower (Miami) is located in Miami
Freedom Tower (Miami)
Freedom Tower (Miami) is located in Florida
Freedom Tower (Miami)
Freedom Tower (Miami) is located in the US
Freedom Tower (Miami)
Location Miami, Florida, USA
Coordinates 25°46′48″N 80°11′23″W / 25.78000°N 80.18972°W / 25.78000; -80.18972Coordinates: 25°46′48″N 80°11′23″W / 25.78000°N 80.18972°W / 25.78000; -80.18972
Built 1925
Architect George A. Fuller, Schultze & Weaver
Architectural style Spanish Renaissance Revival
NRHP Reference # 79000665
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 10, 1979
Designated NHL October 6, 2008

The Freedom Tower is a building in Miami, Florida, designed by Schultze and Weaver. It is currently used as a contemporary art museum and a central office to different disciplines in the arts associated with Miami Dade College. It is located at 600 Biscayne Boulevard on the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College. On September 10, 1979, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark on October 6, 2008. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the building on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places as the Freedom Tower / Formerly Miami News and Metropolis Building.

The Freedom Tower is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at the Government Center Station and the Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Station, as well as by the Metromover at the Freedom Tower Station on the Omni Loop.

Originally completed in 1925 as the headquarters and printing facility for the newspaper The Miami News, the Freedom Tower is an example of a Mediterranean Revival styled structure with design elements borrowed from the Giralda in Seville, Spain. Its cupola on a 255-foot (78 m) tower contained a decorative beacon.


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