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Miami Beach Architectural District

Miami Beach Architectural District
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Miami Beach Architectural District is located in Miami
Miami Beach Architectural District
Location Miami Beach, Florida
Coordinates 25°47′9″N 80°8′3″W / 25.78583°N 80.13417°W / 25.78583; -80.13417Coordinates: 25°47′9″N 80°8′3″W / 25.78583°N 80.13417°W / 25.78583; -80.13417
Area 5,750 acres (2,330 ha)
NRHP Reference # 79000667
Added to NRHP May 14, 1979

The Miami Beach Architectural District (also known as Old Miami Beach Historic District, and the more popular term, Miami Art Deco District) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on May 14, 1979) located in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida. The area was well known as the district where Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace resided, in a mansion on Ocean Drive. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Sixth Street to the south, Alton Road to the west, the Collins Canal and Dade Boulevard to the north. It contains 960 historic buildings.

In 1989, it was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press.

Park Central (Henry Hohauser, 1937)

Imperial (1939)

Majestic (Albert Anis, 1940)

Avalon (Albert Anis, 1941)

Beacon (Henry O. Nelson, 1936)

Colony (Henry Hohauser, 1935)

Waldorf Towers (Albert Anis, 1937)

Breakwater (Anton Skislewicz, 1939)

Edison (Henry Hohauser, 1935)

Clevelander (Albert Anis, 1939)

Adrian (1934)

Leslie (Albert Anis, 1937)

Carlyle (1941)

Cardozo (Henry Hohauser, 1939)

Cavalier (1936)

Netherlands Hotel (1935)

McAlpin Hotel (L. Murray Dixon, 1940)

Marlin Hotel

Essex House (Henry Hohauser, 1938)



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