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Grand Concourse Apartments
The Grand Concourse Apartments is a historic site in Miami Shores, Florida built in 1926. It is located at 421 Grand Concourse. On December 2, 1985, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist .... It was designed by Robert L. Weed. References and external links Dade County listingsaNational Register of Historic PlacesDade County listingsaFlorida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs National Register of Historic Places in Miami-Dade County, Florida Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida Apartment buildings in Florida Residential buildings completed in 1926 Buildings and structures in Miami-Dade County, Florida 1926 establishments in Florida {{MiamiDadeCount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami Shores, Florida
Miami Shores is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. History By the early 1900s, the area encompassing today's Miami Shores Village was occupied by a starch (coontie) mill, a tomato packing plant, a saw mill, a pineapple plantation and a grapefruit grove. These were the various enterprises in which the early pioneers were engaged and with the coming of the railroad and its stop at the Biscayne Station, they were able to live off the land. Two of the most successful growers were Major Hugh Gordon and T.V. Moore. T.V. Moore owned the land in what is today's commercial district, while the Gordon Tract bordered the bay. By 1922, Lee T. Cooper, who had amassed his wealth from a patent medicine by the name of Tanlac, purchased T.V. Moore's land holdings. Cooper planned to develop the area and named it Bay View Estates. In 1924, the Shoreland Company purchased the Gordon Tract, Bay View Estates and other scattered acreage in order to create Miami Shores, "America's Medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |