Miami City Hall is the local government headquarters for the City of

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. It has been located in the former

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Terminal Building on

Dinner Key Dinner Key is a marina complex in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida, along the shore of Biscayne Bay on South Bayshore Drive. It was originally an island, but was connected to the mainland in 1914 by filling in the intervening space. ...

, which was designed by

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and constructed in 1934 for the former

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, since 1954. The city's government headquarters originated in

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for 58 years until its relocation to

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An early city hall located in

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on Flagler Street (formerly "Twelfth Street") just southeast of the

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Miami depot and designed by Walter De Garmo was in use from 1907 until 1928. Miami's city hall was then relocated one block north, and housed in the newly constructed

Dade County Courthouse The Miami-Dade County Courthouse, formerly known as the Dade County Courthouse, is a historic courthouse and skyscraper located at 73 West Flagler Street in Miami, Florida. Constructed over four years (1925–28), it was added to the United State ...

from 1928 until it was moved to its current

location in 1954. The terminal building was added to the

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on February 20, 1975. Pan Am's final flight to Dinner Key took place August 9, 1945 as

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use decreased with the construction of landing fields (airports) in

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File:Miami city hall 1923.jpg, Miami City Hall in 1923, located at the southeast corner of West Flagler Street and First Avenue, designed by Walter De Garmo File:Miami city hall ca 1933.jpg, Dade County Courthouse and Miami City Hall, circa 1933 File:Dinner Key seaplane base Miami, Florida (4202781209).jpg,

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s and terminal File:Miami PanAm Terminal 1940.jpg, Pan Am terminal at Dinner Key in 1944

References

National Register of Historic Places in Miami Government buildings completed in 1931 Coconut Grove (Miami) Pan Am City and town halls in Florida Government of Miami City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida 1934 establishments in Florida {{Miami-struct-stub

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