The Coral Gables Congregational Church is a historic
Congregational church
Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches or Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its ...
in
Coral Gables,
Florida
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,
United States
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. The church was designed by the architect Richard Kiehnel of
Kiehnel and Elliott
The architectural firm of Kiehnel and Elliot was established in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1906. The firm did substantial work in Florida, and moved to Miami in 1922. From 1926, it was known as Kiehnel, Elliot and Chalfant.
Richard Kiehnel ( ...
in 1923 and is regarded as a fine example of
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
In th ...
.
It is located at 3010 DeSoto Boulevard. On October 10, 1978, it was added to the
U.S.
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National Register of Historic Places
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.
It has been known to encourage artistic and musical pursuits for youths. In particular the Coral Gables Congregational Church Composition Prize which, in 2006, was won by Australian composer
Gordon Hamilton.
History
The land for the church was donated by
George E. Merrick
George Edgar Merrick (June 3, 1886 – March 26, 1942) was a real estate developer who is best known as the planner and builder of the city of Coral Gables, Florida in the 1920s, one of the first major planned communities in the United States.
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, the developer who planned and built Coral Gables. Merrick dedicated it to his father, a Congregational minister.
See also
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Church of the Little Flower (Coral Gables, Florida)
The Church of the Little Flower is a Roman Catholic church in Coral Gables, Florida founded in 1926. The church's domed 1951 building was constructed in Spanish Renaissance style, in keeping with the Mediterranean Revival architecture for which C ...
References
External links
Official church websitea
National Register of Historic PlacesFlorida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs*
Dade County listings*
Coral Gables Congregational Church
United Church of Christ churches in Florida
National Register of Historic Places in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
Churches in Miami-Dade County, Florida
Kiehnel and Elliott buildings
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Florida
1923 establishments in Florida
Churches completed in 1923
Buildings and structures in Coral Gables, Florida
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