Granada Entrance. Coral Gables, Florida
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Material Information

Title:
Granada Entrance. Coral Gables, Florida
Language:
English
Physical Description:
5 X 3 in.

Notes

General Note:
Eight welcoming entrances to Coral Gables were planned in the early 1920s. The construction of the impressive Granada Entrance was completed in 1922 and is one of only four of the originally planned entrances to be built. The oolitic limestone was hand-cut into blocks to use in the creation of a forty-foot high arched structure. The City’s Designer, Denman Fink, and Landscape Architect, Frank Button, designed a pergola to both sides that includes wing walls with sitting ledges. The “Old World” design of the Granada Entrance, located at the intersection of Granada Boulevard and S.W. 8th Street, was based on vintage entrances of Spain. Architects Phineas Paist and Walter de Garmo worked with Fink and Button on the Granada Entrance.
General Note:
1 card; postally unused; Caption on recto: "Granada entrance, Coral Gables, Miami, Fla." Caption on verso: "Coral Gables, Miami, Fla. America's Finest Suburb, George E. Merrich, Owner and Developer, Dammers & Burnes, General Sales Agents, Executives Offices: 158 E. Flagler St., Miami, Fla."
General Note:
(Ownership) Coral Gables Historical Resources Department

Record Information

Source Institution:
Florida International University
Holding Location:
City of Coral Gables
Rights Management:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Identifier:
FI12040913

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Aggregations:
Coral Gables Memory