Ponce de Leon Plaza. Coral Gables, Florida

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Material Information

Subjects / Keywords:: Coral Gables (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Coral Gables (Fla.)--History
Historic sites--Florida
Plazas--Florida--Coral Gables--1920-1930
Urban design
Coordinates:: 25.749024 x -80.274977

General Note:: Ponce de Leon Plaza is named for the Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de Leon, who led the first expedition to Florida in 1513. The plaza was designed in 1925 by the City's Landscape Architect, Frank Button, and Denman Fink, the City's Artistic Director. It includes oolitic limestone structures situated on the four corners of the intersection at Granada Boulevard and Coral Way. The features, repeated at each corner, include wall fountains with shallow basins, pergolas with piers supporting wooden beams, and walls with arched gateways.
General Note:: Caption on recto: "M4255" Caption on verso: "Ponce de Leon Plaza, 1926; Property of City of Coral Gables, Florida, Catalog No., Category: Plaza, Origin: Orig donated by Peggy Casey, 12 Apr 74, Neg # 6367"
General Note:: (Ownership) Coral Gables Historical Resources Department