Mariah Brown House

Material Information

Subjects / Keywords:: West Grove
Miami
Photograph
Historic sites -- Florida -- Miami
Genre:: Photograph
Spatial Coverage:: Florida--Miami--Coconut Grove--West Grove
Coordinates:: 25.7255132204103 x -80.2462888864452

Abstract:: Exterior of the Mariah Brown House, a historic home in Coconut Grove, located at 3298 Charles Ave. Historical marker and No Trespassing signs visible. Historical marker reads: Constructed from Dade County slash pine, Mariah Brown’s one-and-a-half story wood Frame Vernacular house was designed to cope with the hot and humid climate before residential air conditioning. In the late 1800s, Bahamian immigrants brought their style of home building, later known as Conch houses, to Key West and South Florida. To protect against heavy rain and strong winds from tropical weather events, the houses featured a lower sloped roof and larger roof overhangs than typical homes in the United States during this time. Conch houses featured clapboard siding, foundation piers, high ceilings, porches, and operable sash windows. Additions were made to Brown’s Conch house in the 1920s and 1950s, but the house largely retains its original appearance and character, and was designated as a local historic site in 1995 by the City of Miami. The Mariah Brown House is listed in the Florida Black Heritage Trail as part of The Charles Avenue Historic District. ( en )
Funding:: Support for this project was provided by the Mellon funded Race, Risk, and Resilience: Building a Local-to-Global “Commons for Justice” Grant.