Coral Gables City Hall, Mediterranean Revival city hall in Coral Gables, Florida.
Coral Gables City Hall is a three-story building of local limestone with a stuccoed exterior and a tile roof. Its central three-stage clock tower rises above a curved Corinthian colonnade of square pillars below and round columns above, and a bronze statue of a standing man faces the entrance. Phineas Paist and Harold Steward designed it, completed in 1928.
Architects Phineas Paist and Harold Steward completed this structure in 1928 during a period of economic hardship in South Florida. Despite the difficult conditions at the time, the building became a symbol of the city's ambitions for growth and development.
This building represents George Merrick's vision of creating a city with European design influences, which you can see in its overall look and how it functions as a gathering place for residents today.
The building is located at 405 Biltmore Way and houses administrative offices providing public services for residents. It is easily accessible on foot from central areas of Coral Gables and serves as the main location for city administration matters.
The building's three-story height, stuccoed exterior and tile roof were designed by Phineas Paist and Harold Steward with artistic adviser Denman Fink, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1974. The dark bronze statue of a standing man on a stone pedestal before the colonnade is easy to miss when looking up at the clock tower.
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