El Jardin, Mediterranean Revival house in Miami, United States

El Jardin is a house at 3747 Main Highway in Miami, built in 1918 along a ridge of oolitic limestone. It was designed by Richard Kiehnel of Kiehnel and Elliott and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 30, 1974. The house is now home to Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart.

El Jardin was built in 1918 for John Bindley, then president of Pittsburgh Steel, on a ridge of oolitic limestone at 3747 Main Highway. Its architect, Richard Kiehnel of Kiehnel and Elliott, had moved to Miami from Pittsburgh and later designed the Coral Gables Congregational Church, Miami Senior High and Coral Gables Elementary School. In a September 1928 article for Tropical Home and Garden, Kiehnel called the house a progenitor of the Modern Mediterranean style home. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 30, 1974.

The house reflects how Mediterranean design influenced Florida's residential buildings in the early 1900s, visible today in its decorative stonework and ornamental details. The style shaped how many wealthy residents chose to build their homes during this period.

The building is now part of the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart and is not typically open for regular visitor tours. You can admire the exterior features and architectural details of the facade from the street as you pass by the school grounds.

The house sits on a natural oolitic limestone ridge that forms its foundation and overlooks Biscayne Bay. This integration with local geology shows how early developers incorporated natural features directly into their architectural designs.