Miami Shores Thematic Resource, Historic buildings in Miami Shores, Florida, United States
The Miami Shores Thematic Resource is a National Register multiple property submission of historic buildings in Miami Shores, Miami-Dade County, Florida. The listed houses are scattered along the village streets; one is a two-story white stucco house with a red barrel-tile roof, a chimney on the ridge, a balcony with black iron railing, and a single-story wing over a driveway.
These houses were built during Florida's boom period in the 1920s, when developers rapidly constructed residential areas for new settlers. The collection was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 to document this building phase.
These houses show how residential tastes in South Florida changed during the 1920s. Homeowners chose architectural styles that combined heat and sunshine with European design traditions.
The houses are spread throughout the neighborhood and can be viewed from outside, with Northeast 1st Avenue and Northeast 96th Street offering good starting points. Visitors should allow time to walk through the streets and observe the different facades and details of individual houses.
Some houses are cataloged with numbers, such as Shoreland Company House No. 1 and No. 12, revealing how systematically the development was planned. This numbering shows that investors and architects designed the homes as a connected neighborhood, not as individual projects.
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