Coconut Grove - Historic Coconut Grove

Historic Coconut Grove

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami, Florida

Established in 1825, Coconut Grove is one of Miami's oldest neighborhoods. As such, many of Miami's oldest buildings and homes are located in the Grove. Some of these include:

  • Ransom School "Pagoda" at Ransom Everglades School, built in 1902

  • Trapp Homestead, 1887

  • Dinner Key, 1917

  • Villa Vizcaya, 1914–23

  • El Jardin at Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, 1918

  • First Coconut Grove School, first public school in Miami-Dade County, 1887

  • Sweeney House at The Kampong, 1916

  • The Barnacle at The Barnacle Historic State Park, 1891

  • Plymouth Congregational Church, 1917

Read more about this topic:  Coconut Grove

Famous quotes containing the words historic and/or grove:

    “The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Tomorrow let loveless, let lover tomorrow make love;
    O spring, singing spring, spring of the world renew!
    In spring lovers consent and the birds marry
    When the grove receives in her hair the nuptial dew.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)