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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F5G_troop-7-log-cabin_Coral-Gables-FL.html
When George Edgar Merrick (1886-1942) designed his idealistic City of Coral Gables in the early 1920s, he created a special area for scouts and built a rustic log cabin for his Troop 7 boy scouts on this site. Today, only the chimney remains. Afte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F3P_venetian-pool_Coral-Gables-FL.html
This pool was originally a quarry from which limestone was taken for the construction of early Coral Gables homes. In 1924, Denman Fink, artist-architect and uncle of Coral Gables founder George Merrick, transformed it into a unique pool resemblin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ECD_old-cutler-road_Cutler-Bay-FL.html
Old Cutler Road owes its name to the former town of Cutler, a farming community founded by William Fuzzard in the late 1800s. The town was named after Dr. William Cutler of Massachusetts who visited the area around 1880 and encouraged Fuzzard and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ECC_site-of-packing-house-of-coral-gables-plantation_Coral-Gables-FL.html
Site of Packing HouseofCoral Gables Plantationestablished byRev. Solomon Greasley MerrickPost in fig treeonly evidence remaining
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ECA_women-take-action-in-coral-gables_Coral-Gables-FL.html
Built in 1933, this Mediterranean Revival house is a contributing structure in the Coral Gables Plantation Historic District, one of the earliest developments in the city planned by George Merrick. Throughout the late 1960s and the 1970s, this hou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EC9_coral-gables-merrick-house_Coral-Gables-FL.html
In July 1899, Congregational minister Solomon Greasley Merrick (1859-1911) and his wife Althea (1859-1937) purchased sight unseen the surrounding 160 acres for $1,100. Several months later, Merrick and his son George (1886-1942) came from Massachu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EC8_the-coral-gables-golf-and-country-club_Coral-Gables-FL.html
The Coral Gables Golf and Country Club and the Granada Golf Course, once the Merrick family's vegetable field, were part of the original 1921 city plan by George Merrick and landscape architect, Frank Button. The golf course, designed by the natio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EC7_alhambra-water-tower_Coral-Gables-FL.html
This "lighthouse" which has never seen the sea, serves as a testament to Coral Gables' early boom years, a time when everyday practical things could be turned into works of art. Built c. 1923, its design is credited to Denman Fink, artistic design…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E7C_ferdinand-magellan_Miami-FL.html
U.S. Car No. 1,Ferdinand Magellanhas been designatedNationalHistoric Landmark
Presidential railroad car built for theexclusive use of the President of theUnited States of America1942Restored and exhibited byThe Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Miami…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E79_the-perrine-land-grant_Miami-FL.html
(side 1)In 1838, the United States Congress granted a township of land in the southern extremity of Florida to noted horticulturist Dr. Henry Perrine and his associates. This land was to be used in experiments aimed at introducing foreign tropical…