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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXR_city-of-coral-gables_Miami-FL.html
City of Coral Gables. . Incorporated April 29, 1925 Originated in 1898 as the Plantation of Reverend S.G. Merrick Founded and building begun by George E. Merrick November 1921. var plainText = document.getElementById('i…
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Dreamer, writer, poet, philosopher, lover of the beautiful - he made his dream become a reality in the creation of Coral Gables, City Beautiful. Dade County commissioner from 1914 to 1916. He advocated and promoted good highways and transportat…
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Immediately after World War II, the "Father of Miracle Mile," George K. Zain and his wife, City Commissioner Rebyl Zain conceived, developed and implemented the concept of a Miracle Mile for the section of Coral Way between Douglas Road and Le Jeu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JZN_ruth-bryan-owen-waterway-park_Coral-Gables-FL.html
Ruth Bryan Owen was the daughter of famed orator and Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan. She was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, on October 2, 1885. During World War I, she served as a nurse in the Egyptian-Palestine campaign. …
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"I have given my life to the development of our city and to the working out of an ideal."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FLK_coral-gables-congregational-church_Coral-Gables-FL.html
George Merrick, the visionary behind the City of Coral Gables, founded Coral Gables Congregational Church in 1923, to honor his father, Solomon, a Congregational minister. The church was the first public building in Coral Gables. The Mediterranean…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FLF_biltmore-hotel_Coral-Gables-FL.html
Biltmore Hotel has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance
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/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
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