Casino, Vizcaya
Historic house in Florida, United States in Miami, Florida. Built 1914 by F. Burrall Hoffman. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida. The early 20th-century Vizcaya estate also includes extensive Italian Renaissance gardens, native woodland landscape, and a historic village outbuildings compound.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 3251 S. Miami Ave., Miami, FL |
| County | Dade County |
| Listed | Sep 29, 1970 |
| Reference number | 70000181 |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | F. Burrall Hoffman |
| Type of place | botanical garden, estate, museum |
| Style | Renaissance Revival architecture, Mediterranean Revival architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, America's Most Endangered Historic Places |
| Contributing resources | 14 buildings, 24 structures, 8 sites, 277 objects |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 3251 S. Miami Ave., Miami, FL |
| Website | vizcaya.org ↗ |
| Coordinates | 25.74340, -80.21193 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Biscayne National Park · 17 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Boca Chita Campground 15 mi · Elliot Key Campground 20 mi · Long Pine Key Campground 37 mi |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000181. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.