Freedom Tower (Miami)
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The Freedom Tower (Spanish: Torre de la Libertad) is a building in Miami, Florida. It was designed by Schultze and Weaver and is currently used as a contemporary art museum and a central office to different disciplines in the arts associated with Miami Dade College. It is located at 600 Biscayne Boulevard on Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus.
Freedom Tower | |
Location | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 25°46′48″N 80°11′23″W |
Built | 1925[1] |
Architect | George A. Fuller, Schultze & Weaver[1][2] |
Architectural style | Spanish Renaissance Revival[1] |
NRHP reference No. | 79000665[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 10, 1979 |
Designated NHL | October 6, 2008 |
On September 10, 1979, Freedom Tower was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. On October 6, 2008, it was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark for its role in hosting Cubans as they fled communist Cuba for Florida following the 1959 Cuban Revolution.[3][4] On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the building on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places as the Freedom Tower / Formerly Miami News and Metropolis Building.[5]
Freedom Tower is served by the Miami Metrorail at the Government Center Station and the Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre station, as well as by the Metromover at the Freedom Tower station on the Omni Loop.