Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Historic house in Florida, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Vizcaya | |
Location | 3251 South Miami Avenue Miami, Florida, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 25°44′37″N 80°12′37″W |
Area | 43 acres (17 ha) |
Built | 1914–23[1] |
Architect | F. Burrall Hoffman (architect), Paul Chalfin (designer), and Diego Suarez (landscape architect)[1] |
Architectural style | Mediterranean Revival Style; with Baroque,[2] Italian Renaissance,[1] Italian Renaissance Revival[3] |
NRHP reference No. | 70000181[4] (original) 78003193 (increase) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 29, 1970[4] |
Boundary increase | November 15, 1978 |
Designated NHLD | April 19, 1994[2] |
The landscape and architecture were influenced by Veneto and Tuscan Italian Renaissance models and designed in the Mediterranean Revival architecture style, with Baroque elements. F. Burrall Hoffman was the architect,[5] Iwahiko Tsumanuma (also known as Thomas Rockrise) was the associate architect,[6] Paul Chalfin was the design director, and Diego Suarez was the landscape architect.[7]
Miami-Dade County now owns the Vizcaya property, as the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, which is open to the public.[8] The location is served by the Vizcaya Station of the Miami Metrorail.