The Freedom Tower rises above Biscayne Boulevard with a slender, octagonal cupola that mirrors the Giralda bell tower in Seville, Spain. Completed in nineteen twenty-five, the building features pink stucco walls and elaborate Mediterranean…
Downtown Miami Historic Core
Walk among the soaring early 20th-century skyscrapers, grand Mediterranean Revival facades, and historic civic halls of Miami's original urban center. This route reveals the dramatic stories of early booms, bust cycles, and deep-seated community legacies that forged the city's modern identity.
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1. Freedom Tower
2. Gesù Church
Gesu Church is the oldest Catholic parish in the city of Miami, occupying the same site where it was founded in eighteen ninety-six, months before the city was incorporated. The building features a Venetian-style facade and an arcaded…
3. Old United States Post Office and Courthouse
The Old United States Post Office and Courthouse at one hundred Northeast First Avenue is identified by its neoclassical design paired with a distinct Spanish tile roof and wide, overhanging eaves. Built between nineteen twelve and…
4. Seybold Jewelry Building
The ten-story Seybold Jewelry Building stands in downtown Miami with a Mediterranean Revival façade that hides its origins as a humble bakery. John Seybold, a German immigrant who settled in Miami, originally constructed the first three…
5. The Historic Alfred I. duPont Building
The Alfred I. duPont Building rises seventeen stories above East Flagler Street as a prominent example of Depression Moderne architecture. Completed in nineteen thirty-nine, the stone-clad skyscraper signaled Miami's economic recovery…
6. Olympia Theater
The Olympia Theater is defined by its Mediterranean Revival facade along East Flagler Street and its rare atmospheric interior. When it opened on February eighteen, nineteen twenty-six, the theater stunned early Miamians with a design by…
7. Miami-Dade County Courthouse
The Miami-Dade County Courthouse rises twenty-eight stories above Flagler Street, defined by its ziggurat-style stepped roof and the colossal Doric columns that frame its base. Completed in nineteen twenty-eight, the building was once the…