
Miami Beach Framing Architects
William F. Brown
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1886 (d: 1952)
London, England
Mediterranean Revival
Brampton Manor (1017 Jefferson Avenue); Starr Apts (1018 Meridian Avenue); Penn Plaza Apts (1027 Pennsylvania Avenue); Drexel Plaza (1218 Drexel Avenue)
August Geiger
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1888 (d:1968)
Connecticut
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, Modern
Van Dyck (846 Lincoln Road); Casa Grande (834 Ocean Drive); Chase Federal Bank (1100 Lincoln Road); Ida Fisher School, today Fienberg-Fisher K-8 School (1420 Washington Avenue); Shadow III, Carl Fisher’s residence (5020 North Bay Road)
George Lewis Pfeiffer
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May 22, 1861 (d. 1938)
Worms, Germany
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, Modern
Indian Creek Hotel (2731 Indian Creek Drive); Windsor Plaza (1320 Drexel Avenue); Dorann Apartments (1244 Pennsylvania Avenue)
Walter C. DeGarmo
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September 7, 1876 (d. 1951)
Normal, Illinois
Mission Revival, Mediterranean Revival
27 Star Island Drive; Beach Haven Hotel (805 5th Street)
Richard Kiehnel
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1870 (d.1944)
Germany
Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco
Shorecrest Hotel (1535 Collins Avenue); Rae Apartment (636 Michigan Avenue); Carlyle Hotel (1250 Ocean Drive)
Russell T. Pancoast
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1899 (d. 1972)
New Jersey
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco
Bass Museum (2100 Collins Avenue); Hotel Nemo (108 Collins Avenue); Nan-Ray Apartments (1501 Jefferson Avenue); Surf Club (9011 Collins Avenue)
Robert A. Taylor
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1885 (d. 1961)
N/A
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco
James Avenue Apartments (1700 James Avenue); Cameo Hotel (405 Espanola Way); Sharon Hotel (110 20th Street); Bath Club (5937 Collins Avenue)
Leonard Schultze
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December 5, 1877 (d. 1951)
Chicago, Illinois
Mediterranean Revival
Villa Biscayne (1818 Michigan Avenue)
Martin Luther Hampton
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August 3, 1890 (d. 1950)
Laurens, South Carolina
Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, Streamline Modern
Sun Bright (1330 Pennsylvania Avenue); Cynthia Hotel (2115 Washington Avenue); Hampton Courts Apartments (2800 Collins Avenue); Claridge Beach Hotel (3508 Collins Avenue)
Samuel D. Butterworth
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1869 (d. 1935)
Lansing, Michigan
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N/A
Lester Avery
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N/A
N/A
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, Garden Style, Modern
Penn Manor (1420 Pennsylvania Avenue); Park Square (1125 Meridian Avenue)
Robert E. Collins
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N/A
N/A
Vernacular, Art Deco, Streamline Modern
Lincoln Theater (555 Lincoln Road); Helen Mar Apartments (2421 Lake Pancoast Drive); Cameo Theatre (1443 Washington Avenue)
Joseph De Brita
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1901 (d. 1992)
N/A
Mediterranean Revival, Post War Modern
Mount Vernon Hotel (6084 Collins Avenue)
Lawrence Dixon
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1901 (d.1949)
Live Oak, Florida
Vernacular, Art Deco, Streamline Modern, International
Victor Hotel (1144 Ocean Drive); Tides Hotel (1220 Ocean Drive); Royal Arms (1235 Collins Avenue); McAlpin Apartments (1424 Ocean Drive); Betsy Ross Hotel (1440 Ocean Drive); Harriet Court (1500 Pennsylvania Avenue); Grossinger Hotel (1731 Collins Avenue); Raleigh Hotel (1773 Collins Avenue); Caribbean Hotel (3737 Collins Avenue)
Henry Hohauser
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May 27, 1895 (d.1963)
New York, New York
Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, Streamline Modern
The Cardozo Hotel (1300 Ocean Drive); The Colony (736 Ocean Drive); The Essex House Hotel (1001 Collins Avenue); The Crescent (1420 Ocean Drive); Aloha (735 Espanola Way); Helen Marie Apartments (1050 Jefferson); Adrian Hotel (1036 Ocean Drive); Hotel Webster (1220 Collins Avenue); New Yorker Hotel (1611 Collins Avenue, demolished to make way for today’s Loews Hotel); The Governor Hotel (435 21st Street)
David T. Ellis
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December 20, 1902
Gloucester, England
Streamline Modern, Modern
Golden Arms (320 25th Street); Barbara Apartments (621 Lenox Avenue); Zion Apartments (744 Lenox Avenue)
Roy France
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1888 (d.1972)
Hawley, Minnesota
Vernacular, Art Deco, Streamline Modern, International
Saxony (3201 Collins Avenue); Sovereign (4305 Collins Avenue, today SoHo Beach House); Casablanca (6345 Collins Avenue); Sans Souci (3101 Collins Avenue); Cavalier Hotel (1320 Ocean Drive); National Hotel (1677 Collins Avenue); Versailles Hotel (3425 Collins Avenue)
B. Kingston Hall
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N/A
N/A
Art Deco, Streamline
El Rubino (1061 Meridian Avenue); The St George (605 Euclid Avenue); Enclave on South Beach (359 Meridian Avenue); The Brooklyn (320 Euclid Avenue); Capri Apartments (835 Jefferson Avenue)
T. Hunter Henderson
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N/A
N/A
Art Deco, Streamline
Cromwell (1614 Jefferson Avenue); Santa Barbara (1245 Euclid Avenue); Henderson (1051 Euclid); The Leslie (1325 Meridian Avenue); Bufferd Condo (825 Euclid Avenue); Penn Condo (1228 Pennsylvania Avenue); La Fleurette (4015 Indian Creek Drive); Monroe Towers (3010 Collins Avenue, today Red South Beach Hotel); Hotel Astor (956 Washington Avenue)
Henry J. Maloney
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N/A
N/A
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco
Santana (741 15th Street); Bon Air (1060 Ocean Drive); Adrian (1060 Ocean Drive); Sandra Apartments (1361 Meridian); Princeton Apartments (1500 Michigan Avenue)
M.J. Nadel
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N/A
N/A
Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, Streamline Modern
Hotel Alden (2925 Indian Creek Drive); Esplanade Apartments (1569 Michigan Avenue)
Victor H. Nellenbogen
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1888 (d.1959)
Hungary
Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, International
Olsen Hotel (7300 Ocean Terrace); Crown Hotel (4041 Collins Avenue); Chelsea Hotel (944 Washington Avenue)
Harry O. Nelson
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1902
Denmark
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, Modern, International
Baltic Hotel (7643 Harding Avenue); Ocean Terrace Hotel (7460 Ocean Terrace); Beacon Hotel (720 Ocean Drive); Lakeside Apartments (2615 Collins Avenue)
Igor Polevitsky
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June 21, 1911 (d. May 5th, 1978)
Saint Petersburg, Russian
Vernacular, Art Deco, Streamline Modern, International
Shelbourne Hotel (1801 Collins Avenue); Albion Hotel (1630 James Avenue); Lincoln Center Hotel (1627 Euclid Avenue)
Carlos B. Schoeppl
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1898 (d.1990)
Texas
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Streamline Modern, Modern, International
Jean Sandra Apartments (612 16th Street); Elizabeth Anne (1451 Euclid Avenue); Charland Apartments (1446 Meridian Avenue); Adler Apartments (2811 Indian Creek Drive); Howard Johnson 4101 Collins Avenue)
E.L. Robertson
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N/A
N/A
Vernacular, Mediterranean, Art Deco
Netherland Hotel (1330 Ocean Drive); Rubel Apartments (1512 Washington Avenue); Le Danton (1528 Drexel Avenue); Kenmore Hotel (1050 Washington Avenue)
Anton Skislewicz
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1895 (d.1980)
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Vernacular, Art Deco, Streamline Modern
Breakwater Hotel (940 Ocean Drive); Ocean Surf Hotel (7436 Ocean Terrace); Plymouth Hotel (2035 Park Avenue)
Robert Law Weed
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1897 (d.1961)
Pennsylvania
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Modern, International
Fire Station #4 (6860 Indian Creek Drive; Fire Station #2, 2300 Pinetree Drive; De John Apartments, 1616 Drexel Avenue.
Albert Anis
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1889 (d.1964)
Chicago
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, Streamline Modern
Clevelander Hotel, 1020 Ocean Drive; Seagull Hotel, 100 21st Street; Temple Emanu-El (1701 Washington Avenue); Shore Club Hotel (1901 Collins Avenue); Mantell Plaza (255 24th Street); Lincoln Building (346 Lincoln Road); Flamingo Theater (318 Lincoln Road); Waldorf Towers (860 Ocean Drive); Sagamore Hotel (1671 Collins Avenue); Leslie Hotel (1244 Ocean Drive)
Morris Alpert
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N/A
N/A
Vernacular
1551 Condo Cabana (1551 Lenox Avenue)
Gene Bayliss
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N/A
N/A
Streamline Modern, International
Octagon Tower (1881 Washington Avenue); 1820 James (1820 James Avenue); Sea Beach Tower (1776 James Avenue); Bayliss (500 14th Street)
J. Frank Bradley
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N/A
N/A
Art Deco, Streamline Modern, Garden Style
Doris Apartment (1610 Euclid Avenue); Schremer Apartments (1611 Euclid Avenue)
Norman Giller
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1918 (d.2008)
Jacksonville, Florida
Vernacular, Streamline Modern, Garden Style, International
Carillon Hotel (6801 Collins Avenue); Roxy Theater (1527 Washington Avenue); Meridian Terrace (1608 Meridian Avenue); Libre Apartments (2150 Park Avenue), Lido Spa Hotel (40 Island Avenue)
Frederick Alton Gibbs
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1910 (d.1991)
Miami
Streamline Modern, Eclectic
Surfcomber (1717 Collins Avenue); Sherbrooke (901 Collins Avenue); Aberlee Apartments (1520 Euclid Avenue)
Edward A. MacKay
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1908 (d.?)
Michigan
Streamline Modern, Eclectic
Surfcomber (1717 Collins Avenue); Sherbrooke (901 Collins Avenue); Aberlee Apartments (1520 Euclid Avenue)
Herbert A. Mathes
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1912 (d.1977)
New York
Garden Style, International
Continental Hotel (4000 Collins Avenue); Golden Gate (2395 Lake Pancoast Drive); Lido Spa Hotel Façade (40 Island Avenue)
Edward A. Nolan
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February 7, 1874 (d.1948)
Elkton, Tennessee
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Art Deco, Streamline Modern
Helen Rose (729 Meridian Avenue); Bebe Apartments (11th Street); Augusta Court (755 Jefferson Avenue); Jewell Apartments (811 Jefferson Avenue); Crest Hotel (1670 James Avenue)
Gerard Pitt
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1885 (d.1971)
New Rochelle, New York
Vernacular, Streamline Modern, Garden Style, International
Clifton Hotel (1343 Collins Avenue); Coral Gardens (1600 Collins Avenue); Dodsworth Apartments (731 6th Street); Lancaster Apartments (335 75th Street); Montclair Apartments (1710 Meridian Avenue); Lee Manor Condo (1725 James Avenue); Miljean Apartments (1831 James Avenue)
Donald G. Smith
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1906 (d.1967)
Indiana
Vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, Streamline Modern, International
Lynmar Hotel (735 Collins Avenue); Jefferson Parkview (918 Jefferson Avenue); Royal Palm Hotel (1545 Collins Avenue); Hotel Metropole (635 Collins Avenue); Ann Court Apartments (349 Meridian Avenue)
Robert B. Swartburg
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1895 (d.1975)
New York, New York
Art Deco
Delano Hotel (1685 Collins Avenue); Marseilles Hotel (1741 Collins Avenue); The Executive (4925 Collins Avenue); Belle Towers (16 Island Avenue); Bayside Condos (910 Bay Drive)