Miami Freedom Tower

Description

The Freedom Towers were designed by Schultze and Weaver. It hosted The Miami News newspaper headquarters and printing facility from 1925 to 1957. The building was used from the early 60s to 1972 as a facility to provide services to recently arrived refugees who fled to the United States from the Cuba's communist regime. The building was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

For further exploration, please visit https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/american_latino_heritage/Freedom_Tower.html

Creator

Tom Shaefer

Date

2010

Source

Wikimedia

Rights

National Parks Service

Publisher

National Parks Service

Contributor

Tom Shaefer

Format

Medium: Photograph

Language

English

Type

Public Architecture

Identifier

Architecture

Coverage

Miami, Florida

Files

Miami_Freedom_Tower_by_Tom_Schaefer.jpg

Reference

Tom Shaefer, Miami Freedom Tower, National Parks Service, 2010

Cite As

Tom Shaefer, “Miami Freedom Tower,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed October 12, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/12.