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Beatrice M. Queral, View of the Old Capitol - Tallahassee, Florida, Florida Capitol: My Florida, 1845 originally; 2008 for new building

The Florida State Capitol is located in Tallahassee, Florida. The first capitol was originally built in 1826, but it was never completed. This…

Tags: Florida, Florida Capitol, Public Architecture, Tallahassee

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

The Freedom Towers were designed by Schultze and Weaver. It hosted The Miami News newspaper headquarters and printing facility from 1925 to 1957. The…

Tags: Florida, Freedom Tower, Miami, Public Architecture

Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami Beach Venetian Causeway, Florida Department of State, 1926

The Venetian Causeway crosses Biscayne Bay between Miami on the mainland and Miami Beach on abarrier island in south Florida. The man-made Venetian…

Tags: Florida, Miami, Public Architecture, Venetian Causeway

Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Miami - U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Florida Department of State, 1933

Located at 300 NE 1st Avenue in downtown Miami, FL. this U.S. Post Office and Courthouse three-story building was given a Mediterranean revival by…

Tags: Courthouse, Florida, Miami, Post Office, Public Architecture

Charles Fenderich, Joseph Marion Hernández, First Hispanic Member of the U.S. Congress 1821- 1823, Library of Congress, 1850

Joseph Hernández is the first Hispanic Member of U.S. Congress (17th, 1821–1823) and the first Territorial Delegate to represent Florida. Though…

Tags: Congress, Florida, Hispanic, Joseph Marion Hernández

US Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, First Cuban-American to serve in US Congress (House of Reps.), US Congress, 2017

From Biography: Born in Cuba in 1952 and later immigrating to the United States at age eight, Ros-Lehtinen grew up with an anti-Castro activist father…

Tags: Cuba, Florida, Hispanic-American, House of Representatives, LGBT, Women

Broward County, Government 2 Government, Broward County, Current photo: 2020 Old photo: 2012

Broward County Permitting, Licensing and Consumer Protection Division’s Government 2 Government Program addressed the challenges faced by many of its…

Tags: Broward County, Buildings, Florida, Government 2 Government, Municipalities, Outsourcing

Henry Morrison Flagler, Florida East Coast Railway Advert, Lee Standiford, 1913

The Florida East Coast Railway (reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I…

Tags: Florida, Florida East Coast Railway, Public Architecture

South Florida Business Journal, Darrin P. Gayles, First Gay African-American to serve on Federal Judiciary, South Florida Business Journal, 2018

From Ballotpedia: Darrin P. Gayles is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He is the first…

Tags: African-American, Darrin Gayles, Florida, Judge, Judicial Branch, LGBT

Power Crosley, Crosley Carriage House Restoration, Bradenton Gulf Islands, 2019

The Crosley Estate in Bradenton, Florida was the winter retreat built and owned by entrepreneur Power Crosley, whose main residence was in Cincinnati,…

Tags: Buildings, Crosley Carriage House, Crosley Estate, Florida, Restoration