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06.11.2026
DOUBLE CEREMONY! 6th Annual Founder’s Day Ceremony & Commemoration of George Merrick’s 140th Anniversary of his birth & Roxcy Bolton’s 100th Birthday
City Founder George Edgar Merrick & American Feminist and Civil Rights Activist Roxcy Bolton share a birthday 40 years apart. Merrick was born June 3 1886 and Bolton was born June 3, 1926. Happy Birthday to two great minds and visionaries!
05.30.2026
A Year in Review Annual Meeting February 5, 2026
Each month HPACG is represented at the monthly City Commission and Historic Preservation Board Meetings. Personal or zoom appearances accompany letters [countless letters throughout the year] in support of historic preservation matters.
05.11.2026
“Two Anniversaries One Extraordinary Afternoon in the Chinese Village” with Expert Scholar
This is the Chinese Village — eight homes built in 1926 and 1927 as a unified compound, commissioned by George Merrick and designed by Yale architect Henry Killam Murphy. It turns 100 this year.
News
06.25.2024
2024 Docomomo US National Symposium. It was a big deal, actually a very big deal.
The symposium brought attendees from around the U.S. to experience “one of the country’s richest collections of mid-century and postmodern architecture.”
05.04.2024
“An Island Getaway” Fas-ee-oh Style with Andrea Taylor: Indian Creek Country Club
The Indian Creek Country Club was the prestigious setting for the Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables’ luncheon that attracted a full complement of Association members and friends, the Indian Creek Village mayor, and — perhaps most notably — Andrea Taylor, the granddaughter of the Club’s original architect, Maurice Fatio.
02.17.2024
Preservation Association recognizes Alex and Marta Silva with “Friend” Award at Annual Meeting
A meticulous restoration project to preserve a 1923 home, designed by H.George Fink.
07.02.2023
Third Annual Founder’s Day Ceremony in Coral Gables
The theme of the ceremony this year celebrated Merrick’s legacy and his love of beauty and architecture. An elegant Champagne reception was held at the newly restored H. George Fink Studio, a hallmark example of Mediterranean Revival architecture, which the City of Coral Gables purchased in 2016.
05.26.2023
Perfect Timing! The Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables is honored by the City of Coral Gables during National Preservation Month 2023
Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Commissioners Castro, Fernandez, Menendez, Thank you!
05.02.2023
A “Sunday in April” was a day to remember Sallye Jude. Her home played host to historic preservation benefactor group
A special group came together on a “Sunday in April” to honor a true friend of historic preservation, the late Sallye Jude, at her French Normandy Village home.