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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
09.22.2022
Both planners and poets, George Merrick and Richard Blanco meet on Founder’s Day
The event honored Merrick’s love of poetry with selected readings from his 1920 book “Songs of the Wind on a Southern Shore, and other Poems of Florida.” Poetry readings were presented by poet laureate Richard Blanco.
06.29.2022
A National Celebration
The organization hosted an educational panel titled, “Preserving our Patrimony. Preserving our Planet”
06.15.2022
“A Stone’s Throw Away: 100 Years of the Deering Stone House”
The affair shared the legacy of architect Phineas Paist who, aside from designing the custom-built Mediterranean Revival stone house at Deering, he also designed landmarks in Coral Gables.
03.22.2022
Tertulia VII: Clubs Celebrate History & Music in February
Coral Gables Music Club joined HPACG to celebrate Tertulia Musical, the 7th installment of the Coral Gables Tertulia, and the talent of 19 young musicians.
03.02.2022
Annual Meeting held at Venetian Palazzo, one of only two residences on George Merrick’s “Venice of the South” historic waterway.
The event was celebrated at the elegant home of Ajit and Maria Alicia Asrani. A big thank you to Ajit and Maria Alicia for welcoming the members of the organization to their unique 1927 Venetian-style palazzo.
12.19.2021
Tertulia 6.0 In the Woods
Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables (HPACG) welcomed author Cesar Becerra as the speaker for the 6th installment of the Coral Gables Tertulia.