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.
A meticulous restoration project to preserve a 1923 home, designed by H.George Fink.
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.
HPACG will continue to work on its ‘Destination” series that will take preservation aficionados to “out of the way” historic sites.
ANNUAL MEETING will be chock full o’ nuts with historic preservation scoop.
The five-star panel will discuss the emerging interest in the Brutalist movement, its buildings, and the need to preserve such structures.
The Coral Gables Public Safety Building is of new world Brutalist design rare among a plethora of old world architecture in a city founded in the early 1920s.
The widely admired design historian and New York gallery owner Emily Evans Eerdmans was invited by Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables
This 1923 building was the first office of the Coral Gables Construction Company–George Merrick’s company. This building precedes Coral Gables City Hall. Denman Fink oversaw construction.