Welcome
to the Historic preservation Association
of Coral Gables.
The Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1991. The mission of the organization is to support an environment in which its members and all community citizens can understand, appreciate, exchange information and live with Coral Gables history. The Association promotes the understanding of the importance of historic resources and their preservation.
Announcing
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!
Read More...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.
Read More...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.
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"We are inheritors to a city built unlike many others-- built from dreams and poetry; a very special city." [Jorge Reyes, 2007]
Start your engines this Sunday for a car show in partnership with Cars & Coffee Miami at the Coral Gables Golf and Country Club, 990 Alhambra Circle, featuring food trucks, refreshments and freshly-rolled cigars!
Admission is free for individuals and $10 per vehicle (register here: loom.ly/DeMjLIw)
For more information, please call 305-722-8779 or email events@coralgablescountryclub.com!
H. George Fink Studio 2506 Ponce de Leon Boulevard
Winner of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Florida Chapter 2022 Addison Mizner Award for Historic Preservation
The Fink Studio, built in 1925, was the architect’s original office. The studio is a hallmark example of Mediterranean Revival architecture.
Fink and Merrick traveled to Spain in 1924 to study the architecture informing their work in Coral Gables, having previously relied on published works and scholars’ interpretations. King Alfonso XIII of Spain later honored Fink for his “interesting, outstanding, and extremely artistic interpretation and reproduction of the Spanish Arts in America.”
[Original watercolor by Carlos Barbon, 2016]
That’s a beautiful painting Carlos Barbón