Coconut Grove in Miami-Dade County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Cocoanut Grove Park

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, July 12, 2023

1. Cocoanut Grove Park Marker

Inscription. In 1910, Miami’s first registered architect, Walter C. DeGarmo, partnered with Franklin C. Bush and John C. Gramling to form the Cocoanut Grove Development Company. In 1911, the company platted the subdivision in the southern part of the town of Coconut Grove. Set amid a dense tropical hardwood hammock, Cocoanut Grove Park was located directly west of the bay front winter estates of industrialists William J. Matheson, John Bindley, and Arthur Curtiss James. According to promotional material, the development offered “the life of a country gentlemen, away from the hurly burly of the city.” Among its noted features was a plaza at the center. The company deeded three acres, along the aptly named Plaza Street, to Coconut Grove for a park “dedicated to the perpetual use of the public.” They envisioned a tropical garden and gathering spot for residents. Over the years, notable artists, writers, and politicians, such as U.S. Representative Ruth Bryan Owen, have lived in the neighborhood. Several of Cocoanut Grove Park’s original bungalows remain alongside homes designed by prominent architects, including Richard Kiehnel and Clinton

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McKenzie. Cocoanut Grove Park is one of the area’s oldest planned residential communities.
A Florida Heritage Site

Erected 2020 by The Grove 2030, Coconut Grove Village Council, and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-1122.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.

Location. 25° 43.325′ N, 80° 15.069′ W. Marker is in Coconut Grove, Florida, in Miami-Dade County. It is at the intersection of Plaza Street and Palmetto Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Plaza Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Miami FL 33133, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Florida,

on the Gold Coast,

and in Greater Miami.

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, July 12, 2023

2. Cocoanut Grove Park Marker

Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cocoanut Grove Public Utilities Company (approx. 0.2 miles away); El Jardin (approx. 0.2 miles away); Architecture (approx. ¼ mile away); The Historic Coconut Grove Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); Evangelist Street Charles Avenue (approx. ¼ mile away); Churches (approx. ¼ mile away); Ransom School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mariah Brown House (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Coconut Grove.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 15, 2023, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,347 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 15, 2023, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.