Croissant Park Administration Building
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| Location | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 26°06′10.84″N 80°08′34.48″W / 26.1030111°N 80.1429111°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000761[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 25, 2001 |
The Croissant Park Administration Building is a historic site in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is located at 1421 South Andrews Avenue. On July 25, 2001, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Building
[edit]Built in the mission revival architectural style in 1923 the architect is believed to be Francis Abreu.[2] Abreu designed many Fort Lauderdale buildings during the 1920s.[2] An L-shaped two-story poured concrete building, it features a textured stucco exterior and concrete lamps on the roof corners.[2] The 6,000 square foot building has a cut corner entrance and a flat roof with parapets.[2] Inside a cypress wood staircase leads to the second floor which has Dade Pine floors.[2]
Croissant Park
[edit]G. Frank Croissant used this building as headquarters for sales of the Croissant Park development.[3][4] Croissant Park was built from 1,200 acres Croissant bought in 1924 for $1.25 million.[5][note 1] It was one of the largest Fort Lauderdale developments of the Florida land boom of the 1920s.[7]
Modern times
[edit]In 2001 the owners of the building and the Sam Gilliam house received an award for the rehabilitation and preservation of the two buildings from the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society.[8]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System – Croissant Park Administration Building (#01000761)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Adams, Jaimee; Jones, Robert O.; Mattick, Barbara E. (June 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Croissant Park Administration Building" (PDF). National Park Service.
- "Accompanying 14 photos, from 2000" (PDF). National Park Service.
- ^ Lutes, Jean Marie (11 June 1989). "Sun, surf, sex sold Croissant Park". Broward N. Miami Herald. p. 14 BR. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via NewsBank.
- ^ "G. Frank Croissant, land developer, 69". Obituaries. The New York Times. 8 December 1956. p. 19. ProQuest 113582454.
- ^ Feehan, Jane (11 November 2011). "Florida History: Frank Croissant in Fort Lauderdale: "This is how I made a fortune"". Jane's Bits. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018.
- ^ Bothel, Todd L. (2015). "Ch. 2: Developing a Town". Legendary Locals of Fort Lauderdale. Arcadia Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4671-0220-9.
- ^ Ballinger, J. Kenneth (1936). Miami Millions :The Dance of the Dollars in the great Florida land boom of 1925. Miami, FL: Franklin Press. p. 43 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ McKemie (24 June 2001). "Couple honored for sense of history". Community News. Sun-Sentinel. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via NewsBank.
Further reading
[edit]- Hutchinson, Scott (15 October 1989). "What's in a name". Neighbors BNE. Miami Herald (Broward ed.). p. 3BNE – via NewsBank. Article on G. Frank Croissant.
External links
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- "Croissant Park Administration Building". Broward County Government.
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