Freedom Tower (Miami)
The Freedom Tower (Spanish: Torre de la Libertad) is a building in Miami, Florida. It was designed by Schultze and Weaver and is currently used as a contemporary art museum and a central office to different disciplines in the arts associated with Miami Dade College. It is located at 600 Biscayne Boulevard on Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus.
Freedom Tower | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
Freedom Tower, September 2010 | |
| Location | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 25°46′48″N 80°11′23″W |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | George A. Fuller, Schultze & Weaver |
| Architectural style | Spanish Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000665 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 1979 |
| Designated NHL | October 6, 2008 |
On September 10, 1979, Freedom Tower was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. On October 6, 2008, it was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark for its role in hosting Cubans as they fled communist Cuba for Florida following the 1959 Cuban Revolution. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed the building on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places as the Freedom Tower / Formerly Miami News and Metropolis Building.
Freedom Tower is served by the Miami Metrorail at the Government Center Station and the Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre station, as well as by the Metromover at the Freedom Tower station on the Omni Loop.