The Second Oldest House In Miami Is Under Threat | Bedford Hills Homes

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DSCN6014.JPGCharles Avenue historic marker [All photos by Headly Westerfield]
Now that Miami-Dade has untangled the Gordian knot that is the Coconut Grove Playhouse—in time for it to reopen in 2018 at the very earliest—it's time to look at the historic preservation of the neighboring Charles Avenue. In a little noticed move in 2012, Miami's Historical and Environmental Preservation Board voted unanimously to christen Charles Avenue a Historic Designated Roadway, which runs from the Playhouse at Main Highway to the Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery at Douglas. The practical effect of the honorific? Nothing.
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The designation recognizes Charles Avenue as the oldest residential street in all of Miami. Coconut Grove itself predates The Magic City, which swallowed it during annexation in 1925. The first house on what was originally known as Evangelist Street, due to all the churches, belonged to Washerwoman Mary. Mariah Brown, her real name, worked in the late 1880s at the nearby Peacock Inn, one of the first tourist traps in South Florida. Her husband bought a plot of land from the Frow family, among the original homesteaders, and built a one story Conch-style house a half mile from where she worked. Unfortunately, the original house no longer stands. The simple Conch house at 3298 Charles Avenue is a recreation.




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