Built in 1923 (Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1950.
From the record
“The Coral Gables Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. The church was designed by the architect Richard Kiehnel of Kiehnel and Elliott in 1923 and is regarded as a fine example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture.”
Wikipedia article Coral Gables Congregational Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 191 National Register listings published here for Miami-Dade County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1923, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, by Kiehnel and Elliott.
National Register reference number.78000937- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1950 to 1994
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19501994
Fires near this property
10 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Coral Gables Congregational Church
between 1992 and 2018, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Arson/incendiarism
4
Misuse of fire by a minor
4
Equipment and vehicle use
1
Recreation and ceremony
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of Coral Gables Congregational Church: 3 past producers.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Coral Gables, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 lightning, 1 waterspout.
The reports record 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
Three roofers working atop a home in Coral Gables were struck by lightning. The three men were knocked unconscious by the lightning bolt, but regained consciousness by the time they were transported to the hospital.
The roof of a condominium complex at 3531 SW 10 Street collapsed during heavy early morning rain, causing water to enter all 24 units. The roof had been under repair but was not covered when the heavy rain occurred.||Rainfall amounts in the area were generally in the 2 to 3 inch range throughout the event.
A home on SW 13th Street in the Little Gables area was struck by |lightning. The bolt struck a tree before hitting the house, scattering pieces of the roof across the street.
Picture received via social media of a flooded intersection at 18th Court and Flagler Street in Miami. Water was reportedly more than a foot deep. Nearby automated rain gauges measured 2.5 to almost 3 inches of rain in only an hour.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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