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Photograph of Lua Curtiss House I
Photograph by Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Lua Curtiss House I

Built in 1925 (Pueblo Revival Style architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1950.

From the record

“The Lua Curtiss House I is a historic home in Miami Springs, Florida. On November 1, 1985, it was added to the U.S.”

Wikipedia article Lua Curtiss House I, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 191 National Register listings published here for Miami-Dade County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1925, Pueblo Revival Style architecture, by Martin L. Hampton.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Curtiss, Lua, House I - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 85 Deer Run, Miami Springs, 33166
  • When was it listed? November 1985
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Country Club Estates TR
  • Census division. Miami
  • When was it built? 1925
  • Architectural style. Pueblo Revival Style architecture, Mission Revival architecture
  • Architect. Martin L. Hampton
  • National Register reference number. 85003465 - 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.

Topographic sheet covering Lua Curtiss House I, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Lua Curtiss House I, surveyed 1950

Fires near this property

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Lua Curtiss House I between 1994 and 2018, burning about 120 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 May 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 May 2000Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 May 2009Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMEDLEY FIRE
12 May 2002Equipment and vehicle use35 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 April 1998Debris and open burning15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 March 2018Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDORAL - 13
2 March 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMART PLAZA (13)

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lua Curtiss House I: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 2 plants. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Aluminum, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
21st Century Rock and Fill - Number 11Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Anaconda Aluminum/ Miami, Fla.Aluminum, TitaniumPlant
Black Velvet Top SoilStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
General Fill Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lehigh LakesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lsf Pennsuco AggregatesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Medley MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Medley PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Medley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Red Road Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Maps showing this location

8 surveys

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Osceola Apartment Hotel0.2 miles1985
Lua Curtiss House II0.2 miles1985
Millard-McCarty House0.5 miles1986
Clune Building0.5 miles1985
Carl G. Adams House0.6 miles1985
Glenn Curtiss House0.6 miles2001

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85003465 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Miami-Dade CountyAll 191 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • 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.