Taber Duplex

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1947.

From the record

One of 191 National Register listings published here for Miami-Dade County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 1214--1216 Sesame St., Opa-Locka, 33054
When was it listed? August 1987
Category. building
Also known as. Opa-Locka TR
Census division. Miami
Architect. Bernhardt E. Muller
National Register reference number. 87001327 - 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

1947 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Taber Duplex, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet covering Taber Duplex, surveyed 1947

Fires near this property

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Taber Duplex between 1992 and 2018, burning about 290 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Arson/incendiarism	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
17 September 1992	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
31 August 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
5 May 2003	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
24 May 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	DIE HARD FIRE
28 April 1998	Railroad operations and maintenance	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
25 April 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
16 April 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	GOLF COURSE ( 06 )
26 March 2006	Arson/incendiarism	50 acres	Florida Forest Service	THE MIRAMAR FIRE 2

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Taber Duplex: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
A.J. Capeletti - No. 3 Pit	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Pit No. 6	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Broward Pit No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Dade Pit No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
General Fill Pit No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Lsf Pennsuco Aggregates	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Scl Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this property

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Opa-Locka, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2006	Lightning	Opa Locka	1 hurt	A 34-year-old woman was struck by lightning just after stepping out of her car. She was holding an umbrella. The victim was not breathing when paramedics arrived, but she was revived on the trip to the hospital.Strong thunderstorms were observed in the area.
September 2006	Heavy Rain	Opa Locka	$100,000	Heavy rains from thunderstorms caused the roof of a home in Opa-Locka to cave in. The dining room and a bedroom were destroyed, and extensive water damage was observed.The roof had recently undergone repairs from Hurricane Wilma damage in October 2005.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Opa Locka	$50,000	Metal roof sheeting torn off of hangar on the grounds of Opa-Locka Airport. Roofing material was strewn across adjacent parking lot and struck several parked vehicles. Insulation from roof scattered across parking lot. Damage determined to be caused by downburst or straight-line winds estimated at 70-80 mph. Time estimated and based on ASOS observation of 61 mph from KOPF. Damage amount estimated.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Opa Locka	$50,000	Power lines down. Thousands of homes lost power. Roof and window damage reported at several homes. Shallow flooding reported throughout Northeast Miami-Dade county.
August 2004	Heavy Rain	Opa Locka	$40,000	no account filed
September 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Opa Locka	$25,000	no account filed
July 2009	Lightning	Opa Locka	$1,000	Lightning struck a plumbing stack of a house near the intersection of NW 165 Street and NW 30th Avenue, and a neighbor heard the loud thunder and saw smoke coming from the house. The neighbor then called 911. A fire started in the kitchen and the firefighters put out the fire. No one was home at the time.
June 2007	Lightning	Opa Locka	$1,000	Lightning struck a home in Opa-Locka, creating sparks on the roof and filling the house with smoke. No one was injured.
July 2019	Hail	Opa Locka	-	A report from social media of dime size hail in Miami Gardens.
August 2019	Funnel Cloud	Opa Locka	-	Picture received via social media of a funnel cloud sighted from the Palmetto Expressway near NW 27 avenue in Miami Gardens.
February 2014	Hail	Opa Locka	-	A report relayed through Social Media reported dime sized hail in Miami Gardens.
February 2014	Hail	Opa Locka	-	A report relayed through Social Media reported hail at least the size of quarters in Carol City.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Opa Locka	-	A strong thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 59 knots...or 68 mph...measured by a mesonet site at Sun Life Stadium.
September 2012	Hail	Opa Locka	-	A member of the public reported nickel-sized hail and a downed Ficus tree near the Palmetto Expressway/State Route 826 and LeJuene/Northwest 42nd Avenue.
May 2005	Hail	Opa Locka	-	The public reported golf ball-size hail.
July 2005	Hail	Opa Locka	-	Nickel-size hail fell for five minutes.
August 2005	Hail	Opa Locka	-	A SKYWARN spotter saw penny-size hail.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Opa Locka	-	recorded at kopf.
May 2007	Hail	Opa Locka	-	no account filed
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Opa Locka	-	no account filed
September 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Opa Locka	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miami-Dade County

Maps showing this location

9 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.

1947 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
1988 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000
1994 USGS North Miami quadrangle1:24000

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Higgins Duplex	under 500 feet	1987
Helm Stores and Apartments	under 500 feet	1987
Wheeler House	0.2 miles	1987
Haislip House	0.2 miles	1987
Crouse House	0.2 miles	1987
Cravero House	0.3 miles	1987

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 87001327 in Record Group 79.
Miami-Dade County	All 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.
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.