Coral Gables Elementary School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1950.

From the record

“Coral Gables Preparatory Academy, formerly Coral Gables Elementary School, is a public K-8 school in Coral Gables, Florida. A part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, it has its elementary school classes in the Lower Academy, in the former Coral Gables Elementary building, while the middle school classes are in the Upper Academy at the Merrick Educational Center.”
Wikipedia article Coral Gables Preparatory Academy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 191 National Register listings published here for Miami-Dade County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.

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 5 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. 105 Minorca Ave., Coral Gables, 33134
When was it listed? June 1988
Category. building
Census division. Miami
Architectural style. Mission Revival architecture
Architect. Kiehnel and Elliott
National Register reference number. 88000750 - 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 Coral Gables Elementary School, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet covering Coral Gables Elementary School, surveyed 1950

Fires near this property

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Coral Gables Elementary School between 1992 and 2015, burning about 23 acres in total. None 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 minor	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
14 June 2011	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	SUNSET (13)
28 May 1994	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 April 2003	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 March 2015	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	MART PLAZA (13)
2 December 1992	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
5 November 1994	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
14 November 1997	Misuse of fire by a minor	6.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Miami-Dade County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Coral Gables Elementary School: 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Anaconda Aluminum/ Miami, Fla.	Aluminum, Titanium	Plant
Oolite Rock Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Red Road Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Tropical Limestone Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Miami-Dade County

Storms near this property

19 since 1994

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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 2007	Lightning	Coral Gables	3 hurt	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.
November 2009	Heavy Rain	Coral Gables	$75,000	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.
July 2007	Lightning	Coral Gables	$30,000	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.
August 2007	Lightning	Coral Gables	$10,000	Coral Gables Police reported a house fire off Old Cutler Road caused by a lightning strike.
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Coral Gables	$10,000	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Coral Gables	$5,000	Numerous trees were blown down and damage was done to a tennis court wind protector.
March 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Coral Gables	$2,000	Amateur radio reports indicate trees down and construction debris around SW 9th Street and SW 36th Court in Miami.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Coral Gables	$1,000	Concrete tables blown over on University of Miami campus. Several chairs blown over and ripped apart.
August 2019	Flood	Coral Gables	-	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.
June 2014	Hail	Coral Gables	-	A trained spotter reported penny size hail in Coral Gables.
June 2007	Hail	Coral Gables	-	Half inch to nickel size hail reported along Palmetto Expressway between Tamiami Trail and Bird Road.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Coral Gables	-	Reported in Coral Gables.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Coral Gables	-	Trained spotter reported small to medium size tree branches broken.
March 2003	Hail	Coral Gables	-	A SKYWARN spotter saw quarter-size hail.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Coral Gables	-	A SKYWARN spotter reported a large tree blown down.
August 2001	Waterspout	Coral Gables	-	A boater sighted a waterspout in Biscayne Bay just offshore Gables-by-the Sea.
January 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Coral Gables	-	uprooted trees along .5 mile swath near 8000 block of old cutler rd.
September 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Coral Gables	-	Wind gusts of 58 mph observed during a thunderstorm at the NHC.
April 2003	Hail	Coral Gables	-	no account filed

Every storm 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.

1950 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000 - 5 printings
1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Hialeah quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
1994 USGS Hialeah 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
Cla-Reina Hotel	under 500 feet	2020
Coral Gables Police and Fire Station	0.3 miles	1984
Coral Gables City Hall	0.5 miles	1974
Coral Gables Woman's Club	0.5 miles	1990
Douglas Entrance	0.7 miles	1972
Coral Gables House	1.1 miles	1973

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88000750 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
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.