:: Housekeepers
Club of Coconut Grove
2985 S Bayshore Drive
Year Built: 1921
Architect: Walter C. DeGarmo
Date Designated: 1983
b. Noted local architect Walter C. DeGarmo designed this building to take
full advantage of its site overlooking Biscayne Bay. A twelve-foot-wide
porch with broad arched openings wraps around three sides of building,
which is constructed of native oolitic limestone. The building still serves
as the headquarters for one of Florida's oldest woman's clubs, known today
as the Woman's Club of Coconut Grove. The building was listed in the National
Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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