:: Trapp
House
2521-2533 S Bayshore Drive and 2520 Tigertail Avenue
Year Built: 1889
Builders: Caleb and Harlan Trapp
Date Designated: 1996
b. Working with chisels and hatchets, father and son builders Caleb and
Harlan Trapp hewed oolitic limestone by hand and constructed one of the
first stone buildings in Coconut Grove. They salvaged timber from foundered
lumber ships for the beams of the house. Harlan Trapp became a successful
contractor and enlarged the family home around 1929, although the original
stone construction is still visible. The Trapp House was listed in the
National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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