The World's Largest Public Domain Media Search Engine
Fennell's Orchid Jungle, 26715 Southwest 157 Avenue, Homestead, Miami-Dade County, FL

Similar

Fennell's Orchid Jungle, 26715 Southwest 157 Avenue, Homestead, Miami-Dade County, FL

description

Summary

Significance: The site was one of the earliest roadside attractions in Miami-Dade County and South Florida. The site is significant in the history of botanical research in the U.S. for the propagation and popularization of Orchids.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N23
Survey number: HALS FL-4
Building/structure dates: 1922 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work

date_range

Date

1960 - 1969
person

Contributors

Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
Fennell, Lee Arthur, owner/builder
Ceo, Rocco, faculty sponsor
Ayuso, Angela, delineator
Block, Lacey, delineator
Blacklidge, Lisa, delineator
Diaz, Angela, delineator
Miller, Peter, delineator
Rodriguez, Christopher, delineator
St. Germain, Nicole, delineator
place

Location

dade county25.46872, -80.47756
Google Map of 25.4687224, -80.4775569
create

Source

Library of Congress
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

Explore more

orchid houses
orchid houses