Dade County Courthouse
Miami, Florida
 
 
     
 
 
 Completed - 1928
Architect - A. Ten Eyck Brown
Photos: Robert Deering 11/11/2003
 
 
 
 
1904 Courthouse
 
 
1928 Courthouse

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1836

COUNTY NAMED FOR:
 Major Francis L. Dade, a soldier killed in 1835 in the Second Seminole War.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: The nearby Miami River, itself named for the Mayaimi Indians who previously lived around Lake Okeechobee.

STANDING:
 1928 high-rise building with 28 floors.