Walter De Garmo
{{Short description|American architect}}
File:McAllister Hotel.jpg. Once the tallest building in Miami, it was eventually demolished.]]
Walter C. De Garmo (1876–1951) was a prominent architect in Miami, Florida and its surrounding communities.{{Cite journal
| publisher = University of Florida
| last = Perkins
| first = Kelly K.
| title = Exploring the Hallmarks of a Successful Volunteer Preservation Organization: The Villagers, Incorporated
| location = Gainesville, Fla.
| accessdate = 2014-02-06
| date = 2013
| page = 23
| url = http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0045504/00001/pdf
}} His buildings include the Woman's Club of Coconut Grove and the 1907 Miami City Hall.{{Cite web
| title = Woman's Club of Coconut Grove records, 1891–1991
| work = University of Miami Special Collections
| accessdate = 2014-02-08
| url = http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=85
}} He is known for his residential work in South Florida, especially large luxury residences in the Mission Revival and Mediterranean Revival styles.[http://www.historical-museum.org/collect/findingaids/1982-185.html Inventory of the Walter C. DeGarmo Architectural Drawings] Historical Museum of South Florida, Walter C. DeGarmo Collection.
Biography and career
De Garmo studied under John Russell Pope, and worked as an architect in New York before moving to Miami.{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/09/1571407_villa-degarmo-an-architectural.html#storylink=cpy|title=Villa DeGarmo, an architectural masterpiece in Coconut Grove|last=Mullaney|first=Laura|date=April 9, 2010|work=The Miami Herald|accessdate=6 February 2014}} He was the first registered architect in the Miami area.[https://books.google.com/books?id=8bZVAAAAMAAJ Garden Design], 1991, page 48. He held a degree in architecture from Cornell University. Marion Manley, Florida's first female architect, interned with De Garmo.[http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5334 Marion Manley: Miami's First Woman Architect] Miami International by Catherine Lynn and Carie Penabad The Architects Newspaper He has been referred to as the "Dean of Miami architects."
The 1907 Miami City Hall designed by De Garmo was in use until 1928, when city functions were relocated to the newly built Dade County Courthouse, and the De Garmo building demolished.[http://www.historical-museum.org/collect/findingaids/1982-185.html Inventory of the Walter C. DeGarmo Architectural Drawings] Historical Museum of South Florida. As of 1996, only two buildings by De Garmo remained in Miami Beach.{{Cite news
| last = Semple
| first = Kirk
| title = First the Bumbling, Then the Crumbling
| work = Miami New Times – News
| accessdate = 2014-02-06
| date = 1996-11-28
| url = http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1996-11-28/news/first-the-bumbling-then-the-crumbling/
}}
=Coral Gables=
File:Colonnade Building, 1926, Coral Gables, FL. With Walter De Garmo and Paul Chalfin.jpg and Paul Chalfin]]
The developer of Coral Gables, Florida, George E. Merrick, selected De Garmo as "one of the lead architects."{{Cite web
| title = Historic Coral Gables Architect Walter C. Degarmo
| work = The Coral Gables Story
| accessdate = 2014-02-06
| date = 2009-11-26
| url = http://www.thecoralgablesstory.com/2009/11/26/historic-coral-gables-architect-walter-c-degarmo/
}} In 1924, Degarmo joined with Denman Fink to design the Douglas Entrance in Coral Gables, which is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.Behar, Roberto M., ed. Coral Gables. Paris, France: Editions Norma, 1997, p. 99. {{ISBN|2-909283-34-8}}
A 1926 home in Coral Gables, Florida, described as De Garmo's "masterpiece," was up for sale in 2013 for US$12.5 million.{{Cite web
| last = Arsenovic
| first = Aleksandra
| title = Walter De Garmo's Masterpiece in the Heart of Coral Gables on Sale for $12,5 Million
| work = eXtravaganzi
| accessdate = 2014-02-06
| date = 2013-12-30
| url = http://www.extravaganzi.com/walter-de-garmos-masterpiece-in-the-heart-of-coral-gables-on-sale-for-125-million/
}} A 1925 luxury residence by De Garmo, Casa Di Paolo, in Star Island, Miami Beach, was described in 2011 as having 12 bedrooms and 13.5 baths, with a "courtyard, arches, Moorish influences and columns," a "separate two-story guesthouse and 100 feet of deep-water dockage."{{Cite web
| last = Zbar
| first = Jeff
| title = Timeless architecture, area's cachet lure buyer to Star Island
| work = South Florida Business Journal
| accessdate = 2014-02-06
| date = 2011-06-03
| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/print-edition/2011/06/03/timeless-architecture-areas-cachet.html
}}
References
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Further reading
- Ammidown, Margot. Walter DeGarmo: Fantasies in Concrete. Update, v. 11, no. 1 (February 1984).
- Klein, Roberta. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140222033700/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-09-08/features/9609100190_1_fabians-stairway-spanish Viva De Garmo! Vision Of A Pioneering Florida Architect Is Still Vivid In The Spanish Gem He Designed 70 Years Ago]. September 8, 1996, Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
- Lozano, Jose M. "The Last Eclectics: Walter De Garmo and Richard Kiehnel in South Florida". Southeastern College Art Conference Review (1990): 363–371.
External links
- [http://www.historical-museum.org/collect/findingaids/1982-185.html Inventory of the Walter C. DeGarmo Architectural Drawings] Historical Museum of South Florida, Walter C. DeGarmo Collection.
- {{Cite web
| title = Helen Muir Papers, 1934–1995
| work = University of Miami Special Collections
| accessdate = 2014-02-08
| url = http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/?p=collections/findingaid&id=816
}} Contains De Garmo's correspondence with Miami journalist Helen Muir.
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Category:20th-century American architects
Category:People from Coral Gables, Florida
Category:Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning alumni