Crouse House

The Crouse House, in Opa-Locka, Florida, was designed by architect Bernhardt E. Muller for owners J. W. and Jennie Crouse. The house includes Moorish Revival elements, and it was constructed in 1926 at the corner of Peri and Ahmed Streets in Opa-locka. The house is part of the Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places August 17, 1987. Original features of the house included a bell tower at the Peri St. entrance and a dome above the garage entrance on Ahmad St., but neither feature survived numerous alterations.[2]

Crouse House
The Crouse House in 2012
Location1156 Peri St., Opa-Locka, Florida
Coordinates25°54′33″N 80°14′56″W
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1926
ArchitectMuller, Bernhardt E.
Architectural styleMoorish Revival
MPSOpa-Locka TR
NRHP reference No.87001316[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 17, 1987

Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss founded Opa-locka in 1925, and he hired architect Bernhardt Muller to design the community with a Moorish Revival motif inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights. Curtiss was not able to achieve Muller's vision for the community, although several sites were constructed.[3]

See also
Location of the Crouse House in Opa-locka, Florida

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crouse House". National Park Service. Retrieved October 11, 2018. With accompanying pictures
  3. Marriott, Michel (February 2, 1989). "Opa-Locka Journal; Grimy Reality Invades Fantasyland". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 21, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

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