Art Deco District National Historic Register Nomination Files

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Art Deco District National Historic Register Nomination Files

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  • 1977 (Creation)

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1 linear foot box

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(1933 - 2021)

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Aristides j. Millas, a registered architect since 1962, holds degrees in Architecture and Urban Design from Carnegie Mellon and Harvard Universities. He taught architectural design, historic preservation, and history at the University of Miami School of Architecture for over forty years until his retirement in 2015. His expertise in historic preservation of architecturally significant South Florida buildings, his research on elderly populations in Miami Beach, and his diverse research library collection of books, journals, reports, and ephemera form a significant contribution to a variety of scholarly Florida-related topics as well as Byzantine and Classical Greek and Roman architecture and art history.

Obituary Miami Herald https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/herald/name/aristides-millas-obituary?id=31593744

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Materials in this series relates mostly to the nomination of the Miami Beach Art Deco district for the National Register of Historic Places.
Bulk dates are the period of nomination around 1977-1978, with outlying dates as early as 1959 and as late as 1995.
Documents include maps, periodical clippings, reports, property lists, building profiles, national historic register nomination documents, and Miami Design Preservation league ephemera such as stickers, fliers, and greeting cards.

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