The Wolfsonian-Florida International University

The Wolfsonian–FIU, 1927
1001 Washington Avenue
Originally Washington Storage Company
Architects: Robertson & Patterson, 1927
Architect (addition): Robert M. Little, 1936
Architect: (renovation and addition): Mark Hampton, and William S. Kearns, associate, 1992

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Start your tour at the entrance of The Wolfsonian–FIU. Built in 1927 to house the Washington Storage Company, the Mediterranean Revival building has undergone several renovations and additions in the decades since. After being purchased by Mitchell Wolfson, Jr., it opened to the public as a museum and research center in 1995 and became a part of Florida International University two years later.

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On the sidewalk just a few yards north of the entrance, you will see one of the two bridge tender houses that were installed on the Northwest 27th Avenue Bridge in Miami after its 1938–39 expansion. The hexagonal stainless-steel Art Deco structure was saved from demolition in the late 1980s when the bridge was rebuilt.

Bridge Tender House, 1939
Steel, wood, glass, iron, metal
Engineers: Harrington and Cortelyou
Kansas City, Missouri
The Wolfsonian–FIU, Gift of the Florida Department of Transportation, 1993.5