Spring Garden (Miami) Explained

Spring Garden
Established Title2:Settled
Established Date2:1840s
Established Title3:Incorporated into the City of Miami
Established Date3:1896
Mapsize:300px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Florida
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Miami-Dade County
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Name3:Miami
Leader Title:City of Miami Commissioner
Leader Name:Michelle Spence-Jones
Leader Title1:Miami-Dade Commissioner
Leader Name1:Eileen Higgins
Leader Title2:House of Representatives
Leader Name2:Cynthia A. Stafford (D)
Leader Title3:State Senate
Leader Name3:Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (R)
Leader Title4:U.S. House
Leader Name4:Frederica Wilson (D)
Area Total Sq Mi:0.148
Elevation Ft:7
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:757
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-05
Utc Offset Dst:-04
Coordinates:25.7794°N -80.2079°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:33136
Area Code:305, 786

Spring Garden is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. The section of the city is one of the oldest purpose-built single-family residential neighborhoods in Miami and in the Greater Miami area. It is bound by the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) to the north, the Seybold Canal (formerly Wagner Creek and Northwest Eighth Street Road to the east, by the Miami River to the southwest, and West 12th Avenue (SR 933) to the west.

History

The area was first settled in the early 1840s when William English established a coontie starch mill in the area in the 1840s. By the 1850s, William Wagner and a business partner reestablished a coontie mill on a Miami River tributary which would be named after Wagner. A freshwater spring was found on the tributary in the area, which caused Henry Flagler to build the private Miami Water Company (where a Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Treatment plant is currently located) there in 1899.

By 1918, German-born Miami industrialist John Seybold dredged the Wagner Creek and constructed a turning basin in the creek, prompting area officials to rename the creek "Seybold Canal" in his honor; Seybold purchased and platted the peninsular plot of land immediately south of North 11th Street between the River and Creek for private, residential development, advertising it as one of Miami's premier housing communities into the Florida land boom of the 1920s.

In 1997 Spring Garden was designated as an official Historic District in the City of Miami. The summary statement from the historic designation report prepared by resident and architectural historian Prof. John Kneski states that "The Spring Garden Historic District is significant in the historical, archeological, and architectural heritage of the City of Miami. This neighborhood reflects the City’s growth from the mid-1910s to the 1940s and demonstrates the importance of the Miami River in the City’s history. Developed by an important pioneer businessman, Spring Garden is the oldest, intact, single family neighborhood still remaining along the Miami River."[1]

External links

25.7822°N -80.2106°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designation Report presented by John Kneski to the City of Miami].