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Crouse House

United States historic place


Crouse House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Crouse House in 2012
25°54′33″N 80°14′56″W / 25.90917°N 80.24889°W / 25.90917; -80.24889 (Crouse House)
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1926
Architect	Muller, Bernhardt E.
Architectural style	Moorish Revival
MPS	Opa-Locka TR
NRHP reference No.	87001316^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 17, 1987

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]

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]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crouse House". National Park Service. Retrieved October 11, 2018. With accompanying pictures
^ 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.