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Freedom Tower
Downtown Miami, Florida

The 17 story Maimi Freedom Tower was built in 1925 and it served as the headquarters and pringtin office of the Miami Daily News and Metropolis until 1957. Between 1962 and 1974 the building was used an immigration station for refugees from Cuba. The tower was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1979.


Freedom Tower Miami
Copyright © Kathleen Walling Fry

The Miami Freedom Tower is located at 600 Biscayne Boulevard ion downtown Miami. The above picture was taken from the Bayside Marketplace Marina across the street from the tower.

Miami's Freedom Tower to be Donated to College
Excerpt from a December 2005 article: Miami's equivalent of Ellis Island, a 17-story tower built in 1925 that laster served as an immigration station for Cubans, will be donated to Miami Dade College.

More About the Freedom Tower
  • Photos of Cuban Refugees in the Freedom Tower
  • Wikipedia on the Miami Freedom Tower
  • Emporis.com on the Miami Freedom Tower


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