U of M Opened Here
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Markerman62
N 25° 44.432 W 080° 15.900
17R E 573719 N 2847155
Located on University Drive at Camilo Avenue in Coral Gables
Waymark Code: WMXN9Z
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2018
Views: 2
On this site, in an unfinished building originally intended for a hotel, the University of Miami registered its first students on October 15, 1926. It was twenty years before the university was able to begin the move to the site originally designated for it and given by George E. Merrick, which forms part of the present campus. The old “Cardboard College” which stood here was used until 1967, and then demolished.
Marker Number: None
Date: 1969
County: Miami-Dade
Marker Type: City
Sponsored or placed by: The Historical Association of Southern Florida
Website: Not listed
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