Croissant Park Administration Building

The Croissant Park Administration Building is a historic site in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It is located at 1421 South Andrews Avenue. On July 25, 2001, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Croissant Park Administration Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Coordinates	26°06′10.84″N 80°08′34.48″W
NRHP reference No.	01000761[1]
Added to NRHP	July 25, 2001

Building

Built in the mission revival architectural style in 1923 the architect is believed to be Francis Abreu.[2] Abreu designed many Fort Lauderdale buildings during the 1920s.[2] An L-shaped two-story poured concrete building it features a textured stucco exterior and concrete lamps on the roof corners.[2] The 6,000 square foot building has a cut corner entrance and a flat roof with parapets.[2] Inside a cypress wood staircase leads to the second floor which has Dade Pine floors.[2]

Croissant Park

G. Frank Croissant used this building as headquarters for sales of the Croissant Park development.[3][4] Croissant Park was built from 1,200 acres Croissant bought in 1924 for $1.25 million.[5][note 1] It was one of the largest Fort Lauderdale developments of the Florida land boom of the 1920s.[7]

Modern times

In 2001 the owners of the building and the Sam Gilliam house received an award for the rehabilitation and preservation of the two buildings from the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society.[8]

Notes

1. Bothel gives a figure of 1,270 acres.[6]

References

1. "National Register Information System – Croissant Park Administration Building (#01000761)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
2. Adams, Jaimee; Jones, Robert O.; Mattick, Barbara E. (June 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Croissant Park Administration Building" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)"Accompanying 14 photos, from 2000" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places Inventory.
3. Lutes, Jean Marie (11 June 1989). "Sun, surf, sex sold Croissant Park". Broward N. Miami Herald. p. 14 BR. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via NewsBank.
4. "G. Frank Croissant, land developer, 69". Obituaries. New York Times. 8 December 1956. p. 19. ProQuest 113582454.
5. Feehan, Jane (11 November 2011). "Florida History: Frank Croissant in Fort Lauderdale: "This is how I made a fortune"". Jane's Bits. Archived from the original on 7 December 2018.
6. Bothel, Todd L. (2015). "Ch. 2: Developing a Town". Legendary Locals of Fort Lauderdale. Arcadia Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4671-0220-9.
7. Ballinger, J. Kenneth (1936). Miami Millions :The Dance of the Dollars the in the great Florida land boom of 1925. Miami, FL: Franklin Press. p. 43 – via Internet Archive.
8. McKemie (24 June 2001). "Couple honored for sense of history". Community News. Sun-Sentinel. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2018 – via NewsBank.

Further reading

• Hutchinson, Scott (15 October 1989). "What's in a name". Neighbors BNE. Miami Herald (Broward ed.). p. 3BNE – via NewsBank. Article on G. Frank Croissant.

External links

• "Croissant Park Administration Building". National Register Sites. Broward County.