National Register of Historic Places

Vagabond Motel

Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Listed
December 29, 2014
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
14001086

About this property

The Vagabond Motel is a historic motel located at 7301 Biscayne Boulevard in Miami, Florida that exhibits Miami Modern architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in late 2014 after being nominated by the state. The building was constructed in 1953 and was designed by Robert Swartburg. After sitting vacant for years, the building was reopened in 2014 as a restaurant and hotel. Claims that the Vagabond Motel was once a hangout for Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack are false. The Biscayne Times debunked those rumors in 2012. In the 1950s and 1960s, celebrities frequented the long-gone Vagabonds' Club in downtown Miami, not the middle-class family motel on the Upper East Side.

Location

7301 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida
25.84293, -80.18387

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was Vagabond Motel listed on the National Register?

Vagabond Motel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 29, 2014.

What type of historic resource is Vagabond Motel?

Vagabond Motel is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Vagabond Motel is recorded as the industrial era.

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