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Bay Shore Historic District,
<br />Miami; Dade County, Florida, in-
<br />cludes 201 single - family residences
<br />and 70 outbuildings. The district,
<br />which is located about 31 /x miles
<br />north of downtown Miami, represents
<br />a wide variety of early 20th century
<br />architectural styles, including Medi-
<br />terranean Revival, Art Deco, Colonial
<br />Revival, Mission, and Masonry
<br />Vernacular. The 90 -acre district is
<br />roughly bounded by N.E. 55th Street
<br />on the south, Biscayne Boulevard on
<br />the west, N.E. 60th Street on the
<br />north, and Biscayne Bay on the east.
<br />The Bay Shore Historic District is
<br />significant at the local level under
<br />Criterion A as one of Miami's most
<br />intact historic neighborhoods and the
<br />city's best extant example of a
<br />planned, Boom -era suburb that
<br />continued to develop in the years
<br />prior to World War E. The district is
<br />also significant under Criterion C for
<br />its wealth of Mediterranean Revival,
<br />Art Deco, and Masonry Vernacular
<br />style houses that reflect the diversity
<br />and evolution of architectural design
<br />in South Florida during the 1920s and
<br />1930s. The National Register bound-
<br />aries, defined on a map, are based on
<br />assessments of historic boundaries
<br />and modern setting. Verbal bound-
<br />ary description: The boundary of the
<br />Bay Shore Historic District is shown
<br />as the heavy line on the accompany-
<br />ing map entitled "Bay Shore Historic
<br />District" Boundary justification,
<br />The boundaries of the Bay Shore
<br />Historic District have been drawn to
<br />generally follow those of the original
<br />Bay Shore subdivisions, platted
<br />between 1922 and 1924, and the Bay
<br />Shore Plaza subdivision, platted in
<br />1936. Excluded from the district are
<br />those portions of the Bay Shore
<br />subdivisions located west of Biscayne
<br />Boulevard, which is now a major
<br />commercial area. The proposed
<br />boundaries encompass those portions
<br />of the present Bay Shore neighbor-
<br />hood that contain a predom nance of
<br />buildings constructed between 1922
<br />and 1942. The plan and period of
<br />significance clearly set the Bay Shore
<br />Historic District apart from its sur-
<br />roundings. The boundaries of the
<br />district are based on boundaries at a
<br />specific time in history, visual
<br />changes, and visual barriers. N.E.
<br />60th Street was selected as the north-
<br />ern boundary because it is the north-
<br />ern limit of the earliest Bay Shore
<br />subdivision. Furthermore, the area
<br />north of this street contains few
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<br />Bay Shore Historic District, Miami, Florida. Detail of map showing a portion of the
<br />district's National Register boundary.
<br />historic buildings and is of a different
<br />character, containing a number of
<br />multi - family buildings. On the east,
<br />Biscayne Bay and Momingside Park
<br />form natural physical boundaries, as
<br />well as significant historic boundaries.
<br />The bayfront lots help to define the
<br />character of the district, and their
<br />presence was a major factor in the
<br />district's development. Morningside
<br />Park is not included because it was
<br />not opened until 1951, although the
<br />northern portion was acquired by the
<br />city in 1935. The rear property lines
<br />between N.E. 55th Street and N.E.
<br />53rd Street were chosen as the south-
<br />ern boundary because they delineate
<br />the southern limit of the Bay Shore
<br />Plaza subdivision. in addition, the
<br />majority of houses south of this line
<br />were constructed after 1942. Finally,
<br />Biscayne Boulevard was selected as
<br />the rough western boundary because
<br />a majority of the development on
<br />Biscayne Boulevard is of a different
<br />character. Since the mid- 1960s,
<br />Biscayne Boulevard has developed
<br />into a major thoroughfare with office
<br />zoning, and many of the newer
<br />buildings are large -scale office or
<br />residential structures. Several historic
<br />structures do remain, however, and
<br />these have been converted into office
<br />use. That portion of the original Bay
<br />Shore subdivision west of Biscayne
<br />Boulevard was excluded because it no
<br />longer contains a concentration of
<br />historic buildings.
<br />Clifton Townsite Historic District,
<br />Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona,
<br />clearly defines an intact grouping of
<br />buildings of various types dating
<br />from the early years of Clifton's
<br />development, 1871 -1920. These
<br />resources lie within the bottom of the
<br />canyon formed by the San Francisco
<br />River at its intersection with Chase
<br />Creek. This low -lying location, while
<br />giving the town a visual boundary,
<br />has subjected it to periodic flooding.
<br />This has had the greatest impact along
<br />Park Avenue where many buildings
<br />have been washed away in the past.
<br />Many aspects of Clifton are repre-
<br />sented by the various buildings and
<br />structures: residential, commercial,
<br />industrial, transportation, religious,
<br />and governmental buildings are
<br />included as well as character - defining
<br />engineering works such as bridges
<br />and flood- control features. Remain-
<br />ing buildings represent a variety of
<br />late 19th and early 20th century styles.
<br />The physical setting in the canyon
<br />along the San Francisco River as well
<br />as the relative proximity and visual
<br />continuity of the structures unifies the
<br />district. The general architectural
<br />integrity of the district is good,
<br />although many properties are aban-
<br />doned and have fallen into disrepair:
<br />32 of the 86 resources are noncontrib-
<br />uting. The district is significant under
<br />Criterion A for its association with the
<br />early copper mining and smelting
<br />operations in that region and with the
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