The Hampton House Motel , now operating as Historic Hampton House Motel museum and cultural center, is a historic former lodging facility in the Brownsville neighborhood of Miami, Florida . The motel served Black patrons during segregation in the American South . It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in February 2023.
13-691: Hampton House may refer to: Locations in the United States [ edit ] Historic Hampton House , Brownsville , Miami, Florida FitzSimons–Hampton House , Augusta, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Richmond County, Georgia Cora Beck Hampton Schoolhouse and House , Decatur, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in DeKalb County, Georgia Dunnan–Hampton House , Paxton, Illinois, listed on
26-726: Is a regional style of architecture that developed in South Florida during the post-war period. The style was internationally recognized as a regionalist response to the International Style . It can be seen in most of the larger Miami and Miami Beach resorts built after the Great Depression . Because MiMo styling was not just a response to international architectural movements but also to client demands, themes of glamour, fun, and material excess were added to otherwise stark, minimalist, and efficient styles of
39-407: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Architectural disambiguation pages Historic Hampton House The Booker Terrace Motel opened in 1954 to satisfy Miami's growing need for lodging facilities for African Americans. The building was purchased by Jewish couple, Harry and Florence Markowitz, who remodeled the existing hotel into
52-658: The Fontainebleau Hotel , Eden Roc , Seacoast Towers, Deauville , and Di Lido hotels by famed architect Morris Lapidus ; Norman Giller's Carillon Hotel, which was voted Miami Beach's "Hotel of the Year" in 1959; and the original Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida . To some degree, Miami developed the style through the work of younger architects immediately after the war; they were more closely aligned with media promotions and sensationalism than older architects of
65-806: The Hampton House Motel, which opened in 1961. The remodeled Hampton House Motel was designed by architect Robert Karl Frese in the Miami Modern architecture style. Throughout the 1960s, the Hampton House Motel hosted many prominent Civil Rights leaders, athletes, and musicians, including Martin Luther King Jr. , Malcolm X , Muhammad Ali , Sammy Davis Jr. , Sam Cooke , Nat King Cole , Jackie Robinson , and Joe Louis . Documents have revealed that Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered an early version of his I Have A Dream speech at
78-716: The Historic Hampton House Motel, a nonprofit organization, museum, and cultural center. Hampton House Motel was declared a National Historic Landmark in February 2023. The hotel serves as the site of a fictional meeting between Muhammad Ali , Malcolm X , Sam Cooke , and Jim Brown in the 2020 film One Night in Miami . 25°48′51″N 80°14′27″W / 25.8141°N 80.2408°W / 25.8141; -80.2408 Miami Modern architecture Miami Modernist architecture , or MiMo ,
91-816: The NRHP in Illinois Hampton House (Chicago) , Illinois Hampton Hall (Franklin, Kentucky) , listed on the NRHP in Kentucky Doerhoefer–Hampton House , Louisville, Kentucky, listed on the NRHP in Louisville's West End Jesse Hampton House , Winchester, Kentucky, listed on the NRHP in Clark County, Kentucky The Hampton Mansion, on the Hampton National Historic Site , Hampton, Maryland Hampton Hall (Woodville, Mississippi) , listed on
104-834: The NRHP in Mississippi C.C. Hampton Homestead , Harrisburg, Nebraska, listed on the NRHP in Nebraska Hampton House (Arcadia, North Carolina) , listed on the NRHP in North Carolina Ellis–Hampton House , Pendleton, Oregon, listed on the NRHP in Umatilla County, Oregon Wetherby–Hampton–Snyder–Wilson–Erdman Log House , Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania, listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania Caldwell–Hampton–Boylston House , Columbia, South Carolina, listed on
117-729: The NRHP in South Carolina Hampton–Preston House , Columbia, South Carolina, listed on the NRHP in South Carolina Hampton Plantation , McClellanville, South Carolina, listed on the NRHP in South Carolina E.L. Hampton House , Tracy City, Tennessee, listed on the NRHP in Grundy County, Tennessee See also [ edit ] Hampton Hall (disambiguation) Hampton Inn (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
130-459: The era. The region successfully transposed its extravagant resort styling to a national audience easily captivated by the area’s relative exoticism. The area along Biscayne Boulevard is now the designated "MiMo Biscayne Boulevard Historic District" or more uniquely named "MiMo on BiBo", for "Miami Modern on Biscayne Boulevard". MiMo Historic District runs roughly from 50th Street to 77th Street along Biscayne Boulevard, although MiMo can be found in
143-709: The era. The style can be most observed today in Middle and Upper Miami Beach along Collins Avenue , as well as along the Biscayne Boulevard corridor starting from around Midtown , through the Design District and into the Upper Eastside . The term MiMo has only recently been associated with the style. Popularity of the term is credited to Miami Beach resident Randall C. Robinson and interior designer Teri D'Amico. Principal examples of MiMo include
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#1732780989892156-461: The motel. The Hampton House Motel closed in 1976 and remained abandoned until the early 2000s. Threatened with demolition, a local advocacy group worked to declare its block a historic district in 2002, and the building was eventually purchased by Miami-Dade county . Beginning in 2015, the building began a $ 6 million restoration project with plans to open a museum, community center, cafe, jazz club, and gift shop. The restored motel now operates as
169-423: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hampton House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hampton_House&oldid=1169743795 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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