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Stiltsville is a group of wood stilt houses located one mile south of Cape Florida, on sand banks of the Safety Valve on the edge of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The structures stand on wood or reinforced concrete pilings , generally ten feet above the shallow water, which varies from one to three feet deep at low tide.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Stiltsville as seen from Cape Florida. Although most of Biscayne National Park's area is water, the islands have a number of protected historical structures and districts. Shipwrecks are also protected within the park, and the park's offshore waters are a protected historic district. [24]
To explore Florida’s rich history, you must make the trip to St. Augustine. ... Stiltsville. THEPALMER/Getty Images. About a mile south of Cape Florida, you’ll find a cluster of seven pastel ...
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Also included is a site determined eligible for National Historic Landmark status, [3] and a list of historical sites in Florida managed by the U.S. National Park Service which also have national significance. [4] The National Historic Landmark program is administered by the National Park Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior.
Biscayne Bay is a lagoon with characteristics of an estuary located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida.The northern end of the lagoon is surrounded by the densely developed heart of the Miami metropolitan area while the southern end is largely undeveloped with a large portion of the lagoon included in Biscayne National Park.