Villa Paula (Miami)
Historic Building in Miami, Florida
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Villa Paula is an historic building located in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It was designed by Havana architect Cayetano Freira and built in 1926 by the Cuban government as a consulate and residence for its consul, Domingo Milord and his wife Paula Milord, for whom he named the home. Paula's name still appears in plaster above the home's entrance.
The style of Villa Paula was conceived by the Cuban government to send a message "about the cosmopolitan civilization enjoyed by Cuba in contrast to the relatively provincial tastes of Miami" at the time. To that end, all of the home's building materials and workers were imported from Cuba.
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