glenn h. curtiss mansion and gardens
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Built in 1925 by aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss, the Pueblo Revival-style Curtiss Mansion was known as Dar-Err-Aha (“House of Happiness”). Once part of a 30-acre estate with lakes, flamingos, and swans, it later became the Miami Springs Villas before the City of Miami Springs acquired it in 1998. Restored by Curtiss Mansion, Inc., this landmark was designated a historic site in 1987 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Marine corps memorial
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In 1917, Captain Roy Geiger of Florida became one of the first Marine Corps aviators, launching a legendary career that spanned two world wars and earned him recognition as one of the Corps’ greatest pilots. In 1918, Geiger brought his Marine Aeronautic Detachment to Miami, leasing Glenn Curtiss’s Flying School for $1 a year and turning it into the first Marine airbase. From here, pilots trained on Curtiss “Jennies” and flew missions that shaped Marine aviation history. Though the field closed in 1919, its legacy lives on—honored by a monument restored and rededicated by Miami Springs residents in 2015.
lua curtiss house #1
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Nicknamed “The Alamo”, the Lua Curtiss House #1 is a Y-shaped, two-story Pueblo Revival home that Glenn Curtiss had built for his mother. Because his mother loved to paint, the house was designed with large windows facing north, allowing for more natural light. The curved facade allows for air to flow through the house. Featuring Cuban terracotta tile, a vaulted ceiling and exposed beams, but she didn't like it. glenn curtiss built her another house "lua curtiss house #2" right on the golf course over look the mansion. lua house #1 was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and it was designated a Miami Springs Historic Site in 2003.
Carey- dant house
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Built between 1924–26 by W. Carey, an investor in Hialeah Race Track, this Mediterranean Revival home was one of the first four houses in the community. Featuring the town’s first swimming pool, a guest house, and a well that served neighboring homes, it remained in the Carey-Dant family for generations. Restored with period details, the home showcases unique features like a pecky cypress ceiling, French doors, original fountain, and its signature blue-and-green barrel-tiled roof.
osceola apartment hotel
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Built in 1925–26, the Osceola—once called Azure Villas—is the only apartment building constructed by the Curtiss-Bright Company. Designed in the Mission Revival style, it featured 21 apartments around a garden courtyard and served as housing for workers building the nearby Hotel Country Club. Promoted as “one of the best appointed apartment houses in the state,” it later became a refuge during the 1926 hurricane. Though renovated inside, its historic exterior remains much as it did nearly a century ago.
hotel country club
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Built in 1926 by Glenn Curtiss, the Pueblo Revival–style Hotel Country Club (now Fairhavens) was the grand centerpiece of Country Club Estates. Furnished in a Southwestern theme, its domes rose five stories above the young community. In 1929, Curtiss sold it to health pioneer Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, who turned it into the Miami Battle Creek Sanitarium—one of the few Miami hotels at the time to welcome nonwhite guests. Over the decades it has served as a spa, military recovery center, and senior home, while its unique Pueblo Revival architecture remains a Miami Springs landmark.
