Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum

10/10/2024

Come join us this Friday and learn about bringing Yoga into your life with a presentation by Debi HanLee at the Historic Homestead Town Hall Museum 41 N. Krome Avenue, at 5:30 p.m. This event was rescheduled from September 27.

12/28/2022

When Robert and Fran Mitchell closed their business, Mitchell Hardware, a few years ago, they gave us an antique Re*****on bookkeeping machine. If anyone knows who might know more about this machine and how it was used, please let us know.

12/22/2022

We just had a visitor who retired from the Miami-Dade Fire Department. He was very interested in our 1924 American LaFrance fire truck and said he would reach out to some of his colleagues who might know who painted it and who has the title to it. If anyone here knows more about the truck (I've spoken to Charlie Heweker, who sold the truck to someone here), we surely would appreciate your sharing your information.

12/17/2022

We are badly in need of a working laptop computer so that our volunteers can create Excel spreadsheets of delinquent tax lists and voter registration lists, among other projects. If you have one that you would be willing to donate, we'd surely appreciate it!

12/17/2022

Our director found this in the parking lot in the back of the museum today. It is a cut nail, most likely from a piece of Dade County pine, judging by the corrosion. It did not come from masonry construction, that is certain!

12/07/2022

Miami-Dade County would like your input regarding buildings or sites that you knew when you were younger. They may or may not still be standing. Please fill out the survey form online and click on the Submit button:

The Miami Dade County Office of Historic Preservation is doing a comprehensive review of historic locations and buildings built after 1940 that are important to our communities. In order to achieve this, we are conducting a survey of historically relevant places and structures in our county built fr...

11/29/2022

Community outreach continues around the County’s Heritage Survey. We invite you to attend upcoming virtual sessions to learn more and provide feedback:

Monday, December 5 @ 6:30pm
Wednesday, December 14 @ 1pm
Monday, December 19 @ 1pm

You can register for any of the sessions by accessing the registration links at this site: https://www.miamidade.gov/global/news-item.page?Mduid_news=news1664196309233745

11/28/2022

Here is more information on the Historic Survey that Miami-Dade County will soon be conducting. If you have time, please consider participating!

The Office of Historic Preservation is conducting a Historic Heritage Survey, a comprehensive review of historic locations and buildings from 1941 to 1981. This is your chance to share with us the places and structures from that era that are important to you or your community

11/25/2022

Come visit us at the Museum when you come to see the Christmas tree lit! We're right across the street in the original Homestead Town Hall building.

11/25/2022

Come visit us at the Redland Heritage Event on Sunday, December 4. We'll be in the building on the right as you enter the park. Our sign will be out there with an arrow pointing to the right.

11/24/2022

Miami-Dade County is conducting a historic building survey, the first one since 1982. If you would like to get involved, I've posted the flyer with the relevant information here.

www.miamidade.gov/historicpreservation
[email protected]
305-375-1958

I was honored to be asked to serve on the Advisory Committee so if you would like to reach out to me, I'll be happy to pass on your suggestions for consideration.

11/19/2022

On Saturday, November 12, the Dade Heritage Trust celebrated its 50th birthday with a party at Anderson's Corner. The building has been purchased by a Miami developer who has a passion for history. There was a bluegrass band, catered food and drinks, goats for the kids to pet, chickens to look at and ponies for the kids to ride. Inside the building were 12 panels with text and photos about the history of the area for people to read and look at. The developer does not have any firm plans for the building at this time, as he is looking for community input. The priority right now is to stabilize the building. Dade Heritage Trust has assured me that Anderson's Corner will not become a tourist stop, though.