L Murray Dixon (1901 – 1949), Florida architect, originally from Live Oak. Studied at Georgia School of Technology. Began his career working for Schultze and Weaver in New York City. In 1929 he moved to Miami Beach. Dixon is credited as being one of a handful of architects who built Miami Beach from a small town into the bustling beachside resort city that it is famous for today. While he is considered to be an Art Deco architect, his buildings borrowed incorporated elements from other styles, Mediterranean Revival, Georgian and Regency. Dixon, along with Henry Hohauser defined the aesthetic of tropical Art Deco, colorful, ornate, window “eyebrows”, curves, crowns, signs, masts, setbacks borrowed from skyscraper design.
Select Projects:
The Tides Hotel, Miami Beach FL
The Raleigh, Miami Beach FL
Grossinger Beach Hotel (The Ritz Plaza), Miami Beach FL
The Tudor Hotel, Miami Beach FL
The Kent, Miami Beach FL
Palmer House, Miami Beach FL
The Marlin Hotel, Miami Beach FL
1610 Euclid Avenue, Miami Beach FL
4532 Sheridan Avenue, Miami Beach FL
The Victor, Miami Beach FL
The Henderson Apartments, Miami Beach FL
The Arjay Court Apartments, Miami Beach FL
More Reading:
Lawrence Murray Dixon The Man Who Made The Magic City
The Making of Miami Beach, 1933–1942 The Architecture of Lawrence Murray Dixon