:: Brickell
Park and Mausoleum Archeological Zone
501 Brickell Avenue
Dates of Site: Tequesta Village and Cemetery, 500 B.C. to 500 A.D.; Brickell
Mausoleum, 1924
Date Designated: Pending
a. Brickell Park contains both a pre-Columbian archeological site and
a historic mausoleum associated with the Brickell family. As early as
the 1860s, pre-Columbian sand mounds were noted here as part of a large
hammock extending south from the Miami River. Recently, intact deposits
of midden material (or refuse) associated with the pre-Columbian Tequesta
occupation were identified within this area. Several Native American burials
also were identified that may be related to the inhabitants of the Miami
Circle site. In fact, the density of burials suggests that this area was
deliberately selected as a cemetery.The Brickell family located its mausoleum
at this site. The mausoleum is the only surviving structure associated
with one of Miami's most important families. It was listed in the National
Register of Historic Places in 1989.
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