:: Villa
Woodbine
2167 S Bayshore Drive
Year Built: 1931
Architect/Builder: Walter C. DeGarmo/The St. John Co., Inc.
Date Designated: 1988
a. Situated on a limestone bluff overlooking Biscayne Bay, Villa Woodbine
is one of the finest early twentieth century estates remaining in Coconut
Grove. This outstanding
Mediterranean Revival style house is noted for its fine detail and craftsmanship,
particularly the ornamentation in its arched openings and its wrought
iron grille work. Charles S. Boyd, founder of the Appleton Paper Company
in Wisconsin, commissioned the house as a winter home and named the house
after a grade of paper called woodbine enamel.
b. Historic photograph of Villa Woodbine, circa 1932.
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