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Listen: The Latin ProgramEd Leedskalnin sitting in a chair at his Rock Gate Park in Florida City, Florida.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Rights
Collection
Series/Collection number: M82- 38, Florida tourist photographs, 1880-1945
Subject Term
Furniture
Decorative arts
Decoration and ornament
Art
Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Florida City
Craft
Stone structures
Stone
Rocks, Sedimentary
Rocks, Carbonate
Oolite
Historic sites--Florida--Dade County--Florida City
Attractions--Florida--Dade County--Florida City
Sculpture gardens
Artisans--Florida--Dade County--Florida City
Sculptors
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Stone-cutters
Stone carvers
Tourism--Florida--Dade County--Florida City
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
General Note
Cut from various megalithic stones, many weighing several tons. He spent over 28 years cutting stone and building Coral Castle after being jilted by his 16-year-old fiancee Agnes Scuffs just one day before the wedding. Originally built in Florida City and called Rock Gate Park [shown in this image], it was later moved to Homestead around 1936. Coral Castle was added to the National Register of historic places in 1984.
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