The Coco Plum Woman's Club is a historic

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located at 1375 Sunset Drive in

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. The club was founded in 1912 with eight members; it was named for the local

cocoplum ''Chrysobalanus icaco'', the cocoplum, paradise plum, abajeru or icaco, also called fat pork in Trinidad and Tobago, is a low shrub or bushy tree found near sea beaches and inland throughout tropical Africa, tropical Americas and the Caribbean, ...

fruit. While the club was originally based in one of its members' houses, it built its own clubhouse in 1913. Its historic

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clubhouse was built in 1926. The club participated in homefront efforts during both World Wars; its work with the

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during

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was well-regarded within Florida. During peacetime, the club has served as a community library, a social venue for meetings and dances, a clinic, and a pre-school. The clubhouse was added to the

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on June 17, 2005. It is part of the Clubhouses of Florida's Woman's Clubs Multiple Property Submission. The building is currently used as an event hall as well as a clubhouse.

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Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida Mediterranean Revival architecture in Florida Buildings and structures completed in 1926 Buildings and structures in Coral Gables, Florida Women's clubs in Florida National Register of Historic Places in Miami-Dade County, Florida 1926 establishments in Florida {{MiamiDadeCountyFL-NRHP-stub