Martin Luther Hampton (August 3, 1890 in

Laurens, South Carolina Laurens is a city in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 9,139 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Laurens County. History Located in upstate South Carolina, the city of Laurens is named after Henry Lau ...

– 1950 in Dade County) was an architect in Florida. After studying at the

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

in New York he settled in 1914 in Miami. Many of his buildings are listed on the

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. Works (attribution) include: * Arlington Square, (1925) 1330 Pennsylvania Avenue, Miami Beach. FL—Mediterranean Revival, renamed Sunbrite Apartments after complete renovation in 2010 * Carl G. Adams House, 31 Hunting Lodge Ct., Miami Springs, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed * Bay Isle Commercial Building, 238 E. Davis Blvd., Tampa, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed * Caldwell County Courthouse, Main St., Lenoir, NC (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed *

Casa Faena Casa Faena, on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida, is a hotel built in 1928. It was designed by prolific local architect Martin L. Hampton, who also designed Miami Beach City Hall and who "was a master of the Mediterranean Revival style". ...

(1928), Miami Beach, Florida, a hotel built in 1928 originally as an apartment building, El Paraiso Apartments. * Château Petit Douy, 1500 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL * City National Bank Building, 121 S.E. 1st St., Miami, FL (Hampton & Ehmann), NRHP-listed * The Colony Hotel (1926), 525 East Atlantic Avenue,

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, FL * Congress Building, 111 Northeast 2nd Ave., Miami, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed * Glenn Curtiss House, 500 Deer Run, Miami Springs, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed * Lua Curtiss House I, 85 Deer Run, Miami Springs, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed *

Lua Curtiss House II The Lua Curtiss House II (also known as the Gregory House) is a historic home in Miami Springs, Florida. It is located at 150 Hunting Lodge. On November 1, 1985, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places The National Reg ...

, 150 Hunting Lodge, Miami Springs, FL (Hampton & Ehmann), NRHP-listed *

House at 36 Aegean Avenue The House at 36 Aegean Avenue is a historic home in the Davis Islands neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, United States. It is located at 36 Aegean Avenue. On November 13, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ...

, 36 Aegean Ave., Tampa, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed * House at 36 Columbia Drive, 36 Columbia Dr., Tampa, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed *One or more works in

Lenoir Downtown Historic District Lenoir Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina. The district includes 41 contributing buildings and 2 contributing objects in the central business district of Lenoir. It ...

, Roughly bounded by Ashe Ave., Mulberry St., Harper Ave., Church St., and Boundary St., Lenoir, NC (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed * Meyer-Kiser Building, 139 N.E. 1st Building, Miami, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed * Miami Beach City Hall building, 1130 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL (Hampton, Martin L.) *One or more works in Normandy Isles Historic District, Roughly by Normandy Shores Golf Course, Indian Creek, Biscayne Bay, Rue Versailles, 71st., Rue Notre Dame, Miami Beach, FL (Feldman, Grossman, Hampton, et al.), NRHP-listed * Ocean Spray Hotel, 4130 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed * Osceola Apartment Hotel, 200 Azure Way, Miami Springs, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed * Penthouse Court, 1620 Pennsylvania Ave., Miami Beach, FL (Hampton, Martin L.) * Meyer-Kiser Building, 139 N.E. 1st Building, Miami, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed * Spanish Apartments, 16 E. Davis Blvd., Tampa, FL (Hampton, Martin L.), NRHP-listed * The Home of Walter Collins Hardesty, Sr. (c1924), Dixie Highway,

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, FL (Hampton, Martin L. and Ehmann, Emil August)

External links

Article about Hampton by Joan Mickelson, Page 17-25

Partial 'Record of Buildings by Martin Luther Hampton' 1985 National Register of Historic Places Inventory for Congress Building at Miami

References

20th-century American architects Architects from Miami Columbia University alumni People from Laurens, South Carolina 1890 births 1950 deaths {{US-architect-19C-stub