Phineas P. Paist (August 28, 1873 – May 2, 1937)
was an American architect who was the supervising architect for the Coral Gables Corporation.
He attended
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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The academy's museum ...
.
Paist was an architect working for S. Gifford Slocum at age 20. In 1893 he became an associate of
G. W. & W. D. Hewitt. He later worked as an associate architect to
Paul Chalfin in building the
Villa Vizcaya in Florida.
Some of his projects
*
Douglas Entrance, 1924,
Coral Gables, FL. On the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. With
Denman Fink and
Walter De Garmo.
*
Venetian Pool, 1925, Coral Gables, FL. On the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. With
Denman Fink.
* Colonnade Building, 1926, Coral Gables, FL. With Walter De Garmo and Paul Chalfin.
* San Sebastian Apartment Hotel, 1926, Coral Gables, FL.
*
Coral Gables City Hall, 1928, Coral Gables. On the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. With Harold Steward.
*
Old United States Courthouse, 1931,
Miami
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, FL. On the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
*
Coral Gables Police and Fire Station, 1939, Coral Gables, FL. On the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
[Patricios 1994. p. 197]
*
Charles Deering Estate
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. On the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
* Behar, Roberto M., ed. ''Coral Gables''. Paris, France: Editions Norma, 1997.
* Patricios, Nicholas N. ''Building Marvelous Miami''. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1994. .
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1873 births
1937 deaths
19th-century American architects
20th-century American architects
Architects from Florida
Architects from Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni