Penguin Hotel
- Architect
- Henry Hohauser
- Year
- 1948
- Style
- Mid-Century Modern
- City
- Miami, FL
- Collection
- mimo — miami modern
The Penguin Hotel was built in 1948 in South Beach, designed by Henry Hohauser in the Miami Modern style. It is a contributing property to the National Register of Historic Places, part of the district's collection of postwar MiMo hotels.
the style
The Penguin Hotel's Miami Modern massing is visible directly from the street, part of Hohauser's postwar work in South Beach.
More on Mid-Century Modernthe architect
Henry Hohauser was one of Miami Beach's most historically significant hotel architects, prolific across the city's Art Deco and MiMo eras; the Penguin Hotel, from 1948, sits within that body of work.
significance
The Penguin Hotel is a contributing property to the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Crescent Hotel
- McAlpin Hotel
- Ocean Plaza Hotel
- Winter Haven Hotel
- The Betsy Hotel, South Beach
- The President