Miami's verified record draws a must-see list that bears little resemblance to the postcard version. Most of these stops are places of worship: a cathedral that is the seat of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, a second cathedral, a Catholic church building, and several other church buildings. Around them sit an archaeological site on Brickell Avenue, a memorial described simply as a sculpture, a theater, and a residential address. This is a list for the visitor who walks, looks up, and takes time over a building. A warning about our own limits: for several entries we hold an address, a description, and little more, and we say so rather than padding. Where we have no verified hours, we tell you to check before you travel. The city has more to show than its beaches; these are the addresses that reward a slower look.
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1 SLS Lux
801 South Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33131A residential building to read from the pavement
SLS Lux at 801 South Miami Avenue in the 33131 is on record as residential, and that one word should set your expectations. The name suggests a hotel lobby and a check-in desk, but this is where people live, so treat it as a building to read from the pavement and nothing more. Wandering in as though it were a public attraction is not a plan worth forming. The official site, slslux.com, is where the building speaks for itself, and worth a look before you decide whether the walk earns the trip. We hold no verified detail on its height, age, or designer, and we will not guess.
Dates from 2018
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2 Lyric Theater
819 NW Second Avenue, Miami, FL 33136A theater with a phone line worth using before you go
Call +1-786-708-4610 before you set out for the Lyric Theater, because a theater earns the trip on a night when something is on. The building stands at 819 NW Second Avenue, Miami, FL 33136. Its official site is at bahlt.org and not under the theater's own name, so search for that address when you want the programme. We have no verified schedule to hand you, so the phone number is the most useful thing on record here; turning up unannounced and hoping for a show is not a plan we would recommend. Go for a performance, not for a photograph of the front.
National Register of Historic Places listed place
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3 Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139A memorial in the form of a sculpture
Sculpture is the single word on record for the Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, and it is the right one to carry with you. This is a work to stand in front of, not a museum to tick through. Note the address, too: Meridian Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139, which puts it in Miami Beach and not in Miami proper, a detail that matters when you plan the day. No street number is recorded, so set your map to Meridian Avenue and the 33139 postal code. Skip the quick photograph taken from a passing car; give it unhurried time on foot. The memorial's own site is holocaustmemorialmiamibeach.org, and that is where to confirm visiting details we cannot verify.
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4 Plymouth Congregational Church
Devon Road, Miami, 33133A church building found by name on Devon Road
Look for Plymouth Congregational Church by its name, because no house number comes with it. The address on record is Devon Road, Miami, 33133, and the description is equally spare: a church building. That's worth knowing before you set out. Don't bother with a drive-past glimpse through a windscreen; a church building on a road with no number is a place to park near and approach on foot. The church keeps its own site at plymouthmiami.com, which is where service times and access details live, since we hold none we can verify. Enter Devon Road and 33133 into your map and let the building announce itself.
National Register of Historic Places listed place
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5 Cathedral of Saint Mary
178 Northwest 84th Street, Miami, FL 33150The seat of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
The seat of the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami is the Cathedral of Saint Mary, and that office is why it belongs on a short list. You will find it at 178 Northwest 84th Street, Miami, FL 33150. Resist the tourist habit of ranking churches by how close they sit to the hotel; this one earns its place by role, not convenience. The cathedral's own site, thecathedralofstmary.org, is where to check Mass times and visiting arrangements, because we hold none we can verify. Arrive with time in hand, dress as you would for a working church, and let the building's purpose shape how you move through it.
Dates from 1955
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6 Miami Circle
Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131An archaeological site on Brickell Avenue
The name Miami Circle doesn't hint at archaeology, yet that is exactly how the record describes it. The address is Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131, with no street number given, so navigate by the avenue and the 33131 postal code. Arrive without expecting a ticket desk or galleries; what you get is the ground itself, and the question of who stood on it before anyone else. We have no verified facts on its age or its makers, and we'd sooner say that than repeat something unsourced. Go on foot, go in daylight, and give it more attention than its modest name invites.
National Historic Landmark
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7 Gesu Church
118 Northeast 2nd Street, Miami, FL 33132A Catholic church building with an exact street address
The record classes Gesu Church as a Catholic church building, and its address is as exact as you could want: 118 Northeast 2nd Street, Miami, FL 33132. A full street number means you can walk straight to the door, which is more than many church listings manage. A working church is best seen quietly, between services, with the camera down. We hold no verified service times, no founding date, and no architect for Gesu Church, so we offer none. What we can say is narrower and still useful: this is a Catholic church you can find without guesswork, at number 118 in the 33132.
Dates from 1925 · National Register of Historic Places listed place
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8 Metropolitan Miami
Southeast 3rd Street, Miami, FL 33131An architectural structure to take in from the street
The entire description on file for Metropolitan Miami is "architectural structure", which tells you this is a stop for looking, not for doing. The address is Southeast 3rd Street, Miami, FL 33131, and with no street number recorded, set your map to the 33131 postal code and the street name. If you want an interior, a guide, or an exhibit, we can verify none of those, and this isn't the place. Come if you like to stand on a street and take the measure of what a city has built. It is the least explained entry on this list, and we would sooner admit that than dress it up.
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9 Central Baptist Church
Northeast 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33132A church building on Northeast 1st Avenue
Our record gives no street number for Central Baptist Church, so what you have to work with is a street name and a postal code: Northeast 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33132. The record calls it a church building and stops there. Resist the checklist approach that treats every church as five minutes and a photograph; a building this lightly documented rewards the visitor who looks for themselves. We have no verified hours or history for Central Baptist Church. Walk the avenue within the 33132 postal code, find the building, and judge it with your own eyes.
National Register of Historic Places listed place
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10 Mount Zion Baptist Church
301 Northwest 9th Street, Miami, FL 33136A church building with a door number you can walk to
Mount Zion Baptist Church sits on record as a church building at 301 Northwest 9th Street, Miami, FL 33136. Having a full street number is a small mercy for anyone navigating on foot. Walk to 301, stand back from it, and look properly rather than skimming it on an anonymous loop that never leaves the bus. We hold no verified date, architect, or service schedule for Mount Zion Baptist Church, and we will not invent a history to fill the gap. The address at 301 in the 33136 is solid; the rest is yours to observe, at whatever pace the building asks of you.
National Register of Historic Places listed place
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11 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Northeast 15th Street, Miami, FL 33132A cathedral in Miami
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral earns its place here because the record classes it as a cathedral in Miami, and a cathedral is a building best entered slowly, not checked off a circuit that counts churches instead of looking at them. The address is Northeast 15th Street, Miami, FL 33132, with no street number, so work from the street name and the 33132 postal code. We have no verified opening hours, so check before you travel and do not assume the doors will be open when you arrive. If they are, sit for a few minutes before you start looking around.
Dates from 1923 · National Register of Historic Places listed place
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12 Greater Bethel AME Church
Northwest 8th Street, 33136A church building on Northwest 8th Street
The record gives us very little for Greater Bethel AME Church: a street name, Northwest 8th Street, and a postal code, 33136, with no street number and no city filling out the address line. The listing describes it as a church building in Florida, and that is where the official information ends. Any congregation's building tells you more on a Sunday morning than it does through a car window, but we have no verified service times to pass on. We won't paper over the gaps with history we can't confirm. Head to Northwest 8th Street in the 33136, find the church, and go from there.
National Register of Historic Places listed place
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