Walter De Garmo

Walter C. De Garmo (1876–1951) was a prominent architect in Miami, Florida and its surrounding communities.

[2][4] De Garmo studied under John Russell Pope, and worked as an architect in New York before moving to Miami.

[9] The developer of Coral Gables, Florida, George E. Merrick, selected De Garmo as "one of the lead architects.

"[2] In 1924, Degarmo joined with Denman Fink to design the Douglas Entrance in Coral Gables, which is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

[11] A 1925 luxury residence by De Garmo, Casa Di Paolo, in Star Island, Miami Beach, was described in 2011 as having 12 bedrooms and 13.5 baths, with a "courtyard, arches, Moorish influences and columns," a "separate two-story guesthouse and 100 feet of deep-water dockage.

Photograph of the McAllister Hotel in 1926 courtesy of the Florida Photographic Collection . Once the tallest building in Miami, it was eventually demolished.
Miami Beach Community Church
Colonnade Building, 1926, Coral Gables, with Phineas Paist and Paul Chalfin