Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area

The Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area is a group of thematically related historic sites in Opa-locka, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The area comprises 17 surviving Moorish Revival buildings (originally 20 total previous to the 2000s) which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The buildings were designed between 1926 and 1928 by architect Bernhardt E. Muller as part of the themed development of Opa-locka by Glenn Hammond Curtiss, an aviation pioneer, and his development and sales company, Opa-locka Company. In developing Opa-locka, Curtiss sought to follow a theme inspired by the Arabian Nights. The designated buildings include the Opa-locka Company Administration Building, considered the anchor of the Opa-locka development, the Seaboard Air Line Opa-locka Railroad Station - Opa-locka station - and the development's first commercial building, the Harry Hurt Building.