GFWC MIAMI SPRINGS WOMAN'S CLUB, INC.
MIAMI SPRINGS, FLORIDA

This building has been home to the Miami Springs Woman’s Club since it was built in 1949. The structure is essentially an Art Deco building with some elements of Pueblo Revival style such as rounded corners. It was constructed by Andy Plassey, a pioneer settler whose memorial is located across the street in the Westward Drive median just west of City Hall and the Woman’s Club. The building also features Art Deco characteristics popular in Miami architecture at that time, including “eyebrow” overhangs above both entrances and a decorative wooden door that was donated by club member Mary Peace, whose family had a door-making business. The Woman’s Club is a 501 (c)(3) charitable and educational non-profit organization and continues to remember and honor Mrs. Wheeler’s generous donation by awarding a Lena Curtiss Wheeler Nursing Scholarship to a deserving nursing student each year. A much-needed and used service is the club’s Medical Loan Closet, which provides medical equipment to the community at no charge. A small Memorial Library exists at the clubhouse. Donated books are given in the memory of a deceased member or member of her immediate family. The Woman’s Club also hosts, participates in or sponsors many other charitable and civic functions, including the American Cancer Society Relay for Life and “Meet the Candidates” forums.