It was not the shopping or the restaurants of Coconut Grove that peaked our interests. It was the Barnacle Historic State Park. Ralph Middleton Munroe built a house in the late 1800’s, before Miami existed. The house has a hexagonal interior with a circular ceiling that allows hot air to escape, thus allowing it to be cooler during the hot days in southern Florida. Munroe was a shipbuilder, an inventive shipbuilder. He developed the idea of the “egret” a classic style sailing vessel. He also developed the use of pontoon extensions on racing sailboats. Finally, he developed the idea of first floor level “breakaways” in order to save a structure from floods during hurricanes. The first pic shows BlueSkies in the mooring field from the Barnacle and the next pic shows the Barnacle.
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