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Downtown Homestead
historic town centre on Krome Avenue · Homestead
- Founded or opened
- 1913
- Community
- Homestead · municipality
- Status as of 11 September 2026
- active
- Historical state
- pre Andrew
- Connections
- 10 edges, 10 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.054 (rank 7 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.000 (rank 249)
- Confidence
- High · sources: [G2], [G9], [G8] (register)
Homestead incorporates in 1913 and its downtown grows around the Florida East Coast Railway depot and Krome Avenue. The Homestead Historic Downtown District, bounded by NW 4th Street, South Railroad Avenue, SE 1st Road and North Krome Drive, joins the National Register of Historic Places on 19 November 2007. Hurricane Andrew damages the district in 1992 and the Main Street programme and the CRA lead its rebuilding from 1993 and 1994.
Detail: NRHP district reference 07001199
Connections
Plans, funding, partners
- planned byHomestead Community Redevelopment AgencyStreet, park and grant programs in the redevelopment area1994 to present
- planned byCitizens' Master Plan for HomesteadKrome Avenue downtown district in the plan2024 to present
Anchors, connections, hosting
- anchored byMiami Dade College Homestead CampusClose to 14,000 students a year in downtown1990 to present
- served byFlorida East Coast Railway extension to Homesteaddowntown grows around the railway depot1904 to present
- served byKrome Avenue (SR 997)Krome Avenue is the main street of the Homestead historic district1945 to present
- served byCivic CtClosest TransitWay station to the Krome Avenue historic district2007 to present
- hostsHomestead Championship Rodeofree rodeo parade through historic downtown1949 to present
- hostsHomestead National Parks TrolleyTrolley departs Losner Park in downtown Homestead2014 to present
- hostsHomestead Tree Lighting Paradeparade runs through downtown Homestead2018 to present
Influence
- shaped byKrome Avenue Truck BypassPurpose is to remove trucks from the Homestead historic downtown, Miami Today2014 to 2021
Located
- home toHotel RedlandStands at 5 S Flagler Ave in the historic district1904 to present
- home toFirst United Methodist Church of Homestead622 N Krome Avenue1904 to present
- home toFirst Baptist Church of Homestead240 N Krome Avenue1912 to present
- home toSouth Dade News LeaderHomestead newspaper since the South Florida Banner1912 to present
- located inHomesteadtown centre of the city1913 to present
- home toOld Homestead Town Hall41 N Krome Ave, museum since 19941917 to present
- home toHistoric Homestead Town Hall Museumoriginal town hall on Krome Avenue1917 to present
- home toSeminole Theatre18 North Krome Avenue1921 to present
- home toSacred Heart Catholic Church106 SE 1st Drive1929 to present
- home toEl Toro Tacotortilla factory and restaurant on Krome Avenue1976 to present
- home toMiami Dade College Homestead Campus500 College Terrace in downtown Homestead1990 to present
- home toHomestead Main Streetoffice at 43 N Krome Avenue1993 to present
- home toArtSouthoriginal arts campus in Homestead2000 to 2013
- home toHomestead Station100 South Krome Avenue2019 to present
- home toShowBiz Cinemas HomesteadInside Homestead Station at 100 South Krome Avenue2019 to present
- home toHomestead Cybrarium80 West Mowry Drive2021 to present
- home toLosner Parksignature park at 104 N Krome Avenue2022 to present