Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel

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Miami-Biltmore Hotel
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Front view of the Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel, 9/10/06. Photo: Marc Averette
Location:	Coral Gables, Florida
Coordinates:	25°44′28″N 80°16′45″W / 25.74111, -80.27917Coordinates: 25°44′28″N 80°16′45″W / 25.74111, -80.27917
Built/Founded:	1926
Architect:	Schultze and Weaver^[1]
Architectural style(s):	Mission/Spanish Revival^[1]
Designated as NHL:	June 19, 1996
Added to NRHP:	September 27, 1972
NRHP Reference#:	72000306^[1]
Governing body:	Seaway Hotels Corporation

The Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel is a U.S. luxury hotel opened in Coral Gables, Florida in 1926, by John McEntee Bowman and George Merrick as part of the Biltmore hotel chain. The Schultze and Weaver-designed building is a National Historic Landmark.

It served as a hospital during World War II and as a VA Hospital and campus of the University of Miami medical school until 1968. It became a hotel again in 1987 managed by the Seaway Hotels Corporation.

There are some reports that claim this hotel to be "haunted".

When completed, it was the tallest building in Florida, surpassing the Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami. It was surpassed in 1928 by the Dade County Courthouse, also in Downtown Miami.

At one time the pool was the largest pool in the world and among the many attractions was swimming instructor (and later Tarzan actor) Johnny Weissmuller.

The hotel has been used as a setting for the movie Bad Boys and television programs like CSI: Miami and Miami Vice.