Visit our historic Doc Thomas House headquarters and enjoy a captivating, 45-minute guided tour led by a Tropical Audubon Society docent. Learn about our society’s benefactor Arden Hayes “Doc” Thomas and Robert Fitch Smith, the architect he commissioned to design the house. Explore the distinctive, wood-and-limestone structure with its numerous ornamental and built-in features. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, named a Florida Heritage Site and designated a Dade County Historic Site, the charming 1932 cottage is a Florida vernacular architectural gem. Visitors are also encouraged to take a self-guided tour of our near-native Steinberg Nature Center grounds, which showcase pollinator gardens and tropical hardwood and pine rockland demonstration forests. First Saturdays, October-December. Times: 1pm & 3pm Tours / House and Grounds Open 12:30-4pm. Admission FREE. Donations Welcomed!
Calling all History Buffs!