RE Log - Fall 2022

FALL 2022 Ransom Everglades LOG 13 LaBrisa Past, present & future Coconut Grove pioneers. Roaring 20s socialites. The globe- trotting power couple of an anthropologist and a lion trainer. The property known as La Brisa has had some interesting owners over the course of its long, rich history, and with every change of hands it has transformed into something new. Under its latest owner, Ransom Everglades, it is now entering its most exciting chapter yet — six years after the school’s purchase of the property in 2016, 100 years after architectural firm Kiehnel and Elliot built the iconic Mediterranean villa that stands there, and over 125 years after a young lawyer named Paul C. Ransom bought a slice of the property from Kirk and Mary Barr Munroe for $1,300. The soon-to-be reception area made possible by Reuven and Karine Bigio By Matt Margini, RE Humanities Department Faculty