Lawrence Murray Dixon

Lawrence Murray Dixon (February 16, 1901 – October 8, 1949) was an architect in Miami Beach, Florida. He was born in Live Oak, Florida, attended the Georgia School of Technology (1918–1919) and worked in New York for Schultze and Weaver from 1923 to 1929 when he moved to Miami Beach. He is credited with designing The Temple House in the South Beach section of Miami Beach as well as other Art Deco hotels and residences. Dixon is listed as a Great Floridian.

Dixon work includes The Tides Hotel (1936), The Victor Hotel (Miami) (1937), The Tiffany (1939), The Marlin (1939), Tudor Hotel (1939), The Senator (hotel) (1939), The Raleigh Hotel (1940), the Ritz Plaza Hotel (1940), Regent Hotel (1941), and The Betsy Ross (1942). His work is known for its curvilinear design.

The show American Experience called Dixon and Henry Hohauser the principal architects of Deco South Beach, including "streamlined curves, jutting towers, window "eyebrows," and neon." Such buildings were less expensive and less ornamented than those by Carl Fisher, such as the Flamingo and "seemed perfectly suited to a city created for sun, sand, and relaxation."

Dixon died in New York City on October 8, 1949. Arjay Court Apartments (1937) at 820 Collins Avenue now called POSH hostel by South Beach Group Hotels Fillard Apartments (1947) at 2000 Liberty Avenue currently named Riviera Suites Hotel The Tudor Hotel, a corner hotel with prominent signage at 1111 Collins (1939) 1111 Collins Avenue Fairview (Miami Beach) at 1000 Collins Avenue Kent (building) (1939) at 1131 Collins Avenue Tides (building) (1936) at 1200 Ocean Drive Beach Plaza (Miami Beach)(1936) at 1401 Collins Avenue Palmer House (Miami Beach) (1939) at 1119 Collins Avenue Marlin (building) The Tiffany The Henderson apartments 1610 Euclid Ave, part of the Canterbury condominiums