Avery was arrested in Clearwater for culpable
negligence in the death of his father, Lester Avery Sr., who had served as U.S.
consul to
Nicaragua. Avery and has wife had taken a trip to Miami and were accused of leaving Avery's father without food or care, precipitating his death. Avery was 35 and already an accomplished architect in the city.[4] Avery's style for residential architecture was characterized by one-story ranch designs with angled, flat top roofs and merging wings. He designed The
Schubert Hotel and the
Panama Club (Fort Lauderdale, Florida).[1]
Works
Temple House, 1960s expansion to convert it into a temple. Originally constructed as a home in 1933 it was converted back into a home in 2003.[5]
Razel Apartments (1955), a
stucco apartment complex with a flat roof designed in the
Miami Modern (MiMo)
Garden Style architecture. Built by Elco Builders. Symmetrical facades, open-air balconies and catwalks organized around a central open courtyard. Listed on the Miami Beach Architectural District in 1979 and the Ocean Drive/Collins Avenue District in 1986.[6]
Gulf Oil Station (Miami, Florida) (1938) at 1700 SW 22nd Street, with
Curtis E. Haley from a prototype by
Russell Pancoast. Designed with
Art Deco and
Mediterranean Revival architecture features, the station was constructed before the standardization of gas service station architecture. It includes columns supporting the canopies over the gas pumps. Gulf Oil Company built several stations in the Miami area based on architect Russell Pancoast's prototype, but this is the only surviving example.[8]