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Miami Beach Architectural District (National Register District) in Miami Beach Art Deco Historic District

Resource #: ___________  Tracking #: ___________
Contributing
North elevation of the Ansonia building
Primary entryway located on the north facade facing 21st Street
View of the front porch with a metal balustrade
View of the awning windows and stone veneer pilasters
View of the primary entryway

Associated Files

  1. 318_21ST.pdf
Latitude/Longitude:  25.7967664797168120 -80.1303245042991500
UTM:    17R 587186.4011 mE, 2853465.2953 mN
Datum  WGS84

Description

This is a 2-story apartment/multi-unit complex apartment building in the Other style built in 1921. The foundation is concrete. Exterior walls are stucco. The building has a composite roof. Primarily flat roof with a parapet wall shaped into a pediment. Windows are replacement aluminum awning. There is a single-story, full-span open porch. The primary entryway is located on the north facade of the building facing 21st Street with a view of Collins Park and the Bass Museum of Art. The entrance is a double glass door flanked by floor to ceiling glass block windows. Symmetrical stucco building; recessed entryway; large fieldstone pilasters; parapet wall shaping a pediment; horizontal bands; balcony above entryway. The builder is recorded as Regar & Oneill.

* Date source: City of Miami Beach Building Department records

318 21st St

Location
Address:
318 21st St
City:
Miami Beach
County:
Miami-Dade County
State/Province/Region:
Florida
Zip/Postal Code:
33139
Country:
USA
Other Address or Location Information:
Parcel/Tax number or land unit:
02-3226-001-0190
Local place name:
Setting/Landscape/Site Features:
Acreage, parcel, land unit size:
Quad/Map name and date:
Date
Township/Range/Section:
53S / 42E / 26
Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Historical Information
Historic name:
Ansonia Apartments
Current name:
Ansonia
Construction Date (range/estimated):
1920-1929
Construction Date Certainty:
documented
Known Construction Date:
1921
Source for Known Construction Date:
City of Miami Beach Building Department records
Architect/Designer:
Developer:
Builder:
Regar & Oneill
Significant Owner(s):
Historical Summary:
Extant Status:
Not Demolished
Architectural Style and Form
Plan/Footprint Shape:
rectangular
Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):
apartment/multi-unit complex
Style, Primary:
Other
Style, Secondary:
Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:
Symmetrical stucco building; recessed entryway; large fieldstone pilasters; parapet wall shaping a pediment; horizontal bands; balcony above entryway.
Architectural Elements and Features
Number of Stories:
2
Bays:
Structural System:
Cement blocks
Foundation:
Concrete
Basement:
Building Size:
Square footage/meters:
Roof Configuration:
Composite
Roof Material
Roof remarks/description:
Primarily flat roof with a parapet wall shaped into a pediment.
Eave Type:
Eave Ornamentation:
Dormer Count:
Dormer Configuration:
Exterior Wall Material (primary):
stucco
Exterior Wall Material (secondary):
Notes on exterior materials:
The exterior materials are mostly stucco with large fieldstone pilasters extending beyond the parapet wall.
Principal Windows::
replacement aluminum
Window Panes/Lights:
Window Type:
Awning
Window remarks:
Chimney remarks/description:
Chimney Count (first):
Chimney Placement 1:
Chimney Count (second):
Chimney Placement 2:
Porch description, characteristics, details:
Porch Height, Stories:
single-story
Porch Configuration:
full-span
Porch Type:
open porch
Porch Roof Shape:
Porch Roof Material:
Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):
Porch Piers (lower):
Primary entryway:
The primary entryway is located on the north facade of the building facing 21st Street with a view of Collins Park and the Bass Museum of Art. The entrance is a double glass door flanked by floor to ceiling glass block windows.
Commercial Building Form:
apartment/multi-unit complex
Commercial Building Style:
Other
Function and Use
Historic Function:
Domestic: Multiple Dwelling
Present Function:
Domestic: Multiple Dwelling
Function remarks:
Listed, Designated, or Protected Status
Listed at the national level?
Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: Yes
Landmark: No
Date, name, remarks:
Miami Design Preservation League, 1979
Designated at State/Province level?
Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
Landmark: No
Date, name, remarks:
Designated Locally?
Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: Yes
Landmark: No
Date, name, remarks:
Museum Historic District, 1989
Protected by ordinance or regulation?:
Yes
Protection status, remarks:
Condition and Alterations
Character of modifications:
General Condition:
Good
Moved or Relocated?:
No
Date moved or relocated:
Relocation remarks:
Alterations?:
Yes
Date of major alterations:
1951
Nature of alterations:
The large pilasters were covered with crab-apple orchard stone veneer.
Additions?:
No
Date of major additions:
Addition Height:
Addition Placement:
Addition Type:
Nature of additions:
Endangered / Threatened
Endangered by:
Endangered/Threatened remarks:
Recommendations:
Contact:
Tourism / Featured Destination
Open to the public:
No
Contact information, Hours, and Amenities:
For Sale, Rent, or Lease
Property Classification:
Sale status:
Sale remarks:
Sources, References, Bibliography
Previously Surveyed?
Name of Previous Survey:
Additional Research Recommended?
Other Sources of Information:
Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser
City of Miami Beach Planning Department records
Miami Design Preservation League records