Detail: 1001 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1001 Collins Ave

City:

Miami Beach

County:

Miami-Dade

State/Province/Region:

Florida

Zip/Postal Code:

33139

Country:

USA

Other Address or Location Information:

Northeast corner of Collins Avenue and 10th Street

Parcel/Tax number or land unit:

02-3234-008-0200

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

20,860 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Essex House

Current name:

Essex House

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1937

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Henry Hohauser

Developer:

Builder:

Prufert-Wein Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Collins Avenue Hotel

Style, Primary:

Art Deco

Style, Secondary:

Streamlined Moderne

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Symmetrical primary facades; Continuous eyebrows rounded at corners; Original building structure rounded at corners; Horizontal banding at cornice, above second and third floor level windows on the buildings corners and between windows at the second and third floor levels on the primary facades; Bas relief porthole ornamentation just below cornice; Eyebrows and windows rounded at building's corner to conform to unique shape; "Essex" neon signage sits above roofline at southwest corner of building, aligned with primary entryway below; Multi-colored terrazzo floor designs both inside and outside; Glass block ornamentation along patio walls; Lobby interior has etched glass window, original Earl LaPan mural, and scagliola mantel and wainscoting. (All listed features refer to original structure and original facades)

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

86' 10" x 134' 8"

Square footage/meters:

28,923 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

Roof Material

replacement

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Jalacy Casement

Window remarks:

Primarily jalacy casement; Series of 3 octagonal windows along Collins Avenue

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Art Deco wall with ironwork marks the porch along Collins; Porch wraps corner of Collins and 10th street and is recessed into southwest corner of the building; Open patio/terrace along south elevation; Multi-colored terrazzo floor designs

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

corner wrap-around

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

fluted stuccoed posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

round stuccoed piers

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway is along the south elevation on the porch; Two double-doors serve as entryways from the porch; Double wooden doors with remarkable multi-colored terrazzo floor designs

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Present Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Function remarks:

Listed, Designated, or Protected Status

Status Code:

Listed at the national level?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: Yes
Landmark: No

Date, name, remarks:

Miami Beach Architectural District, 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:

Ocean Drive/Collins Avenue District, 1986

Protected by ordinance or regulation?:

Yes

Protection status, remarks:

1985

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility

Rating or Rank

Recommended as a potential landmark?

Criteria:

C. Embodies distinctive physical characteristics of design, construction, or form.

Significance and Context

Theme(s)

Period of significance

Significance/Context Remarks

Area(s) of Significance

Architecture
Community Planning and Development

Ancillary Structures / Outbuildings

Number of ancillary structures / outbuildings:

Secondary structure type

Contributing to primary property?

Yes

Ancillary structures remarks or description:

Secondary Art Deco building to the north with eyebrows, medallions, and "racing stripes"

Condition and Alterations

Character of modifications:

Sympathetic alterations or restoration

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Date of major alterations:

Nature of alterations:

Additions?:

Yes

Date of major additions:

unknown

Addition Height:

Three-story

Addition Placement:

rear

Addition Type:

Extension

Nature of additions:

Additional wing distinguished in its design- complements, but does not mimic, original design

Endangered / Threatened

Endangered by:

Endangered/Threatened remarks:

Recommendations:

Contact:

Tourism / Featured Destination

Open to the public:

Yes

Contact information, Hours, and Amenities:

For Sale, Rent, or Lease

Property Classification:

Sale status:

Sale remarks:

Owner

Ownership type:

Name of Owner:

Owner Mailing Address:

Legal Description of Property/Comments:

Survey and Recorder

Authorized Resource Number or ID :

Optional Tracking or Sequence Number:

Alternate Resource ID or Key:

Survey Date:

2/5/2013

Surveyed By:

Melinda Agron

Report Name, or Reason for Survey:

Re-survey of the district

Level of Survey:

reconnaissance

Sources, References, Bibliography

Previously Surveyed?

Yes

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

General Remarks:

Custom / Extra Information

Finished Floor Elevation (NAVD88):

Latitude:	25.7807672980571900
Longitude:	-80.1316026656760400
UTM:	Zone 17R 587069.9416 mE, 2851692.5655 mN
Datum	WGS84

Essex House on the northeast corner of Collins Avenue and 10th street

Essex House original west elevation (view when facing east on Collins Avenue)

View of 1021 Collins Avenue, which is now part of the Essex House hotel

Essex House original south elevation (view when facing north on Collins Avenue)

Essex House addition south elevation (view when facing north on 10th street)

Essex House entire south elevation (view when facing north on 10th street)

Essex House primary entryway on the northeast corner of Collins Avenue and 10th street

One of two main doorways on the porch of the Essex House

Terrazzo floor design on the porch of the Essex House leading to the first of the two primary doorways

Porch along the south elevation of the Essex House

Terrazzo floor design on the porch and patio of the Essex House

Glass block ornamentation on one of the rounded porch-aligned walls at theEssex House

Terrazzo floor design in the lobby of the Essex House

Terrazzo floor design further into the lobby of the Essex House

Original mural by Earl LaPan on the south wall in the lobby of the Essex House

Tropical-themed glass etching on a window in the lobby of the Essex House

Attached Files

1001_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1001 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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