Detail: 900 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

900 Ocean Dr

City:

Miami Beach

County:

Miami-Dade

State/Province/Region:

Florida

Zip/Postal Code:

33139

Country:

USA

Other Address or Location Information:

Parcel/Tax number or land unit:

02-3234-008-0060

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

13,000 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Park Sea Hotel

Current name:

Eastern Sun

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1950-1959

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1952

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Gilbert M. Fein

Developer:

Builder:

Arkin Construction Company Inc.

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

1923-1951 lot/building used as servant's quarters and screened porch; New building in 1952 used as apartment complex

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:

Miami Modern

Style, Secondary:

Garden Style

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Mirrored garden-styled apartment; Oversized iron Deco gate

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

concrete block

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

40 x 125

Square footage/meters:

19,502 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

Roof Material

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

replacement stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

stucco

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Single-Hung sashes

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

Porch Type:

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Located on Ocean Drive; Main entrance entered along Iron gate

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Present Function:

Commerce/Trade: Restaurant

Function remarks:

Listed, Designated, or Protected Status

Status Code:

Listed at the national level?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
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?

Ancillary structures remarks or description:

Condition and Alterations

Character of modifications:

Little or no modification

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Yes

Date of major alterations:

Nature of alterations:

Minor renovations

Additions?:

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:

Yes

Contact information, Hours, and Amenities:

For Sale, Rent, or Lease

Property Classification:

Sale status:

Sale remarks:

Owner

Ownership type:

Private

Name of Owner:

David Wallack

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:

3/14/2012

Surveyed By:

Aileen Garrido & 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:	25.7793894975241680
Longitude:	-80.1309549460327200
UTM:	Zone 17R 587135.8951 mE, 2851540.4047 mN
Datum	WGS84

900 Ocean Drive east elevation (view when facing west on Ocean Drive)

Detailed view of the central bay on the primary facade of 900 Ocean Drive

View of 900 Ocean Drive on the northwest corner of Ocean Drive and 9th street

Tiled steps leading up to the entryways of 900 Ocean Drive

Tiled floor on the interior of 900 Ocean Drive

Attached Files

900_OCEAN_DR-001.pdf

900 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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