Detail: 928 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Hotel

Location

Address:

928 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:

02-3234-008-0040

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

6,500 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

54S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Current name:

Deco Walk

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1990-1999

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1994

Source for Known Construction Date:

City of Miami Beach Building Department records

Architect/Designer:

Developer:

Builder:

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

Original building on lot was designed by G.H. Hyde and built by O'Neill and Orr Construction Company in 1939. The building was significantly altered in the moderne style, and served as an apartment complex and eventually a retirement home until it was demolished.

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Ocean Drive Hotel

Style, Primary:

Other

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Simple facade ornamented with glass block; Complements, but does not mimic, surrounding historical structures

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Foundation:

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

9,371 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

Roof Material

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

casements

Window remarks:

Northernmost window on the east elevation protrudes from the building to create a triangular shape that sticks out and is ornamented with glass block

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Narrow porch with metal railing along east elevation

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:

Three primary entryways on the east elevation, each servicing a different retail shop; Hidden entryway for the upstairs hostel

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Present Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Function remarks:

Retail space takes up the whole first floor; A hostel is located on the second floor of the building

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:

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?

Date of major alterations:

Nature of alterations:

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:

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:

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:

Original building on site the Park Retirement Home; previously, the Park Hotel. Property still owned by Park Adult Residential Facility INC, but new building operating primarily as a hostel.

Custom / Extra Information

Finished Floor Elevation (NAVD88):

Latitude:	25.7797320254013160
Longitude:	-80.1308906423278700
UTM:	Zone 17R 587142.0926 mE, 2851578.3816 mN
Datum	WGS84

Deco Walk east elevation (view when facing west on Ocean Drive)

Detailed view of the protruding window on the northernmost part of Deco Walk's east elevation

Porch and railing along the east elevation of Deco Walk

Attached Files

928_OCEAN_DR.pdf

928 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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