Detail: 960 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

960 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:

02-3234-008-0010

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:

54S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Edison Hotel

Current name:

Edison Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1935

Source for Known Construction Date:

City of Miami Beach Building Department records

Architect/Designer:

Henry Hohauser

Developer:

Builder:

L. & H. Miller

Significant Owner(s):

Morris Holding Corporation (original)

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Ocean Drive Hotel

Style, Primary:

Mediterranean Revival

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Grand arches; Large open L-shaped patio; Symmetrical primary facade; Centered "frozen fountain"; 5-Bay arcaded Loggia terrace; Twisted columns in the central wings; Decorated cornice on raised central section; Pediment balcony on north elevation; Arched windows

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Reinforced Concrete

Basement:

none

Building Size:

51' x 125'

Square footage/meters:

23,387 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat

Roof Material

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

stucco

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Jalacy Casement

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

5-bay arcaded terrace; Located off of Ocean Drive; Extends into the building to create an open restaurant

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

wrap-around

Porch Type:

porch

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Main entrance to the hotel is off of 10th street and is ornamented by terrazzo floor designs

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Present Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Function remarks:

In 1955, remodeled 12 rooms into 6 apartments

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

Outstanding example of Mediterranean Revival style adapted to moderne context; Highly ornamented; Significant site and interior detailing; prominent architecture; Neighborhood cohesiveness

Area(s) of Significance

Community Planning and Development
Architecture

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:

Moderate alteration

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Yes

Date of major alterations:

1955

Nature of alterations:

Remodeled 12 rooms into 6 apartments

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:

Custom / Extra Information

Finished Floor Elevation (NAVD88):

Latitude:	25.7802031045200870
Longitude:	-80.1307808631946700
UTM:	Zone 17R 587152.7560 mE, 2851630.6255 mN
Datum	WGS84

Edison Hotel east elevation (view when facing west on Ocean Drive)

Edison Hotel north elevation (view when facing south on 10th street)

View of the Edison Hotel on the southwest corner of Ocean Drive and 10th street

Detailed view of the protruding central bay on the primary facade of the Edison Hotel

View of the north side of the L-shaped patio at the Edison Hotel

View of the east side of the L-shaped patio at the Edison Hotel

Detailed view of the westernmost part of the Edison Hotel's north elevation (view when facing south on 10th street)

Primary entryway for the Edison Hotel on 10th street

Ornamentation on the north elevation of the Edison Hotel

Interior terrazzo floor design in the 10th street lobby of the Edison Hotel

960 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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