Detail: 1052 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1052 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:

02-4203-302-0010

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 / 03

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Waves Hotel

Current name:

Congress Hotel (building 4/5)

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1950-1959

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1950

Source for Known Construction Date:

City of Miami Beach Building Department records

Architect/Designer:

M. Tony Sherman

Developer:

Builder:

Julius Bloch

Significant Owner(s):

Waves Hotel Inc. (original)

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:

Miami Modern

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Porthole windows on east elevation; Asymmetrical facade; Rakish roof angle; Rakish wall angles along balconies of south elevation; Open balconies and catwalks; Vertical metal pipes at northeast corner

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

multiple

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

none

Building Size:

40' x 125'

Square footage/meters:

10,000 (approximate)

Roof Configuration:

Flat

Roof Material

replacement

Roof remarks/description:

Roofline stands out from surrounding buildings for its acute angle

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

original stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Decorative metal piping; Non-original signage on primary facade

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

fixed

Window remarks:

2 porthole windows on the second floor and 5 porthole windows on the first floor of primary facade; Large window panes run the entire length of the balcony on the second floor of the south elevation

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Small walkway in front of the east elevation of the building, closed in by handrail

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

Porch Type:

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

No primary entryway on Ocean Drive facade; Staircase at northeast corner located just behind a gate, giving private access to apartments; Primary entryway is now through the one of the other Congress Hotel complex buildings

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Present Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Function remarks:

Addition present function: Restaurant

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:

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:

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:

12/28/2012

Surveyed By:

Melinda Agron

Report Name, or Reason for Survey:

Re-survey of the district

Level of Survey:

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:	25.7813508926958440
Longitude:	-80.1305387410698100
UTM:	Zone 17R 587176.1947 mE, 2851757.9013 mN
Datum	WGS84

East elevation (view when facing West on Ocean Drive)

Porthole windows on east elevation, Northeast corner staircase and metal piping

Balconies and rakish wall angles on south elevation

Connection between original building and adjoining building to the south

Attached Files

1052_OCEAN_DR.pdf

1052 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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