Detail: 1230-1236 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1230-1236 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:

02-3234-008-0390

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:

In Front Apartments

Current name:

Hotel Ocean

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

Known Construction Date:

1934

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

L. Murray Dixon

Developer:

Builder:

Riley Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

L. Yolles

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

Two rectangular buildings with courtyard between

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

apartment/multi-unit complex

Style, Primary:

Mediterranean Revival

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Picturesque interior courtyard; Clay barrel tile roof; Arched doorways inside courtyard; Rough stucco walls; Unusual configuration for Ocean Drive with two mirror image buildings oriented sideways; Little added decoration or ornamentation (records show that much of the original ornamentation has been removed)

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

concrete block

Foundation:

Reinforced Concrete

Basement:

none

Building Size:

33' x 107'

Square footage/meters:

39,620

Roof Configuration:

Mansard

Roof Material

replacement Spanish tile

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Exterior walls are rough stucco; Added ledges and quoins made of smooth stucco

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

casements

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:

Approach the primary entryway through the central courtyard; Courtyard leads to several entryways into both buildings; Present primary entryway is located towards the rear of the southern building

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

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?

National level landmark
Local level 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:

Sympathetic alterations or restoration

General Condition:

Excellent

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Date of major alterations:

Nature of alterations:

Additions?:

Yes

Date of major additions:

Addition Height:

Five-story

Addition Placement:

rear ell

Addition Type:

Extension

Nature of additions:

Both buildings added onto by 5-story addition hidden behind the original

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:

1/2/2013

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:	25.7833316785404920
Longitude:	-80.1301710674591200
UTM:	Zone 17R 587211.6124 mE, 2851977.5135 mN
Datum	WGS84

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

North building of the Hotel Ocean, east elevation

South building of the Hotel Ocean, east elevation

Courtyard between the two Hotel Ocean buildings (view when facing east)

Courtyard between the two Hotel Ocean buildings (view when facing west)

Example of arched doorway in the interior courtyard

Interior decoration in what is now the lobby of the south building

Attached Files

1236_OCEAN_DR.pdf

1230-1236 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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