Detail: 1300 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1300 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:

02-3234-008-0510

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:

Cardozo Hotel

Current name:

Cardozo Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1939

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Henry Hohauser

Developer:

Builder:

The Masterbilt Corp. (Harry Zarret, GC)

Significant Owner(s):

Gloria and Emilio Estefan (current)

Historical Summary:

R.A. Belsham, engineer; The Cardozo is easily recognizable as the filming location of several feature films, most notably Robin Williams' "The Birdcage"

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Ocean Drive Hotel

Style, Primary:

Art Deco

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Tripartite symmetry on primary facade (east elevation); Slightly stepped ziggurat parapet roofline; Continuous eyebrows with rounded corners above windows; Rounded corners to building; Multi-colored terrazzo floor patterns (interior and exterior); Some glass block ornamentation in porch; Porthole-shaped ornamentation at third floor; Horizontal banding

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

none

Building Size:

90' x 124'

Square footage/meters:

23,484 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

Roof Material

replacement

Roof remarks/description:

Very slight ziggurat roofline; Parapet roof

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

original stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

original Coral stone

Notes on exterior materials:

Coral stone material accents central bay on primary and southern facade as well as height of first floor with a horizontal band; Same coral material ornaments the porch

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

casements

Window remarks:

Windows rounded at the corners of the building to follow the form of the building

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch spans the full length of the primary facade and wraps around slightly onto the southern facade of the building; Porch railing uses the same coral stone that appears on the facade of the building and is patterned by rectangular pillars; Support columns on the porch are finished in the same coral stone material

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

wrap-around

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

round stone posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway is unornamented; Tri-colored terrazzo floor adorns primary entryway both outside and inside; Located at center of east elevation

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Present Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Function remarks:

Additional present function: restaurant

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:

B. Associated with the lives of significant persons in the past.
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:

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:

1/4/2013

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:

U-shaped floor plan design of the Cardozo makes great use of the building's corner lot location- a slightly hidden courtyard is nestled within the U-shaped and opened to 13th street.

Custom / Extra Information

Finished Floor Elevation (NAVD88):

Latitude:	25.7841460848339740
Longitude:	-80.1300291012233900
UTM:	Zone 17R 587225.2513 mE, 2852067.8016 mN
Datum	WGS84

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

Detailed view of the primary facade of the Cardozo Hotel

East wing of the south elevation of the Cardozo Hotel (view when facing north on 13th street)

Hidden courtyard nestled within the U-shaped floor plan of the Cardozo Hotel

View of the Cardozo Hotel porch at the northwest corner of Ocean Drive and 13th street

Interior staircase and terrazzo floor in the lobby of the Cardozo Hotel

Terrazzo floor in the lobby of the Cardozo Hotel

Glass block used in ornamenting the porch of the Cardozo Hotel

Exterior terrazzo flooring in the interior courtyard of the Cardozo Hotel

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1300 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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