Detail: 1410 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1410 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:

02-3234-202-0001

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Edgewater Beach Hotel

Current name:

Edgewater South Beach

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

Known Construction Date:

1935

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami Beach Historic Property Records

Architect/Designer:

Roy France

Developer:

Builder:

J. Albert

Significant Owner(s):

Edgewater Beach Hotel Corp. (original)

Historical Summary:

The building was significantly altered in 1959 and, although the degree of alteration was great, elements of the original building design are evident.

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:

Arches above windows on first floor; Arches, columns and balcony at the apex of the center bay; Clay barrel tile roof; Coral stone on exterior walls at first floor; Multi-colored terrazzo floor design; Decorative columns at central bay extending from first through third floors

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Reinforced Concrete

Basement:

Building Size:

90' x 120'

Square footage/meters:

32,400 (approximate)

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

Roof Material

replacement

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::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Single-Hung sashes

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch extends horizontally from the east elevation; Terrazzo floor designs; Concrete wall railing; Open deck/patio space with no roof

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

Five-bay

Porch Type:

deck

Porch Roof Shape:

None

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway is tucked into a coral stone clad archway at the bottom of the central bay on the primary facade

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Present Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

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?

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:

Moderate alteration

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Yes

Date moved or relocated:

uknown

Relocation remarks:

1404 Ocean Drive, 1408 Ocean Drive (building number seems to have varied slightly over time)

Alterations?

Yes

Date of major alterations:

1959

Nature of alterations:

Significant changes to both exterior and interior, though elements of original design still evident

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:

1/9/2013

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:

The original building at 1404-1410 Ocean Drive was designed by Roy France in the Mediterranean Revival style and constructed in 1935. The original east facade of the Roy France structure survives and some portions of the north and south elevations. The east elevation was substantially modified in 1959, but the original east facade survived beneath the 1959 addition.

In the 1990s, the building lay unused and in 1997 the property owners came to the joint Design Review/Historic Preservation Board with a proposal to demolish and reconstruct the the orginal structure. This proposal was denied by the Board.

In 1998, the City of Miami Beach Building Official ordered the demolition of most of the existing structure. The property owner came back to the Board with a proposal to retain and renovate the east facade and construct a new and additional structure at the western portion of the property, including a two-story addition to the original three story structure. This proposal was approved and work commenced.

The property is currently controlled by a condominium association, but most of the units are owned by EL AD EDGEWATER LLC. Further inquiries should be addressed to them.1301 INTERNATIONAL PKWY; STE 200
SUNRISE FL 33323.

Jeff Donnelly
Public Historian
Miami Design Preservation League.

Latitude:	25.7855131577948900
Longitude:	-80.1298632263893200
UTM:	Zone 17R 587240.8829 mE, 2852219.3126 mN
Datum	WGS84

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

Terrazzo floor design just before the primary entryway into the Edgewater

Deatiled view of the central bay on the primary facade of the Edgewater

Attached Files

1408_1410_OCEAN_DR.pdf

1410 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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