Detail: 1412 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1412 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:

02-3234-008-0630

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:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Ocean Park Apartments

Current name:

Ocean Park Apartments

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1950-1959

Construction Date Certainty:

Known Construction Date:

1952

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

August Swarz

Developer:

Builder:

Julius Bloch

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

The original building on the site was designed by Henry La Pointe and built by the J.M. Knight Company in 1922 as a 4-unit apartment complex, known as the Ocean Park Apartments. The building was demolished in 1952, and the structure that currently stands was built as a 20 unit efficiency apartment complex under the same name.

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:

Garden Style

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Asymmetrical facades; Rakish roof angle; Open-air walkways connected apartment units on south and north elevations; Vertical masonry pillars on southeast corner of building

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

44' x 125'

Square footage/meters:

9,239 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Shed

Roof Material

replacement

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Sliding

Window remarks:

Horizontal band of windows at the second floor on the east elevation show evidence of the influence of the International Style on the building's design

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:

Primary entryway is an unornamented glass door set off to the south of the center of primary facade

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

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: 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:

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:

Custom / Extra Information

Finished Floor Elevation (NAVD88):

Latitude:	25.7857208108290550
Longitude:	-80.1298275950717900
UTM:	Zone 17R 587244.3035 mE, 2852242.3335 mN
Datum	WGS84

Ocean Park Apartments east elevation (view when facing west on Ocean Drive)

Southeast corner of the Ocean Park Apartments

Open-air walkway on the north elevation of the Ocean Park Apartments

Primary entryway for Ocean Park Apartments on Ocean Drive

Attached Files

1412_OCEAN_DRIVE.pdf

1412 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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