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1412 Ocean Dr
Miami Beach, Florida USA
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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:
2
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?:
No
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?
No
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
Located in
Miami Beach Historic Districts
Ocean Drive-Collins Avenue Historic District (Local)
Miami Beach Architectural District [Art Deco District] (National)
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