Detail: 1060 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1060 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:

02-4203-302-0010

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:

54S / 42E / 03

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Bon Air Hotel (later: Edsinger Hotel)

Current name:

Congress Hotel (building 5/5)

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1934

Source for Known Construction Date:

City of Miami Beach Building Department records

Architect/Designer:

Henry Maloney

Developer:

Builder:

O'Neill & Orr Construction Co.

Significant Owner(s):

Standard Realty Co. (original)

Historical Summary:

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:

Symmetrical; Arches (both above windows and as windows to the first-floor patio); Decorative columns; Wrought-iron grilles and railings; Curving parapet at center; Low-pitched clay barrel tile roof; Patio behind a wrought-iron gate

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Reinforced Concrete

Foundation:

Reinforced Concrete

Basement:

none

Building Size:

45' x 125'

Square footage/meters:

16,875 (approximate)

Roof Configuration:

Mansard

Roof Material

replacement Spanish tile

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

original stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Single-Hung sashes

Window remarks:

3rd floor windows ornamented with arches; 2nd floor windows also ornamented; 1st floor arches serve as pseudo-windows (no glass) into patio area

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Patio is cut out into first floor of building; Patio almost entire enclosed by stucco walls with the exception of opened window arches and an arch entryway (closed only by wrought-iron gate)

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

full-span

Porch Type:

Enclosed patio

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Original primary entryway in center of 1st floor; Large open arch closed-off by wrought-iron gate; Present primary entryway through one of the other buildings in the Congress Hotel complex

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Hotel

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?

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:

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:

12/28/2012

Surveyed By:

Melinda Agron

Report Name, or Reason for Survey:

Re-survey of the district

Level of Survey:

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:	25.7814897679351420
Longitude:	-80.1305052134571300
UTM:	Zone 17R 587179.4549 mE, 2851773.3037 mN
Datum	WGS84

Southwest corner of Ocean Drive and 11th street

East elevation (view when facing west on Ocean Drive)

Detail view of the 2nd and 3rd floor on the east elevation

Arches looking into the original patio and entryway into the building

North elevation (view when facing south on 11th street)

Floor tiling in the original primary entryway

Attached Files

1060_OCEAN_DR.pdf

1060 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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