Detail: 1430 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1430 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:

02-3234-122-0001

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:

The Clyde Hotel

Current name:

Ocean Plaza

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1940-1949

Construction Date Certainty:

Known Construction Date:

1941

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

L. Murray Dixon

Developer:

Builder:

P.J. Davis

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

Richard A. Belsham, engineer

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Ocean Drive Hotel

Style, Primary:

Art Deco

Style, Secondary:

International

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Tripartite symmetry; Slightly projected central mass rises above roofline to create a slightly stepped ziggurat roofline; Influence of International Style apparent in long horizontal bands of windows; Glass block ornamentation at apex of central bay; Interior and exterior multi-colored terrazzo floor design; Raised vertical bands punctuate horizontal bands of windows; Continuous eyebrow rounded at corners projecting out from top of porch; "Ocean Plaza" signage at center bay directly above primary entryway

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

40' x 125'

Square footage/meters:

15,000 (approximate)

Roof Configuration:

Flat

Roof Material

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

Coral stone

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

stucco

Notes on exterior materials:

Coral stone used as exterior material on porch wall and corners of porch railing, as well as on projecting central mass; Other walls stuccoed

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Jalacy sashes

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch characterized by large stuccoed balustrade ornamented by central porthole shape that is flanked by vertical posts; Three low steps from street lead to the porch directly at the center of the building, with the primary entryway directly beyond the steps; Multi-colored terrazzo floor design; Coral stone on walls and on large rectangular posts at corners of railings

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

full-span

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

rectangular stuccoed posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

rectangular stuccoed piers

Primary entryway:

Double metal door flanked by fixed window on top and a block of windows (6 windows across, 8 windows in height) on either side; Multi-colored terrazzo floor design on either side of doorway

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Present Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Function remarks:

Building currently functions as a timeshare condominium complex, operated by the Hilton Grand Vacations Club.

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:

1/11/2013

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:	25.7862541185260880
Longitude:	-80.1297489177909500
UTM:	Zone 17R 587251.8019 mE, 2852301.4486 mN
Datum	WGS84

Ocean Plaza (former Clyde Hotel) east elevation (view when facing west on Ocean Drive)

Ocean Plaza (former Clyde Hotel) porch on Ocean Drive

Detailed view of the porch railing at the Ocean Plaza (former Clyde Hotel)

Exterior terrazzo floor design on the porch of the Ocean Plaza (former Clyde Hotel)

Primary entryway for the Ocean Plaza (former Clyde Hotel)

Interior terrazzo floor design in the lobby of the Ocean Plaza (former Clyde Hotel)

Attached Files

1430_OCEAN_DR.pdf

1430 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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