Detail: 635 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

635 Collins Ave

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:

02-4203-004-0090

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

14,000 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

54S / 42E / 03

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Metropole Hotel

Current name:

Metropole Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1940-1949

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1940

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Donald G. Smith

Developer:

Builder:

Masterbilt Corporation

Significant Owner(s):

The Emory Operating Company (original)

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Collins Avenue Hotel

Style, Primary:

Art Deco

Style, Secondary:

Streamlined Moderne

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Symmetrical primary facade; Exterior terrazzo floor; Continuous eyebrow above first floor level along the entire west elevation; Large concentric rectangular panels between first and second floor level windows; Small concentric square panels between second floor level windows and roofline; Low-relief band at parapet roofline; "Metropole" signage vertical on southern end of west elevation; Recessed front terrace wraps around southwest corner of building; Fluted columns on front porch; Simple masonry balustrade

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

99' 10" x 139' 10"

Square footage/meters:

30,883 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

Roof Material

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:

Single-Hung sashes

Window remarks:

Windows are paired on the west elevation

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Four-bay wide porch recessed into building wraps around the southwest corner of the building; Single-colored terrazzo floor

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

Four-bay

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

fluted stuccoed posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway for the retail shop on the first floor level is centered on the porch; Primary entryway for hotel is tucked away on the south elevation

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Present Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Function remarks:

Other Present Function: Retail space at the first floor level

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:

Sympathetic alterations or restoration

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Yes

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Previously also known as 631 Collins Avenue

Alterations?

Yes

Date of major alterations:

1989

Nature of alterations:

Interior demolishion

Additions?:

Yes

Date of major additions:

1989

Addition Height:

Three-story

Addition Placement:

rear

Addition Type:

Extension

Nature of additions:

Addition of 100 hotel rooms to original 42 apartments

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:

2/4/2013

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:	25.7761888368696750
Longitude:	-80.1326024521495700
UTM:	Zone 17R 586973.0318 mE, 2851184.8484 mN
Datum	WGS84

The Metropole Hotel along the east side of Collins Avenue

Metropole Hotel west elevation (view when facing east on Collins Avenue)

Metropole Hotel original south elevation (view when facing north)

Detailed view of the concentric rectangles on the primary facade of the Metropole Hotel

Metropole Hotel signage on the primary facade

Porch along Collins Avenue at the Metropole Hotel

Masonry balustrade along the porch of the Metropole Hotel

Attached Files

635-631_COLLINS_AV.pdf

635 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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