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634-638 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, Florida USA
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Basics
Resource Category:
Building
Resource Type:
commercial building
Location
Address:
634-638 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:
02-4203-004-0730
Local place name:
Setting/Landscape/Site Features:
Acreage, parcel, land unit size:
23,537 SQ FT
Quad/Map name and date:
Date
Township/Range/Section:
54S / 42E / 03
Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Historical Information
Historic name:
Current name:
Construction Date (range/estimated):
1990-1999
Construction Date Certainty:
documented
Known Construction Date:
1996
Source for Known Construction Date:
Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser
Architect/Designer:
Developer:
Builder:
Significant Owner(s):
Historical Summary:
Extant Status:
Not Demolished
Architectural Style and Form
Plan/Footprint Shape:
rectangular
Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):
Commercial
Style, Primary:
Other
Style, Secondary:
Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:
Though 634-638 are one building, each store front has a different facade, giving the appearance of several individual buildings to create cohesiveness in the neighborhood design.
Architectural Elements and Features
Number of Stories:
1
Bays:
Structural System:
Foundation:
Basement:
Building Size:
Square footage/meters:
19,674 (adjusted)
Roof Configuration:
Flat
Roof Material
Roof remarks/description:
Eave Type:
Eave Ornamentation:
Dormer Count:
Dormer Configuration:
Exterior Wall Material (primary):
Exterior Wall Material (secondary):
Notes on exterior materials:
Each store facade is ornamented with different exterior materials.
Principal Windows::
Window Panes/Lights:
Window Type:
fixed
Window remarks:
Chimney remarks/description:
Chimney Count (first):
Chimney Placement 1:
Chimney Count (second):
Chimney Placement 2:
Porch description, characteristics, details:
No porch
Porch Height, Stories:
Porch Configuration:
Porch Type:
Porch Roof Shape:
Porch Roof Material:
Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):
Porch Piers (lower):
Primary entryway:
Each individual storefront has its own primary entryway.
Function and Use
Historic Function:
:
Present Function:
Commerce/Trade: Specialty Store
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:
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:
2/1/2013
Surveyed By:
Melinda Agron
Report Name, or Reason for Survey:
Re-survey of the district
Level of Survey:
reconnaissance
Sources, References, Bibliography
Previously Surveyed?
No
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:
As each storefront at 634 Collins Avenue is marked with an individual address, properties can be found listed individually on RuskinArc.
Custom / Extra Information
Finished Floor Elevation (NAVD88):
Latitude:
25.7765107082802560
Longitude:
-80.1329343055572300
UTM:
Zone 17R 586939.5210 mE, 2851220.2761 mN
Datum
WGS84
Some of the storefront of 634 Collins Avenue on the west side of the street
Attached Files
None
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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