727 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

Basics
Resource Category:
Building
Resource Type:
domestic building
Location
Address:
727 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:
02-4203-004-0230
Local place name:
Setting/Landscape/Site Features:
Acreage, parcel, land unit size:
7,000 SQ FT
Quad/Map name and date:
Date
Township/Range/Section:
54S / 42E / 03
Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Historical Information
Historic name:
London Arms Hotel
Current name:
Construction Date (range/estimated):
1930-1939
Construction Date Certainty:
documented
Known Construction Date:
1930
Source for Known Construction Date:
Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser
Architect/Designer:
Wade & Oemler
Developer:
Builder:
Continental Construction Company
Significant Owner(s):
London 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:
Other
Style, Secondary:
Classical Revival
Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:
Symmetrical tripartite facade design; Arched windows at first and fourth floor levels; Split-pediment top with urn finial at center and flanking corners just above first floor level; Masonry faux-spindled balustrade at cornice; Highly ornamented and elaborate two-story entryway; Corinthian pilasters between first floor level arched windows and flanking primary doorway; Pilasters frame the central bay, extending from the third floor level to the roof line; Spanish tile flooring
Architectural Elements and Features
Number of Stories:
4
Bays:
3
Structural System:
Concrete Block Stucco
Foundation:
Reinforced Concrete
Basement:
Building Size:
49' 6" x 139' 6"
Square footage/meters:
18,514 (adjusted)
Roof Configuration:
Flat with parapet
Roof Material
replacement
Roof remarks/description:
Eave Type:
Eave Ornamentation:
Dormer Count:
Dormer Configuration:
Exterior Wall Material (primary):
Stone
Exterior Wall Material (secondary):
stucco
Notes on exterior materials:
Stone veneer on the entire first floor level (with the exception of small stuccoed spaces beneath arched windows); Stone veneer also appears at all other levels as the veneer of all applied ornamentation
Principal Windows::
replacement aluminum
Window Panes/Lights:
Window Type:
Single-Hung sashes
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:
Primary entryway is directly centered on west elevation; Glass double door with fixed glass arched window above; Flanked on either side with corinthian pilaster; Stone veneer extends outwards across west elevation and upwards along the central bay until the top of the second floor level; Grandly ornamented entryway
Function and Use
Historic Function:
Domestic: Hotel
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: 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?:
No
Date moved or relocated:
Relocation remarks:
Alterations?
Date of major alterations:
Nature of alterations:
Additions?:
Yes
Date of major additions:
1940
Addition Height:
Addition Placement:
Addition Type:
Nature of additions:
Addition of dining rooms, two storage rooms, vegetable room and garage space (Donald G. Smith, arch)
Endangered / Threatened
Endangered by:
Endangered/Threatened remarks:
Recommendations:
Contact:
Tourism / Featured Destination
Open to the public:
No
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:
1/31/2013
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: 25.7774591229533500
Longitude: -80.1323200521495700
UTM: Zone 17R   587000.4225 mE, 2851325.7168 mN
Datum WGS84
London Arms Hotel west elevation (view when facing east on Collins Avenue)
Primary facade of the London Arms Hotel
Primary entryway along Collins Avenue at the London Arms Hotel
The London Arms Hotel at 727 Collins Avenue
Primary doorway at the London Arms Hotel
Northwest corner of the London Arms Hotel
Moon-shaped masonry ornamentation on the southwest corner of the London Arms Hotel

Attached Files

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