Detail: 801 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

801 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:

02-4203-004-0360

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:

Tiffany Hotel

Current name:

Tiffany Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1939

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

L. Murray Dixon

Developer:

Builder:

P.J. Davis Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

Morris Katz (original)

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

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:

Asymmetrical facades; Tripartite design on west elevation; Several different multi-colored terrazzo floor designs (interior and exterior); Large porthole windows; Glass block ornamentation; Vertical "Tiffany" neon signage on the southwest corner of the building rising above the roofline; Slightly stepped parapet roofline; Vertical racing stripes of protruding thin rectangles on the southwest corner of the building; Continuous ornamental eyebrows rounded at corners; Particularly at the corner and west elevation, exemplifies the ocean-liner motif in shape, ornamentation and scale; Etched glass depicting tropical scenes; Fluted columns demarcate primary entryway on the street corner; Building curves at its southwest corner to conform to the corner lot; Decorative sculptural bas relief panels above first, second and third floor level windows on the central bay of the west elevation; Fluted glass panels on either side of primary doorway

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

86' 10" x 134' 10"

Square footage/meters:

23,949 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

Roof Material

replacement

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Coral stone

Notes on exterior materials:

Coral stone veneer used on the building wall that lines the porch and surrounds primary entryway

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Jalacy Casement

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porches and open patios line the west and south elevations of the Tiffany Hotel; West elevation has a full-span narrow porch that extends out from the edge of the building and is uncovered; South elevation has a 5-bay open porch (primary porch) that begins at the southwest corner of the building and is integrated underneath the building, containing the most ornate of the exterior terrazzo floor designs as well as the primary entryway; Further east on the south elevation is an open patio area that is uncovered and has additional terrazzo floor designs

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

Five-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:

Two primary entryways along the south elevation on the porch; First primary entryway is on the southwest corner of the building, directly up the four steps from street-level to the porch- Glass double-door framed in dark wood with panels of fluted glass on either side and a fixed window covered with a metal ornamental grille on top; Second primary entryway is a few feet to the east of the first entryway and has the same door and fluted glass paneling, but has a fixed etched glass (tropical motif) above

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:

Sympathetic alterations or restoration

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Yes

Date of major alterations:

1989

Nature of alterations:

Complete restoration: terrazzo, etchings, porch railings, front desk, ceiling moldings, signage, etc

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:

1/30/2013

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:	25.7783289980569420
Longitude:	-80.1321249227191900
UTM:	Zone 17R 587019.3540 mE, 2851422.1828 mN
Datum	WGS84

Tiffany Hotel on the northeast corner of Collins Avenue and 8th street

Tiffany Hotel west elevation (view when facing east on 8th street)

West elevation porch at the Tiffany Hotel

Porthole windows and glassblock on the west elevation of the Tiffany Hotel

The southwest corner of the Tiffany Hotel

Tiffany Hotel south elevation (view when facing north on 8th street)

Tiffany Hotel entire south elevation (view when facing north on 8th street)

Easternmost part of the south elevation at the Tiffany Hotel

Balustrade along the south elevation of the Tiffany Hotel

Primary entryway at the Tiffany Hotel on the northeast corner of Collins Avenue and 8th street

One of two primary doorways at the Tiffany Hotel

Terrazzo floor design on the porch of the Tiffany Hotel

Interior view of the doorway and etched glass on the porch at the Tiffany Hotel

Terrazzo floor design in the lobby of the Tiffany Hotel

Terrazzo floor design inside of the Tiffany Hotel

Ceiling moldings in the lobby of the Tiffany Hotel

Glass etching in the lobby of the Tiffany Hotel

Porch on the south elevation of the Tiffany Hotel

Open patio space on the south elevation of the Tiffany Hotel

Attached Files

801_COLLINS_AV.pdf

801 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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