Detail: 832 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

832 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:

02-4203-004-0460

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:

Azora Apartments

Current name:

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1920-1929

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1923

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Bert Coralies

Developer:

Builder:

Bert Coralies

Significant Owner(s):

Bert Coralies (original)

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

apartment/multi-unit complex

Style, Primary:

Art Deco

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Symmetrical tripartite primary (east) elevation; Stepped ziggurat parapet roofline; Vertical racing stripes in bas relief along central bay; Fluted protruding rectangle at apex and center of central bay

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Reinforced Concrete

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

9,734 (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):

Notes on exterior materials:

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:

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 centered on the east elevation up three low-lying steps; Flanked on either side with glass block

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

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:

Sympathetic alterations or restoration

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Date of major alterations:

Nature of alterations:

Additions?:

Yes

Date of major additions:

1941

Addition Height:

two-story

Addition Placement:

rear

Addition Type:

Extension

Nature of additions:

39' x 58' x 25' two story addition of 8 apartment units

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:

1/29/2013

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:	25.7788394305482900
Longitude:	-80.1322006834324200
UTM:	Zone 17R 587011.3850 mE, 2851478.6623 mN
Datum	WGS84

The former Azora Apartments east elevation (view when facing west on Collins Avenue)

Primary entryway at the former Azora Apartments

The former Azora Apartments primary facade along Collins Avenue

Attached Files

832_COLLINS_AV.pdf

832 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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