Detail: 841 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

841 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:

02-4203-004-0410

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:

Avenida Apartments

Current name:

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1935

Source for Known Construction Date:

City of Miami Beach Building Department records

Architect/Designer:

William F. Brown

Developer:

Builder:

Riley Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

Charles Lewitt (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:

Streamlined Moderne

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Horizontal banding at building's corners at first, second and third floor level windows; Fountain motif in porch ornamentations (esp. stucco pieces protruding from building); Rounded protruding feature above primary entryway is eyebrow-like; Nearly symmetrical primary facade (east elevation)

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Cement blocks

Foundation:

Reinforced Concrete

Basement:

Building Size:

40' x 135'

Square footage/meters:

12,000 (approximate)

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:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Narrow patio along east elevation slightly raised off ground level; Protruding shape on either end in Art Deco fountain motif

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

full-span

Porch Type:

Open patio

Porch Roof Shape:

None

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway is located on the south elevation; Framed on right and left by two round pilasters ornamented with thick horizontal banding; Directly above primary entryway is a short and wide round pilaster

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Present Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Function remarks:

Along with the properties adjacent to the north and south, is now part of the Chesterfield Hotel complex.

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 known as 845 and 849 Collins Avenue

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:

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:	25.7789586276261300
Longitude:	-80.1319953988113400
UTM:	Zone 17R 587031.8822 mE, 2851491.9988 mN
Datum	WGS84

Avenida Apartments west elevation (view when facing east on Collins Avenue)

Southwest corner of the Avenida Apartments

Primary entryway on the south elevation of the Avenida Apartments

Part of the south elevation of the Avenida Apartments

View of the roofline from the south elevation of the Avenida Apartments

Patio running along Collins Avenue at the Avenida Apartments

Attached Files

841-845-849_COLLINS_AV.pdf

841 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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