Detail: 860 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

860 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:

02-4203-004-0430

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:

Franklin Hotel

Current name:

Franklin Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1934

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

V.H. Nellenbogen

Developer:

Builder:

Clayton Shappell

Significant Owner(s):

Mrs. Lena Williamson (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:

Art Deco

Style, Secondary:

Mediterranean Revival

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Symmetrical tripartite primary facade; Highly ornamented bas relief carvings depicting the Art Deco fountain motif; Arched loggia extends across the length of the east elevation; Large Palladian windows on the first floor level; "Franklin" signage in bas relief carved above primary entryway; Corinthian pilasters frame primary entryway; Highly ornamented cornice; Horizontal banding at first floor and third floor level cornices; Arched window at the central bay of the second floor level

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Cement blocks

Foundation:

Reinforced Concrete

Basement:

Building Size:

41' 10" x 129' 10"

Square footage/meters:

21,830 (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:

Single-Hung sashes

Window remarks:

Large Palladian window on either side of the primary doorway and on the easternmost part of the north elevation

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Full-span loggia across the east elevation; 5 arches open the porch that now has a metal railing

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

full-span

Porch Type:

Loggia

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway centered directly on east elevation; Center arch of loggia ornamented with corinthian pilaster on either side and "Franklin" bas relief directly above; Primary doorway is directly infront of this central arch and is ornamented with a fixed arch window 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:

1944

Nature of alterations:

Remodel entrance into a lobby (Albert Anis, architect)

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:	25.7792454870607950
Longitude:	-80.1321083490738000
UTM:	Zone 17R 587020.3472 mE, 2851523.6934 mN
Datum	WGS84

Franklin Hotel on the southwest corner of Collins Avenue and 9th street

Franklin Hotel east elevation (view when facing west on Collins Avenue)

Franklin Hotel north elevation (view when facing south on 9th street)

Highly ornamented easternmost part of the north elevation (view when facing south on 9th street)

Primary facade along Collins Avenue of the Franklin Hotel

Cornice ornamentation on the facade of the Franklin Hotel

Franklin Hotel signage above the primary entryway

Palladian window on the north elevation of the Franklin Hotel

Attached Files

860_COLLINS_AV.pdf

860 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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