Detail: 920 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

920 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:

02-3234-008-1360

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:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Princess Ann Hotel

Current name:

Princess Ann 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:

Lee L. Wade

Developer:

Builder:

A. Kaplan

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Ocean Drive Hotel

Style, Primary:

Mediterranean Revival

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Symmetrical primary facade; Arches above windows at first and third floor levels; False balcony at center bay on second floor level; Wrought iron fixtures/railings; Prominent clay barrel tile roof; Rough stucco walls; Decorative circular carvings at center of every arch above windows; Multi-colored terrazzo floor design; Spanish tile on lobby floor; Highly ornamented fireplace mantle carvings in lobby

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Reinforced Concrete

Basement:

Building Size:

40' x 126' 10"

Square footage/meters:

14,169 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat

Roof Material

replacement Clay barrel tile

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

Notes on exterior materials:

Stuccoed relief moldings in center of arch above arched windows

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Single-Hung sashes

Window remarks:

Windows larger and in pairs on outer bays of primary facade; Windows smaller and stand alone on central bay of primary facade

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch extends along entire east elevation, extending from building; Simple wrought-iron railing with spaced curved ornamentation; Without now-attached temporary awning, porch has no apparent roof or vertical limit

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 directly centered on first floor porch level of east elevation; Glass double-door framed by dark wood; Doorway framed by flat stuccoed blocks similar to the building's quoins; Doorway flanked on either side by two stand-alone large sash windows, each with an arch and decorative relief carving 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:

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

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:

1/28/2013

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:	25.7797880169460960
Longitude:	-80.1320023386230100
UTM:	Zone 17R 587030.5811 mE, 2851583.8476 mN
Datum	WGS84

The Princess Ann Hotel on the west side of Collins Avenue

The Princess Ann Hotel east elevation (view when facing west on Ocean Drive)

Detailed view of the Princess Ann Hotel's primary facade

Windows on the porch of the Princess Ann Hotel

Primary entryway for the Princess Ann Hotel

Terrazzo floor design on the porch of the Princess Ann Hotel

Staircase in the lobby of the Princess Ann Hotel

Fireplace in the lobby of the Princess Ann Hotel

Attached Files

1920_COLLINS_AV.pdf

920 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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