Detail: 1020 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1020 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:

02-3234-008-1240

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

8,000 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Current name:

Part of Fairwind project

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1940-1949

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1949

Source for Known Construction Date:

City of Miami Beach Building Department Records

Architect/Designer:

L. Murray Dixon

Developer:

Builder:

Arkin Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

Mrs. Ida Pinack (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:

Miami Modern

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Asymmetrical facade design; Continuous eyebrow above first and second floor levels on southeast corner of building; Fluted fixed glass along central mass on east elevation; Terrazzo floor design; Ziggurat parapet roofline.

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

56' x 134'

Square footage/meters:

3,025 (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:

Along the center of the east elevation, materials such as Roman brick, fluted glass and tile are used as exterior materials

Principal Windows::

aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Window remarks:

Remaining windows on building are fixed

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch recessed into south elevation and runs above half the length of the elevation; Up three steps; Simple metal railing; Terrazzo floor design

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

recessed

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway is slightly off-center, towards the right, on the porch; Double wood-framed door with fixed windows surrounding

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Present Function:

Work In Progress:

Function remarks:

Listed, Designated, or Protected Status

Status Code:

Listed at the national level?

Individually Listed: No
Contributes to a District: No
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?:

Yes

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Also known as 1022 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:

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:

2/5/2013

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:	25.7809871867796100
Longitude:	-80.1317235864734700
UTM:	Zone 17R 587057.6564 mE, 2851716.8378 mN
Datum	WGS84

1020 Collins Avenue east elevation (view when facing west on Collins Avenue)

Mix of exterior materials on the east elevation of 1020 Collins Avenue

Porch along Collins Avenue at 1020 Collins Avenue

Terrazzo floor design on the porch of 1020 Collins Avenue

Attached Files

1020-1022_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1020 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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