Detail: 1059 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

commercial building

Location

Address:

1059 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:

02-3234-008-0260

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

5,700 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:

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1950-1959

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1959

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Robert M. Nordin

Developer:

Builder:

Jack Whitman

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

Harry Tuttle, son of Miami founder Julia Tuttle, originally had a residence on this site. The house was demolished but its rear garage still stands facing 11th street.

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Commercial

Style, Primary:

Miami Modern

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Asymmetrical facade designs; Open catwalks connecting various retail shops (mainly along north elevation); Large masonry walls on north elevation; Roman brick as veneer on west elevation.

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

7,547 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat

Roof Material

replacement

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

brick

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

stucco

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

fixed

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

No porch, but there is a slightly wider walkway along the north elevation at the first floor elevation

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

Porch Type:

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

No one primary entryway; Separate entryways along north and west elevation for different retail shops

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade: Business

Present Function:

Commerce/Trade: Business

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?:

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:

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:	25.7816521630505160
Longitude:	-80.1314184668647700
UTM:	Zone 17R 587087.7650 mE, 2851790.6845 mN
Datum	WGS84

1059 Collins Avenue on the southeast corner of Collins Avenue and 11th street

1059 Collins Avenue west elevation (view when facing east on Collins Avenue)

Walkways along the east elevation of 1059 Collins Avenue

1059 Collins Avenue north elevation (view when facing south on 11th street)

Masonry wall on the north elevation of 1059 Collins Avenue

Attached Files

124_11TH_ST.pdf

1059 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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