Detail: 1100 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1100 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:

02-4203-211-0001

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:

Del Rio Apartments

Current name:

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1950-1959

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1950

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

August Swarz

Developer:

Builder:

D. C. Stakemiller

Significant Owner(s):

Dr. Herman Glicksberg (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:

Post-War Modern

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Ziggurat roofline where southeast corner of building extends higher than the rest of the roofline; Parapet roof; Continuous eyebrows above windows; Eyebrows wrap around southeast corner of building; Exterior and interior terrazzo floor design; Low-relief square ornamentation create an inverted L-shaped design on the southeast. corner of the building; Fluted columns along the porch; Asymmetrical tripartite facade design

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

45' x 135'

Square footage/meters:

18,000 (approximate)

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:

Fixed windows along first floor level porch area used as display for the retail space inside

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Full-span porch recessed into east elevation; Three steps off the ground level; Simple stuccoed balustrade of evenly-spaced cylinders; Two-colored terrazzo floor design; Eyebrow extends out from east elevation to shade outside edges of porch

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

full-span

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

fluted stuccoed posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway is on the south end of the east elevation; Glass double-door with fixed windows on either side as well as directly above; Steps up to the porch lead directly to primary entryway; Framed by two fluted stuccoed columns that sit between the doorway and the porch steps

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Present Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Function remarks:

Other Present Function: Retail shop on the first floor level

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:

Note: Only first floor level retail space is open to the public

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:

2/6/2013

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:	25.7819262805746230
Longitude:	-80.1315219275779800
UTM:	Zone 17R 587077.1910 mE, 2851820.9742 mN
Datum	WGS84

Del Rio Apartments on the northwest corner of Collins Avenue and 11th street

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

Del Rio Apartments south elevation (view when facing north on 11th street)

Porch along Collins Avenue at the Del Rio Apartments

Porch columns and balustrade at the Del Rio Apartments

Primary entryway for the Del Rio Apartments

Terrazzo floor design on the porch of the Del Rio Apartments

Ornamentation on the southeast corner of the Del Rio Apartments

Balustrade along the porch of the Del Rio Apartments

Terrazzo floor design in the lobby of the Del Rio Apartments

Attached Files

1100_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1100 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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