1100 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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:
3
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?:
No
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?
No
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

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