Detail: 1200 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1200 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:

02-3234-079-0001

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:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Marlin Hotel

Current name:

Marlin Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1939

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

L. Murray Dixon

Developer:

Builder:

P. J. Davis

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Collins Avenue Hotel

Style, Primary:

Art Deco

Style, Secondary:

Streamlined Moderne

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Symmetrical tripartite facade design; Ziggurat parapet roofline; Building rounded at northeast and southeast corners; Continuous eyebrows wrap around and are rounded at building corners at the first, second and third floor levels; Separate continuous eyebrows also rounded at corners across south elevation and second and third floor level; Continuous eyebrow at first floor level extends across east and south elevation without pause; Horizontal banding at cornice; Bas relief sculptural panels on central bay above first, second and third floor level windows as well as between horizontal banding at cornice; Multi-colored terrazzo floor design in the lobby; "Marlin" neon signage centered just above first floor level; Oolitic limestone veneer bordering primary entryway as well as along porch rail posts.

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

42' 9" x 134' 10"

Square footage/meters:

16,800 (approximate)

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

Roof Material

replacement

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

Oolitic limestone

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

stucco

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Jalacy Casement

Window remarks:

Windows rounded around northeast and southeast building corners

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Full-span porch slightly recessed into east elevation; Slightly raised off ground level; Oolitic limestone posts with simple metal railing between; Eyebrow above first floor shades 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):

round posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway centered on east elevation porch; Oolitic limestone veneer surrounds primary doorway; Glass double door with fixed window above and metal ornamental grille in front of doors/window

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:

2/27/2013

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:	25.7829808784833500
Longitude:	-80.1312945822090200
UTM:	Zone 17R 587099.2164 mE, 2851937.9195 mN
Datum	WGS84

Marlin Hotel on the northwest corner of Collins Avenue and 12th street

Marlin Hotel east elevation (view when facing west on Collins Avenue)

Detailed view of the Marlin Hotel's primary facade

Marlin Hotel south elevation (view when facing north on 12th street)

Porch along the east elevation of the Marlin Hotel

Porch and unique exterior floor design at the Marlin Hotel

Primary entryway on the porch of the Marlin Hotel

Terrazzo floor design in the lobby of the Marlin Hotel

Attached Files

1200_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1200 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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