Detail: 1238 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1238 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:

02-3234-008-1040

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:

La Flora Hotel

Current name:

La Flora

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1920-1929

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1924

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

G.L. Pfeiffer

Developer:

Builder:

A.L. Sammons

Significant Owner(s):

William R. Johnson (original)

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:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Symmetrical tripartite primary facade design (east elevation); Continuous eyebrow slightly rounded at building corners above first floor level; Portholes with central sculptural relief panels on either side of central bay; Interior and exterior multi-colored terrazzo floor designs; Horizontal banding just below second floor level windows; Each of the three bays is framed by a low-relief rectangle extending from the base of the second floor level windows to above the third floor level windows; Second low-relief rectangle centered above the third floor level windows at each bay extend up to the roofline; "La Flora" signage centered on east elevation just below second floor level windows

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Reinforced Concrete

Basement:

Building Size:

42' x 123'

Square footage/meters:

14,948 (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):

Coral stone

Notes on exterior materials:

Coral stone rock ornaments east elevation at the first floor level (exterior wall lining the porch)

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Jalacy Casement

Window remarks:

Jalacy casement windows found in pairs along visible elevations

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Recessed full-span porch runs the length of the east elevation; Continuous eyebrow rounded at corners extends out from building to shade portions of porch; Multi-colored terrazzo floor design including terrazzo "La Flora" signage

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 Fluted stuccoed posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

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:

Sympathetic alterations or restoration

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Date of major alterations:

Nature of alterations:

Additions?:

Yes

Date of major additions:

1938

Addition Height:

single-story

Addition Placement:

front

Addition Type:

Porch

Nature of additions:

Addition and remodeling front of building, including addition of porch (David Ellis, architect)

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:	25.7835310303572420
Longitude:	-80.1312122877315600
UTM:	Zone 17R 587107.0660 mE, 2851998.9023 mN
Datum	WGS84

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

Detailed view of the second and third floor levels on the east elevation of La Flora Hotel

Porch along the east elevation of La Flora Hotel

Terrazzo floor design on the porch of La Flora Hotel

Primary entryway on the porch of La Flora Hotel

Terrazzo floor design in the lobby of La Flora Hotel

Additional terrazzo floor design in the lobby of La Flora Hotel

Attached Files

1238_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1238 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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