Detail: 1255 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1255 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:

02-3234-055-0001

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

21,000 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Islander Apartments

Current name:

Islander Apartments

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1960-1969

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1965

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Richardson and Ginocchio

Developer:

Builder:

Everglades Development Corporation

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

cross

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

apartment/multi-unit complex

Style, Primary:

Other

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Unique symmetrical facade designs on each side of the building; Individual balconies for each apartment unit; Building raised up one story to allow for parking spaces; Communal area at first floor level

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Reinforced Concrete

Foundation:

Concrete pile

Basement:

Building Size:

84' x 86'

Square footage/meters:

72,000 (approximate)

Roof Configuration:

Flat

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:

Sliding

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

No porch; Individual balconies for each apartment unit

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

Porch Type:

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway is access through a private gate along the east elevation and is not open to the public

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Present Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

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:

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:

Latitude:	25.7838143009541520
Longitude:	-80.1309904681228300
UTM:	Zone 17R 587129.1003 mE, 2852030.4208 mN
Datum	WGS84

Islander Apartments on the southeast corner of Collins Avenue and 13th street

Northwest corner of the Islander Apartments

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

Private primary entryway along the west elevation of the Islander Apartments

Attached Files

1255_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1255 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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