1300 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

Basics
Resource Category:
Building
Resource Type:
Hotel
Location
Address:
1300 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:
02-3234-008-0940
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:
Alamac Hotel
Current name:
Alamac Apartments
Construction Date (range/estimated):
1930-1939
Construction Date Certainty:
documented
Known Construction Date:
1934
Source for Known Construction Date:
Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser
Architect/Designer:
V.H. Nellenbogen
Developer:
Builder:
O'Neill and Orr Construction Company
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:
Mediterranean Revival
Style, Secondary:
Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:
Symmetrical tripartite facade design; Archway and arched windows/doors; Clay barrel tile roof; Wrought-iron fixtures; Spanish tile flooring; Decorative balconettees on the outer bays of the sixth floor level and center bay of the seventh floor level; Rough stucco walls
Architectural Elements and Features
Number of Stories:
7
Bays:
Structural System:
Concrete Block Stucco
Foundation:
Reinforced Concrete
Basement:
Building Size:
118' x 59'
Square footage/meters:
44,592 (adjusted)
Roof Configuration:
Built-up
Roof Material
replacement Clay barrel tile
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:
Window remarks:
Single-hung sash windows occur most frequently on the third through seventh floor levels, while jalacy casement windows with fixed arched windows above occur on the first and second floor levels
Chimney remarks/description:
Chimney Count (first):
Chimney Placement 1:
Chimney Count (second):
Chimney Placement 2:
Porch description, characteristics, details:
No distinctive porch; Entryway up a flight of stairs, combined with the addition of handicapped accessible ramps has created an open patio-like space on the southern end of the east elevation
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 for the residences is up a grand flight of stairs on the southern end of the east elevation; Glass double door with fixed arched window above; Flanked on either side by wrought-iron fixtures and ornamentation; Separate entryways exist for each of the retail spaces on the first floor level of the northern end of the east elevation
Function and Use
Historic Function:
Domestic: Hotel
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:
Sympathetic alterations or restoration
General Condition:
Good
Moved or Relocated?:
No
Date moved or relocated:
Relocation remarks:
Alterations?
Date of major alterations:
Nature of alterations:
Additions?:
Yes
Date of major additions:
1955
Addition Height:
Addition Placement:
rear
Addition Type:
Recreation
Nature of additions:
20' x 40' Pool
Endangered / Threatened
Endangered by:
Endangered/Threatened remarks:
Recommendations:
Contact:
Tourism / Featured Destination
Open to the public:
Yes
Contact information, Hours, and Amenities:
Only retail spaces on the northern end of the east elevation at the first floor level are 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:
2/28/2013
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: 25.7843428104782750
Longitude: -80.1310899275779900
UTM: Zone 17R   587118.7416 mE, 2852088.8865 mN
Datum WGS84
Alamac Apartments on the northwest corner of Collins Avenue and 13th Street
Alamac Apartments south elevation (view when facing north on 13th street)
Alamac Apartments east elevation (view when facing west on Collins Avenue)
Entryway on the southern end of the east elevation of the Alamac Apartments
Primary entryway at the Alamac Apartments
Primary private doorway on the east elevation of the Alamac Apartments
Retail space on the east elevation of the Alamac Apartments
Ornamentation on the east elevation of the Alamac Apartments

Attached Files

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