Detail: 1340 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Hotel

Location

Address:

1340 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:

02-3234-008-0910

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:

Hotel Shepley

Current name:

Beachcomber Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1940-1949

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1943

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Henry Hohauser

Developer:

Builder:

Prufert-Wien Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

Mrs. Shepard Swede

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 facade design; Ziggurat parapet roofline; Continuous eyebrows wrap-around from outer bay to north/south elevations and are rounded at corners; Horizontal banding about first floor level; Porthole cut-outs at cornice; "Beachcomber" neon signage; Interior and exterior multi-colored terrazzo floor designs; Low-relief horizontal banding around primary entryway on porch; Slightly protruding window and geometric eyebrows on central bay of east elevation

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread Footing

Basement:

Building Size:

40' x 134' 10"

Square footage/meters:

10,066 (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):

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Single-Hung sashes

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Recessed full-span porch extends the entire length of the east elevation; Raised three steps from ground level; Entrance to porch and primary doorway are centered on porch; Multi-colored terrazzo floor designs; Stuccoed solid wall balustrade; Fluted stuccoed columns at corners

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:

Primary entryway centered on porch and east elevation; Glass double-door with narrow fixed glass above; Framed by low-relief vertical racing stripes on either side and horizontal stripes above that split back into vertical racing stripes above the center of the doorway; Doorway also framed by low-relief squares on either side and on top, split on top by a column of three low-relief porthole shapes

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?

Yes

Date of major alterations:

1960

Nature of alterations:

Conversion of eight hotel rooms into four apartments

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:

2/28/2013

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?

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:	25.7848990560703870
Longitude:	-80.1309982220554400
UTM:	Zone 17R 587127.5302 mE, 2852150.5505 mN
Datum	WGS84

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

Second floor level detail at the Hotel Shepley

Porch along the east elevation of the Hotel Shepley

Primary doorway on the porch of the Hotel Shepley

Terrazzo floor design on the porch of the Hotel Shepley

Terrazzo floor design in the lobby of the Hotel Shepley

Terrazzo floor design and staircase in the lobby of the Hotel Shepley

Attached Files

1340_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1340 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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