1435 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

Basics
Resource Category:
Building
Resource Type:
Hotel
Location
Address:
1435 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:
02-3234-012-0040
Local place name:
Setting/Landscape/Site Features:
Acreage, parcel, land unit size:
Quad/Map name and date:
Date
Township/Range/Section:
53S / 42E / 34
Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Historical Information
Historic name:
Biarritz Hotel
Current name:
Hotel Henrosa
Construction Date (range/estimated):
1930-1939
Construction Date Certainty:
documented
Known Construction Date:
1935
Source for Known Construction Date:
Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser
Architect/Designer:
Harry O. Nelson
Developer:
Builder:
Building Corp. of Florida (A.S. Dunham)
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:
Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:
Asymmetrical facade design; Continuous eyebrows rounded at corners and first and third floor levels; Vertical racing stripes across west elevation; "Hotel Henrosa" vertical neon signage on west elevation; "Henrosa" neon signage centered above primary entryway; Stretched octagonal porthole relief at first floor level, to the north of the primary entryway
Architectural Elements and Features
Number of Stories:
3
Bays:
Structural System:
Concrete Block Stucco
Foundation:
Reinforced Concrete
Basement:
Building Size:
49' 6" x 106'
Square footage/meters:
15,297 (adjusted)
Roof Configuration:
Flat with parapet
Roof Material
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::
Window Panes/Lights:
Window Type:
Jalacy
Window remarks:
Many windows in the vacant hotel are empty, with some jalacy windows remaining in place
Chimney remarks/description:
Chimney Count (first):
Chimney Placement 1:
Chimney Count (second):
Chimney Placement 2:
Porch description, characteristics, details:
No porch
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 hotel is located on the protruding part of the building on the west elevation (the new lobby entrance added in 1951 by architect Harry O. Nelson); Glass double-door framed in aluminum with fixed glass window above; Primary entryway for the commercial space is on the northernmost end of the west elevation
Function and Use
Historic Function:
Domestic: Hotel
Present Function:
Commerce/Trade: Specialty Store
Function remarks:
Present Function: Hotel is under renovations
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?
Yes
Date of major alterations:
1950
Nature of alterations:
20' x 12' new partition in card room
Additions?:
Yes
Date of major additions:
1951
Addition Height:
Three-story
Addition Placement:
front
Addition Type:
Extension
Nature of additions:
6' x 10' x 35' New lobby entrance and roof over terrace (Harry O. Nelson, architect)
Endangered / Threatened
Endangered by:
Endangered/Threatened remarks:
Recommendations:
Contact:
Tourism / Featured Destination
Open to the public:
Yes
Contact information, Hours, and Amenities:
Note: Only the currently operational business on the northernmost end of the building is currently 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:
3/5/2013
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: 25.7867949999999980
Longitude: -80.1305329963646000
UTM: Zone 17R   587172.7905 mE, 2852360.8311 mN
Datum WGS84
Hotel Henrosa on the east side of Collins Avenue
Hotel Henrosa second floor level ornamentation
Neon signage on the west elevation of the Hotel Henrosa
Primary entryways along the west elevation of the Hotel Henrosa
Primary hotel entryway on the west elevation of the Hotel Henrosa

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