Detail: 1500 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1500 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:

02-3234-019-1190

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

31,570 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Haddon Hall Hotel

Current name:

Haddon Hall Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1940-1949

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1940

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

L. Murray Dixon

Developer:

Builder:

Pollock Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

R.A. Belsham, engineer

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

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 design; Building rounded at all corners; Ziggurat parapet roofline; Interior and exterior terrazzo floor designs; Corner windows conform to building contours; Continuous eyebrows conform to building contours; Glass block panels across parapet also conform to building contours; Vertical racing stripes rise above roofline on the southern end of the south wing and northern end of the north wing; Vertical recessed racing stripes frame central bay; Sculptural stuccoed paneling grilles decorate the apex of the central bay as well as on some walls lining the porch; "Haddon Hall" neon signage directly above primary entryway

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

157' 8" x 129' 8"

Square footage/meters:

37,611 (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:

Jalacy sashes

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Full-span U-shaped porch fits inside the building contours; Terrazzo floor design; Stuccoed balustrade ornamented with vertical posts and star-like shapes; Glass block and sculptural grille panels on limited parts of the wall; Central part of porch is covered by a continuous eyebrow, rounded at the corners, that protrudes from the building, otherwise the porch is uncovered

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

U-Shaped

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

flat

Porch Roof Material:

Stuccoed

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway is centered on the east elevation, on the porch; Glass double-door with large fixed glass window directly above; Framed by low-relief squares

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:

1963

Nature of alterations:

Convert twelve hotel rooms into six apartment units

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:

3/6/2013

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:	25.7874836811805360
Longitude:	-80.1306234196433700
UTM:	Zone 17R 587163.2208 mE, 2852437.0416 mN
Datum	WGS84

Haddon Hall Hotel on the west side of the Collins Avenue and 15th Street intersection

Haddon Hall Hotel west wing east elevation (view when facing west on Collins Avenue)

Haddon Hall Hotel south wing east elevation (view when facing west on Collins Avenue)

Haddon Hall Hotel on the west side of Collins Avenue

Detailed view of one of the Haddon Hall Hotel's interior corners

Primary entryway on the east elevation of the central bay of the Haddon Hall Hotel

Primary doorway on the porch of the Haddon Hall Hotel

View of the north wing of the porch at the Haddon Hall Hotel

Balustrade lining the porch of the Haddon Hall Hotel

Sculptural relief panels and glass block on the porch of the Haddon Hall Hotel

Terrazzo floor design in the lobby of the Haddon Hall Hotel

Attached Files

1500_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1500 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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