Detail: 1565 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1565 Collins Ave

City:

Miami Beach

County:

Miami-Dade

State/Province/Region:

Florida

Zip/Postal Code:

33139

Country:

USA

Other Address or Location Information:

Now part of the Lowe's Hotel at 1601 Collins Avenue

Parcel/Tax number or land unit:

02-3234-019-0890

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:

St. Moritz Hotel

Current name:

St. Moritz Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1939

Source for Known Construction Date:

City of Miami Beach Building Department records

Architect/Designer:

Roy F. France

Developer:

Builder:

W. B. Smith

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

Jorgensen & Schreffler and M. H. Connell, engineer

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 design; Ziggurat parapet roofline; Horizontal banding between every floor level on the outer bays of the west elevation; Vertical racing stripes frame central bay; Decorative semi-ovular eyebrow just above eleventh floor level central bay window; Protruding round pilaster with horizontal banding just above this eyebrow; Corner windows; "St Moritz" neon signage centered on west elevation, just above primary entryway; Pink coral stone decorative veneers

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Reinforced Concrete

Foundation:

Concrete pile

Basement:

Building Size:

64' 6" x 190' 6"

Square footage/meters:

121600 (approximate)

Roof Configuration:

Flat

Roof Material

replacement

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

Coral stone

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

stucco

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Jalacy Casement

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

No porch, but a raised entryway framed by a pink coral stone-veneered wall

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 centered on the west elevation; Accessed by stairs at either end of the west elevation

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:

Nature of alterations:

Remodeled and added onto Lowe's Hotel resort complex at 1601 Collins Avenue

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:

3/8/2013

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:	25.7888124113650600
Longitude:	-80.1301677226844600
UTM:	Zone 17R 587207.9389 mE, 2852584.4981 mN
Datum	WGS84

St Moritz 16th St Parking Garage, Collins Ave East Side Elevation

St Moritz Parking Garage, East Elevation of Collins Ave. (top) and Washington Ave. (bottom)

St Moritz Parking Garage, Washington Ave. West Elevation

Historic Advertisement for St Moritz Hotel, created in the 1960's

Interior Original Details from 1939 during Renovation of St Mortiz

Historic photo of West, NW, and North elevations of St Moritz, built 1939

Historic Photo of NE, East, and SE Elevations, built 1939

Historic Photo of SW, N, and E Elevations of St Moritz, built 1939

Historic Photos of original exterior details from 1939

HIstoric Photos of the St Moritz Lobby from 1939

HIstoric Photos of Original St Moritz Lounge Detail from 1939

Historic Photos of Original Loggia Area, Entry, and "Bamboo" Bar from 1939

Original St Moritz lobby walls and floors from 1939

Original Front Stairs from the lobby (left) and original main entry doors from 1939

Historic Post Card of St Moritz from around the 1970s

Historic St Moritz Post Card from around the 1970s

Original Lounge, Front Stairway, and Fireplace detail from 1939

View of St Moritz from Collins Ave, taken around 1980

Attached Files

1565_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1565 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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