Detail: 701 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

701 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:

02-4203-051-0001

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:

54S / 42E / 03

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Current name:

Collins Manor Condominium

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1960-1969

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1966

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Sacmag & Associates

Developer:

Builder:

Kleppinger Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

Rajh Homes (original)

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

apartment/multi-unit complex

Style, Primary:

Miami Modern

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Asymmetrical facade design; Individual balconies along the south elevation and wrapping around the southwest corner of the building; Open-air catwalks allow access to individual apartment units on the north elevation

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Concrete pile

Basement:

Building Size:

44' x 135'

Square footage/meters:

23,500 (approximate)

Roof Configuration:

Flat

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:

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:

No public or street entryway; Individual apartment units are access through open-air catwalk on the north elevation or from the interior of the building (not visible from public right of way)

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

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: No
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: No
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:

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Date of major alterations:

Nature of alterations:

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:

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:

1/30/2013

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:	25.7770530602850500
Longitude:	-80.1324124454383800
UTM:	Zone 17R 586991.4542 mE, 2851280.6851 mN
Datum	WGS84

Collins Manor Condominium on the northeast corner of Collins Avenue and 7th street

Collins Manor Condominium west elevation (view when facing east on Collins Avenue)

Collins Manor Condominium south elevation (view when facing north on 7th street)

Southwest corner of the Collins Manor Condominium

Open-air walkway on the north elevation of the Collins Manor Condominium

Attached Files

701_COLLINS_AV.pdf

701 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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