Detail: 1701 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Hotel

Location

Address:

1701 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:

02-3234-019-0440

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

57,680 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Ritz Plaza Hotel

Current name:

Ritz Plaza 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:

L. & H. Miller Construction Co.

Significant Owner(s):

Joseph Edell (original)

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:

Ziggurat roofline; Stepped building form; Vertical racing stripe up entire center window bay of building; Less-pronounced vertical racing stripes up center of north/south elevations; Horizontal banding at upper cornice; Exterior and interior multi-colored terrazzo floor designs; Sign tower with "Ritz Plaza Hotel" neon signage; Horizontal banding at sign tower; Corner windows; Stuccoed masonry balustrade surrounding property; Keystone veneer at ground level

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Foundation:

Wood piling

Basement:

Building Size:

88' x 148' 10"

Square footage/meters:

91,194 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Roof Material

replacement

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

Keystone

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:

Full-span protruding uncovered porch runs the length of the west elevation; Raised ten low steps off ground level; Surrounded by stuccoed balustrade of evenly-placed porthole shapes that are crossed at their center; Multi-colored terrazzo floor designs

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

full-span

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

None

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway is centered on the west elevation, directly across from the porch entry; Bordered by two-story high wooden round pilaster (mostly covered in fixed windows)

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:

1989

Nature of alterations:

Full restoration

Additions?:

Yes

Date of major additions:

1953

Addition Height:

single-story

Addition Placement:

upper story

Addition Type:

Extension

Nature of additions:

Addition of two apartment units on 11th floor (N. A. Seiderman, architect)

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:

3/14/2013

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:	25.7925756050773000
Longitude:	-80.1296603240814400
UTM:	Zone 17R 587256.0576 mE, 2853001.6022 mN
Datum	WGS84

Ritz Plaza Hotel on the northeast corner of Collins Avenue and 17th Street

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

Driveway and porch along the east elevation of the Ritz Plaza Hotel

Southern end of the porch along the east elevation of the Ritz Plaza Hotel

Primary entryway on the porch of the Ritz Plaza Hotel

Balustrade surrounding the Ritz Plaza Hotel property

Terrazzo floor design in the lobby of the Ritz Plaza Hotel

Attached Files

1701_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1701 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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