Detail: 750 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

750 Ocean Dr

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:

02-4203-004-0140

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

6,500 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

54S / 42E / 03

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Starlite Hotel & Apartments

Current name:

Starlite Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1950-1959

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1952

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Gilbert M. Fein

Developer:

Builder:

Leonard Glickman

Significant Owner(s):

Mr. L. Glickman (original)

Historical Summary:

Engineer: Alfred Oboler; Original use was 30 apartment units- 29 one bedroom and two bathrooms; 1 two bedrooms and three bathrooms

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:

International

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Asymmetrical vertical element; Decorative panels between windows and on vertical element; "Starlite Hotel" signage above entryway; "Starlite" neon signage protruding vertically facing north-south circulation; White railing atop; Horizontal band of windows wraps around northeast corner of building at second, third and fourth floor levels

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

39' 8" x 125'

Square footage/meters:

17,988 (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::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Sliding

Window remarks:

Horizontal sliding; Rectangular casement; Protruding wrap-around windows on northeast corner of building

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

Porch Type:

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Concrete overhang; Stepped entrance; Three sets of double doors on first floor level of primary facade; Terrazzo mosaic flooring; Step-down foyer

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Present Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Function remarks:

Other Present Function: Commercial

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: 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:

40 foot neon sign

Additions?:

Yes

Date of major additions:

1989

Addition Height:

Addition Placement:

Addition Type:

Nature of additions:

Conversion and addition of space into 80 seat restaurant

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:

2012

Surveyed By:

Sophie Juneau & 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:	25.7776900764881170
Longitude:	-80.1313246521496000
UTM:	Zone 17R 587100.0653 mE, 2851351.9523 mN
Datum	WGS84

Starlite Hotel east elevation (view when facing west on Ocean Drive)

Starlite Hotel and neighboring building to the north

Northeast corner of the Starlite Hotel with protruding wrap-around windows

Entryways along Ocean Drive to the Starlite Hotel

Attached Files

750_OCEAN_DR.pdf

750 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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