Detail: 804 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

804 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:

02-4203-004-0340

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:

Crichton Court Apartments

Current name:

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1920-1929

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1922

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

(None Recorded)

Developer:

Builder:

John C. Williams Corporation

Significant Owner(s):

Mrs. Annie R. Crichton (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:

Other

Style, Secondary:

Vernacular

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Spatially recessed central main entrance with two protruding sides; Ground floor of those two side arms are open and use for commercial purposes; Stucco moldings mimicking gabled dormers of vernacular American architectural idiom; Dormers extend for the whole length of the second-story window arrangements on each side

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

concrete block

Foundation:

Reinforced Concrete

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

7,922 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat

Roof Material

replacement Spanish tile

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

terra-cotta

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement

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:

Porch area on ground floor of building extending in front of main entrance and under the open structure of both side arms; Rough terra cotta tiling on porch and ground floor interior; Tiles on front terrace in style of coral stone; Concrete classical flowerpots on each side

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

full-span

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Building entrance is farther set back from the street than neighboring hotels; Spacious front terrace; Two protruding side arms in elevation gradually step back to a recessed main entrance to create a more private access to interior space; Bulky wooden moldings in the upper part of the open building structure covering the side porches

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Present Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Function remarks:

Other use: Restaurant

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:

Moderate alteration

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Yes

Date of major alterations:

1988

Nature of alterations:

Rehabilitation of existing building to mix commercial and residential

Additions?:

Yes

Date of major additions:

1923

Addition Height:

Addition Placement:

upper story

Addition Type:

Nature of additions:

31'x30'x25' Second Story

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:

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:	25.7782412242110800
Longitude:	-80.1312296564140000
UTM:	Zone 17R 587109.1883 mE, 2851413.0538 mN
Datum	WGS84

Crichton Court Apartments east elevation (view when facing west on Ocean Drive)

Primary entryway for the Crichton Court Apartments

Porch on the north half of the east elevation of the Crichton Court Apartments

Porch on the south half of the east elevation of the Crichton Court Apartments

Southeast corner of the second floor level of the Crichton Court Apartments

Attached Files

804_OCEAN_DR.pdf

804 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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