Detail: 820 Ocean Dr Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

820 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:

02-4203-004-0330

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:

Shore Park Hotel

Current name:

Shore Park Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1930

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

E. A. Ehrman

Developer:

Builder:

Fred Howland

Significant Owner(s):

Chas. van Antwerp (original)

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Ocean Drive Hotel

Style, Primary:

Mediterranean Revival

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Prominent 3 bay archway on ground floor shape porch; Molding border arches ar ground floor; Rounded windows at second and third floor levels; Twisted columns and pilasters ornament arched windows and belvedere; Hotel name carved into primary facade, centered, just above first floor level; Rough stuccoed walls; Clay barrel tile roof (where roof is visible above belvedere); Symmetry broken down on east elevation by belvedere above third floor level on the southeast corner of the building; Wrought iron railing at belvedere level

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Concrete pile

Basement:

Building Size:

40' x 129'

Square footage/meters:

13,462 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

Roof Material

replacement

Roof remarks/description:

Belvedere sits on the southeast corner of the building and is one story tall

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

one

Dormer Configuration:

Belvedere

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:

First floor level: on either side of the centered primary entryway is a set of three 2x1 single hung sash windows that are arched on the top and each separated by a twisted corinthian column Second floor level: a set of two continuos 2x1 sash windows sit on either side of a set of three 2x1 sash windows with arched top separated by twisted corinthian pilasters centered on the facade Third floor level: a set of two 2x1 sash windows with arched top are separated by a twisted corinthian pilaster, this set sits on either side of a continuous set of three 2x1 sash windows centered on the facade

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Loggia style porch on first floor level; Frame by three bay archways that extend the entire length of the east elevation of the building; Symmetrical with primary entryway directly centered Loggia style on the East elevation; Elevated on steps; Framed by predominant, bulky arcs; Arcs also finishing the sides of the porch facing North and SOuth; Brown veneered wood moldings of 2.5 feet hight

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

full-span

Porch Type:

Arcade

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway centered directly behind center archway of the porch; Glass double door; Flanked on either side by a simply pilaster and the set of three arched sash windows and twisted corinthian columns that separate them

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Present Function:

Domestic: Hotel

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:

Sympathetic alterations or restoration

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Alterations?

Date of major alterations:

Nature of alterations:

Additions?:

Yes

Date of major additions:

1950

Addition Height:

Addition Placement:

Addition Type:

Nature of additions:

Wrought iron railings

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:

1/22/2013

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:	25.7783832624515020
Longitude:	-80.1312020208320600
UTM:	Zone 17R 587111.8556 mE, 2851428.8025 mN
Datum	WGS84

Shore Park Hotel east elevation (view when facing West on Ocean Drive)

Street view of the arched patio at the Shore Park Hotel

Primary entryway of the Shore Park Hotel

View from the north of the patio at the Shore Park Hotel

View from the south of the patio at the Shore Park Hotel

Arched windows and twisted corinthian columns on the porch of the Shore Park Hotel

Detailed view of the Shore Park Hotel and belvedere

Attached Files

820_OCEAN_DR.pdf

820 Ocean Dr Miami Beach, Florida USA

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