Detail: 1130-1136 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1130-1136 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:

02-3234-008-1110

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

14,000 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Current name:

Ocean Reef Suites

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1940-1949

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1949

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Leonard Glasser (1949) and Norman Giller (1953)

Developer:

Builder:

Giller Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

The 1130 Collins portion of the building was constructed in 1949. The second portion of the building at 1136 Collins was added in 1953.

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

Two rectangular buildings with courtyard between

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

apartment/multi-unit complex

Style, Primary:

Miami Modern

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Symmetrical facade design; Little applied ornamentation; One continuous eyebrow above the first floor level extends across the entire east elevation and provides shade to the outside portions of the porch; Terrazzo floors on the porch; "Ocean Reef Suites" neon signage centered on the east elevation just above the first floor level; Large vertical ribbed screen over the entry connects the two buildings and stretches from the second floor level to significantly above the roofline.

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Foundation:

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

19,293 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

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:

fixed

Window remarks:

Multi-pane fixed windows line the north elevation wall of 1130 Collins Avenue and the south elevation wall of 1136 Collins Avenue; Fixed windows across the public east elevation.

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Full-span porch is lifted a few steps off the ground level and is not recessed into the building; Shaded by continuous eyebrow just above the first floor level; Two-colored terrazzo floor; Simple low, stuccoed brick wall lines the porch with metal railing above.

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

full-span

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

flat

Porch Roof Material:

Stucco

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Enter up two steps that lead to the porch and then directly down the corridor that separates the two structures; Each of the two structures has primary entryways on the east elevation servicing the distinct retail shops inside; Primary entryway for the hotel is located on the central corridor that runs between the two buildings.

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

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: 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:

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:

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:

2/7/2013

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:	25.7824077339822300
Longitude:	-80.1314162453689400
UTM:	Zone 17R 587087.4360 mE, 2851874.3642 mN
Datum	WGS84

1130-1136 Collins Avenue east elevation (view when facing west on Collins Avenue)

Ornamentation and signage on the east elevation of 1130-1136 Collins Avenue

Primary entryway for the hotel at 1130-1136 Collins Avenue

Porch along the east elevation of 1130-1136 Collins Avenue

Terrazzo floors on the porch and central corridor of 1130-1136 Collins Avenue

Stuccoed brick wall that lines the porch of 1130-1136 Collins Avenue

Attached Files

1130_-_1136_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1130-1136 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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