Detail: 1131 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1131 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:

02-3234-008-0350

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

11,900 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Kent Hotel

Current name:

Kent Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1939

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

L. Murray Dixon

Developer:

Builder:

Prufert-Wien Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

April Realty Company (original)

Historical Summary:

R. A. Belsham, engineer

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:

R. A. Belsham, engineer Asymmetrical facade design; Continuous eyebrows rounded at corners wrap around southwest corner of the building at first, second and third floor levels; Rounded eyebrow above primary entryway; "Kent" neon signage directly above primary entryway; Additional "Kent" neon signage on narrow vertical element that rises significantly above the roofline (mass additionally is ornamented with horizontal banding at the top and a stepped top); Highly ornate use of terrazzo flooring in several different multi-colored designs both inside and outside; Coral rock veneer; Porthole cut-out ornamentation on the southern end of the west elevation; Horizontal banding above first floor level, just below third floor level windows and at cornice; Slightly stepped ziggurat parapet roofline.

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

51' 6" x 135'

Square footage/meters:

23,674 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Flat with parapet

Roof Material

replacement

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

Oolitic limestone

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

stucco

Notes on exterior materials:

Coral stone veneer used around primary entryway, at the first floor level of the building's southwest corner, and around one of the doorways on the porch

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

fixed

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Porch extends out from the building across the western end of the south elevation; Access to porch either from the street at the southern tip of the porch or through the lobby; Terrazzo floor design; Small portion is shaded by an eyebrow above the first floor level of the hotel; Low wall of painted Roman brick supports the elevated porch; Simple metal railing.

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

Half-span

Porch Type:

Open patio

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway is fairly centered on the west elevation up two low steps from the ground level; Decorative metal railing leads up the steps to the doorway; Glass double door flanked on either side and the top by fixed window; Primary entryway is framed by yellow oolitic limestone veneer.

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:

1957

Nature of alterations:

Remodeled 28 hotel rooms into 14 one bedroom/two bath apartment units

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:	25.7824213074825470
Longitude:	-80.1312412343238500
UTM:	Zone 17R 587104.9742 mE, 2851875.9832 mN
Datum	WGS84

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

Primary entryway on the west elevation of the Kent Hotel

Terrazzo floor design in the lobby of the Kent Hotel (immediately infront of the primary doorway)

Terrazzo floor design in the south end of the lobby at the Kent Hotel

Terrazzo floor design in the north end of the lobby at the Kent Hotel

Primary facade along the east side of Collins Avenue of the Kent Hotel

View of the southwest corner of the porch at the Kent Hotel

Porch along the south elevation of the Kent Hotel

Coral stone veneer used to frame a doorway on the porch of the Kent Hotel

Coral stone portholes on the south end of the west elevation of the Kent Hotel

Kent Hotel north elevation (view when facing south on 12th street)

Attached Files

1131_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1131 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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