Detail: 1757 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1757 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:

02-3234-019-0510

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34 SE

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Richmond Hotel

Current name:

Richmond Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1940-1949

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1941

Source for Known Construction Date:

City of Miami Beach Building Department records

Architect/Designer:

L. Murray Dixon

Developer:

Builder:

Pollack Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

Originally the Richmond Hotel had 76 rooms and no restaurant. In 1954, Melvin Grossman did a 6-story addition of 25 new hotel rooms, remodeled ten of the hotel rooms in the old building, and the lobby area. Later that year Grossman also did an addition of cabanas and a new storage room.

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Style, Primary:

Miami Modern

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

terrazzo floor; elevated open porch entryway; eyebrows with rounded corners; "The Richmond" neon signage; tripartite facade; symmetrical; ziggurat roofline; vertical bands; corner windows;

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

Roof Configuration:

Flat

Roof Material

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

parapet walls

Eave Ornamentation:

Dormer Count:

Dormer Configuration:

Exterior Wall Material (primary):

original stucco

Exterior Wall Material (secondary):

original stucco

Notes on exterior materials:

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

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 Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

The primary entryway is a double glass door centered on the west elevation. The surface around the entryway is cladded in marble 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

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 Historic District

Protected by ordinance or regulation?:

Yes

Protection status, remarks:

Evaluation of Potential Eligibility

Rating or Rank

Recommended as a potential landmark?

Criteria:

Significance and Context

Theme(s)

Period of significance

Significance/Context Remarks

Area(s) of Significance

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:

September 30, 2013

Surveyed By:

Kamilah Moorehead

Report Name, or Reason for Survey:

Re-survey of the district

Level of Survey:

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:

An overhang supported by two square columns covers the center of the porch entryway. The overhang has rectangular apertures that illuminate the entry. On the front end of the overhang is “The Richmond” neon signage. The central bay of the structure has vertical bands on the each side. The corner windows have eyebrows that wrap the edge of the building.

Custom / Extra Information

Finished Floor Elevation (NAVD88):

Latitude:	25.7934969876906020
Longitude:	-80.1295071558196800
UTM:	Zone 17R 587270.7397 mE, 2853103.7454 mN
Datum	WGS84

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1757_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1757 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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