Detail: 1775 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

domestic building

Location

Address:

1775 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:

02-3234-019-0460

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:

The Raleigh Hotel

Current name:

The Raleigh Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1940-1949

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1940

Source for Known Construction Date:

City of Miami Beach Building Department records

Architect/Designer:

L. Murray Dixon

Developer:

Builder:

P. J. Davis Construction Company

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

Originally the Raleigh Hotel had 114 hotel rooms, and six apartment units with dining rooms. The original 45’ x 85’ x 9’ swimming pool was done by the National Swimming Pool Corp and R.A. Belsham engineer. In 1949, Robt. Swartburg enclosed the porch in glass and a concrete roof.

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

Style, Primary:

Art Deco

Style, Secondary:

Streamlined Moderne

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Rounded corner; pink keystone; decorative interior columns; terrazzo floor; porch on west elevation; steel pipe columns; decorative porch rail; porthole windows on the north elevation; vertical accents; boat like auxiliary building at the rear;

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

Wood piling

Basement:

Building Size:

Square footage/meters:

Roof Configuration:

Flat

Roof Material

Roof remarks/description:

Eave Type:

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:

flat

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

round Steel Pipe posts on

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

The primary entryway is a double glass door centered on the elevated porch located on the west facade. The doorway is framed in pink keystone and is flanked by large fixed aluminum windows. The entry is partially covered by a flat roof supported by steel pipe columns. This roof structure holds “The Raleigh” signage. The entryway has a large original terrazzo floor design with an “R”. The interior also has original terrazzo flooring along with decorative columns and a small antique bar.

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:

The northwest corner is rounded and the north elevation has porthole windows. In the middle of the windows on the eight floor of the west elevation are vertical bas-relief panels. Vertical accents ornament the windows on the left side of the west facade.

Latitude:	25.7936562000000000
Longitude:	-80.1295159999999700
UTM:	Zone 17R 587269.7364 mE, 2853121.3721 mN
Datum	WGS84

Elevated Entryway and "The Raleigh" signage

Attached Files

11773-1777_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1775 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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