Detail: 835 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Hotel

Location

Address:

835 Collins Ave

City:

Miami Beach

County:

Miami-Dade County

State/Province/Region:

Florida

Zip/Postal Code:

33139

Country:

USA

Other Address or Location Information:

Parcel/Tax number or land unit:

02-4203-004-0410

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

7,000 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

54S / 42E / 03

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Dorothy Apartments

Current name:

Lily Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1920-1929

Construction Date Certainty:

Known Construction Date:

1921

Source for Known Construction Date:

City of Miami Beach Building Department records

Architect/Designer:

(None recorded)

Developer:

Builder:

P.J. David

Significant Owner(s):

Historical Summary:

(No record of original building)

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:

Symmetrical tripartite primary elevation; Horizontal banding below second floor level windows and at building's cornice; Continuous eyebrows rounded at building's corners (eyebrows are uniquely fluted along edge); "Lily" signage above primary entryway; Bas relief cornice; Unique multi-colored tile ornamentation on porch

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Concrete Block Stucco

Foundation:

concrete block

Basement:

Building Size:

40' x 135'

Square footage/meters:

12,000 (approximate)

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:

Coral stone used for flooring on porch, along with a unique multi-colored tile design

Principal Windows::

replacement aluminum

Window Panes/Lights:

Window Type:

Jalacy sashes

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Full span porch extends out from underneath building and is shaded by continuous rounded eyebrow; Balustrade with stuccoed posts and aluminum railing between posts with curved/wavy designs

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

full-span

Porch Type:

open porch

Porch Roof Shape:

integrated (under the main)

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway is centered on primary (west) elevation; Single glass door flanked on either side by an adjacent, thin fixed window and a fluted pilaster that extends from ground level up until the first floor level eyebrow

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Present Function:

Domestic: Hotel

Function remarks:

Now functions, along with the two properties directly to the north (841 and 844 Collins Avenue), as part of the Chesterfield Hotel complex

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:

1937-1947

Addition Height:

Addition Placement:

Addition Type:

Extension

Nature of additions:

Addition of several apartment units and hotel rooms over this time period

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:

1/29/2013

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:	25.7788129666054860
Longitude:	-80.1320260810203400
UTM:	Zone 17R 587028.9119 mE, 2851475.8468 mN
Datum	WGS84

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835_COLLINS_AV.pdf

835 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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