Detail: 1040 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Apartment building

Location

Address:

1040 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:

02-3234-008-1220

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

21,000 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Council Towers North

Current name:

Council Towers North

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1970-1979

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1979

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

William Dorsky Association

Developer:

Builder:

Franklin J. Rooney Association

Significant Owner(s):

Miami Beach Senior Citizen Housing Development Corporation

Historical Summary:

Extant Status:

Not Demolished

Architectural Style and Form

Plan/Footprint Shape:

rectangular

Building Form or Plan Type (core plan):

apartment/multi-unit complex

Style, Primary:

Other

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Rectangular building raised one story level off the ground to provide parking spaces (with the exception of a lobby on the ground floor); Individual balconies on the north and south elevations at every level; Cylindrical shape recessed into east elevation stretching from ground level to above the roof line

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Foundation:

Spread footing

Basement:

Building Size:

118' 2" x 140'

Square footage/meters:

115,036 (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:

casements

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

Small porch recessed into the east elevation just slightly to the north of the cylinder; Porch is raised seven steps up from the ground level and includes a sitting area as well as access to the primary entryway

Porch Height, Stories:

single-story

Porch Configuration:

recessed

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 slightly off-center to the right on the porch; Automatic sliding glass doors; Large fixed windows to the left of the primary entryway line the walls on the northeast corner of the porch

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

Present Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

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:

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:

2/5/2013

Surveyed By:

Melinda Agron

Report Name, or Reason for Survey:

Re-survey of the district

Level of Survey:

reconnaissance

Sources, References, Bibliography

Previously Surveyed?

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:	25.7813487000000000
Longitude:	-80.1316281000000000
UTM:	Zone 17R 587066.9669 mE, 2851756.9379 mN
Datum	WGS84

Northeast corner of Council Towers North

Council Towers North south elevation (view when facing north on Collins Avenue)

Council Towers North along the west side of Collins Avenue

Porch along the east elevation of Council Towers North

Primary entryway at Council Towers North

Council Towers North at 1040 Collins Avenue

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1040 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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