Detail: 1415 Collins Ave Miami Beach Florida: RuskinARC™

Basics

Resource Category:

Building

Resource Type:

Hotel

Location

Address:

1415 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:

02-3234-008-0680

Local place name:

Setting/Landscape/Site Features:

Acreage, parcel, land unit size:

7,980 SQ FT

Quad/Map name and date:

Date

Township/Range/Section:

53S / 42E / 34

Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Historical Information

Historic name:

Current name:

Villa Paradiso Hotel

Construction Date (range/estimated):

1930-1939

Construction Date Certainty:

documented

Known Construction Date:

1935

Source for Known Construction Date:

Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

Architect/Designer:

Albert Anis

Developer:

Builder:

Harry Sayle

Significant Owner(s):

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:

Art Deco

Style, Secondary:

Notes on architectural style, form, distinguishing features:

Asymmetrical facade designs; Horizontal banding at every floor level, cornice and at building's corners; Low-relief fountain motif sculptural panel on the south end of the west elevation;

Architectural Elements and Features

Number of Stories:

Bays:

Structural System:

Cement blocks

Foundation:

Reinforced Concrete

Basement:

Building Size:

45' x 129' 6"

Square footage/meters:

8,379 (adjusted)

Roof Configuration:

Built-up

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:

double-hung sashes

Window remarks:

Chimney remarks/description:

Chimney Count (first):

Chimney Placement 1:

Chimney Count (second):

Chimney Placement 2:

Porch description, characteristics, details:

No porch

Porch Height, Stories:

Porch Configuration:

Porch Type:

Porch Roof Shape:

Porch Roof Material:

Porch Columns/Posts (upper or only):

Porch Piers (lower):

Primary entryway:

Primary entryway into the hotel is through a gate on the south end of the hotel; Reception and other areas are accessed along the south elevation

Function and Use

Historic Function:

Domestic: Multiple Dwelling

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:

General Condition:

Good

Moved or Relocated?:

Yes

Date moved or relocated:

Relocation remarks:

Also known as1417 Collins Avenue and 1421 Collins Avenue

Alterations?

Yes

Date of major alterations:

1955

Nature of alterations:

Remodeling one large apartment into two smaller apartments

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:

3/1/2013

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:	25.7858535345407500
Longitude:	-80.1306645631946700
UTM:	Zone 17R 587160.2873 mE, 2852256.4782 mN
Datum	WGS84

Villa Paradiso Hotel on the east side of Collins Avenue

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

Villa Paradiso Hotel primary entryway on the south end of the west elevation

Villa Paradiso Hotel south elevation (view when facing north on the east side of Collins Avenue)

Villa Paradiso Hotel primary public doorway

Horizontal banding on the southeast corner of the Villa Paradiso Hotel

Low-relief fountain motif sculptural panel on the west elevation of the Villa Paradiso Hotel

Attached Files

1421_COLLINS_AV.pdf

1415 Collins Ave Miami Beach, Florida USA

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