La Flora Hotel

Current/Common name: La Flora

Construction date: documented 1924*

Architect: G.L. Pfeiffer

Builder: A.L. Sammons

Style: Collins avenue hotel, Art Deco . Symmetrical tripartite primary facade design (east elevation); Continuous eyebrow slightly rounded at building corners above first floor level; Portholes with central sculptural relief panels on either side of central bay; Interior and exterior multi-colored terrazzo floor designs; Horizontal banding just below second floor level windows; Each of the three bays is framed by a low-relief rectangle extending from the base of the second floor level windows to above the third floor level windows; Second low-relief rectangle centered above the third floor level windows at each bay extend up to the roofline; "La Flora" signage centered on east elevation just below second floor level windows

Open to the public: Yes. 

Historic Designation: National (Miami Beach Architectural District, 1979) ; Local (Ocean Drive/Collins Avenue District, 1986)

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Architectural Description

This is a 3-story, 3-bay domestic: Hotel building in the Art Deco style built in 1924. The foundation is reinforced concrete. Exterior walls are stucco (primary) and coral stone (secondary). The building has a flat with parapet roof. Windows are replacement aluminum jalacy casement. Jalacy casement windows found in pairs along visible elevations There is a single-story, full-span open porch characterized by an integrated (under the main) roof with round fluted stuccoed posts. Recessed full-span porch runs the length of the east elevation; Continuous eyebrow rounded at corners extends out from building to shade portions of porch; Multi-colored terrazzo floor design including terrazzo "La Flora" signage There is a single-story, front, porch addition. Symmetrical tripartite primary facade design (east elevation); Continuous eyebrow slightly rounded at building corners above first floor level; Portholes with central sculptural relief panels on either side of central bay; Interior and exterior multi-colored terrazzo floor designs; Horizontal banding just below second floor level windows; Each of the three bays is framed by a low-relief rectangle extending from the base of the second floor level windows to above the third floor level windows; Second low-relief rectangle centered above the third floor level windows at each bay extend up to the roofline; "La Flora" signage centered on east elevation just below second floor level windows The builder is recorded as A.L. Sammons. The architect is recorded as G.L. Pfeiffer. The original/significant owner is recorded as William R. Johnson (original).

* Date source: Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser

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