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DATE June 30, 2009
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SJRJEC' Proposed Designation of the Miami Beach Rod & Reel Club as an Historic Site
208 S Hibiscus Drive (aka 218 S. Hibiscus Drive)
On June 29, 2009, at the request of the Chairperson, the Historic Preservation Board held a special
meeting to consider initiating the process of designating the Miami Beach Rod & Reel Club, located
at 208 (aka 218) South Hibiscus Drive, as a local historic site. At this meeting the Board made and
approved a motion to commence the designation process and requested Planning staff to present a
Preliminary Evaluation and Recommendation Report. Following the presentation of the Preliminary
Evaluation and Recommendation Report and hearing public testimony the Board made and approved
a motion to direct the Planning Department to prepare a formal Historic Designation Report for the
proposed designation of the Miami Beach Rod & Reel Club located al 208 South Hibiscus Drive, as
an individual local historic site and Implement interim demolition procedures.
Pursuant to Section 118-591 of the City Code. when the Historic Preservation Board directs staff to
prepare a designation report for a proposed new historic district or site. the Mayor and Ciry
Commission shall be notified of the board's decision and the initial boundaries proposed for
designation. Within 60 days of the vote of the Historic Preservation Board to direct the Planniny
Department to prepare a designation report, the City Commission may. by afive-sevenths vote. deny
or modify the proposed request for designation, as well as establish specific timeframes for the
completion of the evaluation and recommendation and/or designation report. Within this 60 day
period the City Commission may also, by afive-sevenths vote. deny or modify the proposed
designation boundaries. The only scheduled City Commission meetings within this 60 day timeframe
are on July 15. 2009 and July 22, 2009.
Attached, please find a copy of the Preliminary Evaluation and Recommendation Report, prepared by
the Planning Department. which outlines the initial evaluation of the proposed local historic site
located at 208 South Hibiscus Drive.
Please advise if you would like this matter scheduled for discussion at one of these two available City
Commission meetings.
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Robert Parcher. City Clerk
Jorge G. Gomez. Planning Director
Gary Held, First Assistant City Attorney
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD
PRELIMINARY EVALUATION P.ND RECOMMENDATION REPORT
TO: HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD
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Planning Department K/.yG~ .T~
DATE. June 29, 2009 Special Meeting
RE: HPB File No. 6665 Possible Designation of the Miami Beach
Rod and Reel Club - 208 (aka 218) South Hibiscus Drive,
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BACKGROUND
On June 16, 2009, the Chairman of the Historic Preservation Board directed the
Planning Department to schedule a special meeting of the board for the purpose of
hearing and acting upon a request to consider the possible designation of the Miami
Beach Rod and Reel Club as a local historic site. Accordingly, the Planning Department
contacted all board members and scheduled a special meeting for June 29, 2009.
Further, Planning staff prepared a Preliminary Evaluation and Recommendation Report
for submission to the board relative to this possible designation.
PRESENTATION OF PRELIMINARY FINDINGS
At its June 29, 2009 meeting, the City of Miarni Beach Historic Preservation Board may
make a motion requesting that the Miami Beach Rod and Reel Club: located at 208 (aka
218) South Hibiscus Drive, be designated as a local historic site. If such motion is made
and passed, the board may request a presentation by the City of Miami Beach Planning
Department to the Historic Preservation Board of the Preliminary Evaluation and
Recommendation Report relative to the possible designation of the A+liami Beach Rod
and Reel Club as a local historic site. Following this presentation and public testimony.
the Board may make a motion to direct the Planning Department to prepare a
Designation Report for the subject site.
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE "MIAMI BEACH ROD AND REEL CLUB" AND
FORMER "CLUB LIDO"SITE
tJliami Beach Building Department records show that a building permit was issued for the
construction o(a"'club house" at 218 (aka 208) South Hibiscus Drive, on Hibiscus Island,
on January 6, 1925. The original 80' wide by 85' 8" deep club house, known as the
"Club Lido", was designed by prominent local architects Edwin L. Robertson and
Lawrence R. Patterson, with an estimated construction cost of $24,250.00. The General
Contractor was identified as P. J. Davis Construction Company.
The original "Club Lido' may be generally described as a grand one story
Mediterranean-Revival style stucco structure roughly square in plan with robust two story
"towers" defining its NW, SW, and SE corners. Each of these distinctive 'buttressed'
towers was capped by a grand copper dome and center finial. On the west or principal
facade of the building, the corner towers framed a formal continuous recessed entrance
portico with barrel the roof and frieze panel supported by four stately Tuscan style
columns (that still exist within a storage room behind 1953 construction). The name
"Club Lido" was scripted in stylish letters on the frieze panel above a centrally located
pair of French entrance doors with transom and sculpted 'surround'. On the south side
of the club, the corner towers framed an expansive screened porch with projecting
canvas awning overlooking the water, dock, and south lawn. A continuous stucco
parapet wall with barrel file pen[-eaves framed the area above the south porch and also
contained the name of the club. All original window and door openings appear to have
been framed with decorative stucco moldings, many of which remain intact today along
with the three original corner towers, which are also substantially intact.
A 1925 advertisement for the Club Lido describes the new facility as follows:
"The most distinctive and exclusive supper and dinner club in aN Florida. !n this, its first
year, the distinguished clientele of the Clubs Lido and Trocadcro of New York found a
social center on Hibiscus Island for their southern sojourn. REOPENS DECEMBER
THIRTY-FIRST"
In reality, the Club Lido was reputed to have been a social club and illegal gambling and
drinking establishment during Prohibition. By 1934, following the end of Prohibition, the
Club Lido had closed. By 1935, the Miami Beach Rod and Reel Club, a sport fishing
club formed in 1929 by local fishermen, and originally located on Biscayne Bay at Purdy
Avenue, had relocated to the former Club Lido site and structure.
The original Club Lido was constructed in 1925 on Lot 30 of Hibiscus Island. Hibiscus,
Island, which was started in 1921 and completed in 1924, was the second of a pair of
newly created man-made residential islands in the center of Biscayne Bay. The islands
were formed by dredging the Bay bottom and depositing the overburden inside of a
perimeter retaining wall defining the shape of the island. The first island of this pair,
Palm Island, was started in 1919 and completed in 1921. Palm and Hibiscus Islands
were designed to be tropical residential retreats that were conveniently accessible from
Miami and Miami Beach via the new Dade County Causeway (renamed the General
Douglas MacArthur Causeway following World War II). They were linked to each other
and to the County Causeway by Fountain Drive. Both islands were created by the
Biscayne Bay Islands Company.
The Club Lido's unique site, measuring 120' wide by 175' deep, overlooked the tranquil
waters of Biscayne Bay separating Hibiscus Island from Palm Island to the south. In
1925, which was only one year after Hibiscus Island had been completed, the club
house would have been one of the first structures to be built. Driving north on Fountain
Drive in 1925, the club house, with its majestic towers and copper domes, must have
appeared to visitors as a floating palace on the island's southern shoreline.
A review of the 1935 Franklin Survey of Miami Seach and Golden Beach reveals that Lot
30, on which the original club house was constructed, was at that time still one of only
seven lots that had been developed on the south side of the island. The south side was
platted with sixty waterfront parcels. The survey also shows the club house property then
labeled as the "Miami Beach Rod & Reel Club", which is consistent with the Club Lido
having closed by 1934. The two 1930 rear additions to the original Club Lido also
appear in the 1935 survey.
A review of the City's 1941 aerial photographs reveals that the larger of the two 1930
additions to the original Club Lido was a gable roof structure appended at the northeast
(chamfered) corner of the original structure; the smaller of the rear additions was a shed
roof structure near the center. The three original copper corner domes are clearly visible
in this 1941 aerial photograph, sixteen years after the club's original construction.
By 1952, the G.M. Hopkins survey of Miami Beach shows the Rod and Reel Club site
expanded one lot eastward, to include Lot 29, resulting in today's 180' wide by 175' deep
club site. No construction is shown on Lot 29.
A review of the City's 1954 aerial photographs reveals the major north addition to the
Rod and Reel Club that was constructed in 1953. This addition added substantially to
the earlier rear additions constructed in 1930, and changed the appearance of the
original club house architecture on the west and north sides of the original building quite
significantly. This 1954 aerial photograph additionally shows, unfortunately, that only one
of the club's original three copper domes, constructed nearly 30 years earlier, was still
intact at the southeast corner. Whether the two west domes were intentionally removed
in 1953 in conjunction with the construction of the large north addition or whether they
were damaged in storms and removed, it not know by staff at this time. The three
original corner towers remained substantially intact. According to Rod and Reel Club
officials, the third original dome, at the southeast corner of the club house, was severely
damaged by Hurricane Wilma in 2005, and was not rebuilt. Currently, the club house
has no domes.
The 1953 north addition to the f1>liami Beach Rod and Reel Club had the most major
impact upon the club's original 1925 design by Robertson and Patterson. This was
apparently both for the programmatic and functional reasons of providing more enclosed
area as the club grew, but it was also a clear effort to 'modernize' the visual image of the
club in the Post World War II modern era. The design of the 1953 addition as well as the
exterior alterations to the west facade of the original 1925 structure clearly informs us of
this intent. This was not unique fo the Rod and Reel Club; such 'image' adjustments
were made to existing architecture across the nation in the post-war years. This was
especially true right on Lincoln Road. lNhile no plans for the 1953 addition to the Rod
and Reel club have yet been located by Planning staff, the addition and alterations may
generally be described as follows:
In 1953, a large one story north addition was constructed to accommodate a new
'modern' front entrance to the club facing Fountain Avenue as well as more floor area.
Facing Fountain Drive, a partially angled new west wall with cantilevered projecting
canopy above, defined this 'new' low and lean entrance area. The new front entrance
door was relocated to a position immediately adjacent to the north side of the original
7925 northwest corner tower. This modern angled wall was further distinguished and
'modernized' by the employment of a painted brick or brick-like veneer with strong
horizontal lines quite favored by designers in the post-war period. This brick veneer was
further extended southward at the same height along much of the original west facade of
the 1925 club house.
At the same time, the 1925 club house had its entire original recessed entrance portico
on the west facade, with its four Tuscan columns and barrel file roof, sealed in behind a
new smooth facade which was extended to the height of the original corner towers. The
'sealing in' of this original 1925 facade, and the extension of the modern 1953 brick
veneer partially across its face, was apparently an attempt to 'erase' much of the visual
memory of the 1925 structure, and in a relatively low cost manner. An inspection of the
original 1925 building by staff revealed that much of the original recessed entrance
portico, including the Tuscan columns, appears to remain still intact within a closet area
that was formed from the original recessed front entrance portico. Aside from this brick
veneer, all other surfaces of the west facade of both the 1953 addition as well as the
original building were finished with smooth stucco. It is possible that the removal of the
two original west domes may have also been a part of this 'modern' 1953 makeover.
On the south side of the original 1925 club building, few significant exterior changes
appear to have been made during the 1953 construction, beyond the loss or removal of
the southeast corner dome; the glass enclosure of the former open terrace area, and;
the removal of sections of the original south wall in order to create larger openings.
Over the course of time, a multitude of additions appear to have been made in
piecemeal fashion on the north side of the original building. This somewhat haphazard
assortment of additions has not had a happy effect on the character of the north side of
the Rod and Reel Club or on the adjacent neighborhood.
Much of the original public interior area and architectural details of the 1925 club house
have been carefully preserved over time, and can still be admired and appreciated today
for the remarkable story they tell. A careful comparison of current photographs of the
main social hall with an historic photograph shows how much respect has been afforded
to the original 1925 interior character of the club.
THE ARCHITECTS
Please see the attached 1924 biographies of E. L. Robertson and L. R. Patterson,
written up in the Miami Daily News. Together, these two prominent architects
established the design firm of Robertson and Patterson, in 1923 that designed the
Washington Storage Company on Washington Avenue, in 1935, known today as the
Woffsonian, as well as the Netherlands Hotel, al 1330 Ocean Drive, among other
prominent structures.
EVALUATION
Clearly, both the existing Miami Beach Rod and Reel Club site and structure as well as
the social organization in itself, which staff understands to be the second oldest sport
fishermen's club organized in the United Stales (according to Rod and Reel Club
sources), have high historic value and importance within the City of Miami Beach as well
as the entire South Florida region. Much of the original 1925 architecture of the original
Club Lido building remarkably still exists. While many additions and alterations have
been made over time, some of which might be viewed as unsympathetic to the original
1925 design, these alterations and additions appear to have been made by necessity of
economy in trying keep up with the needs of a growing and evolving community sport
fishing and social club.
Based upon a preliminary inspection by staff, few of the alterations to fhe original 1925
club house would appear outwardly to be irreversible, if so desired, both to the exterior
of the structure as well as to its significant public interior spaces. The original recessed
front entrance portico could likely be restored and the original three domes could likely
be reconstructed, in the hands of a competent preservation architect and skilled
contractor. Furthermore, in the future, appropriate alterations could be made to the
myriad additions to the original building which would enable them to be more compatible
with the historic character of the structure as well as to improve upon their efficiency.
Such improvements would similarly, strongly benefit the unique character of the
surrounding Hibiscus Island residential neighborhood.
An equally important factor that both staff and the Historic Preservation Board should
understand, however, is that half or more of this club house is still an original 1925 wood
frame structure. It is indeed very challenging to maintain such a structure in a waterfront
environment, let alone restore it to its former architectural glory by anot-for-profit social
organization.
If historically designated, this site should be eligible to apply for the Miami-Dade County
Historic Preservation Ad Valorem Tax program for a ten year period tax rebate, for the
added value of "qualifying improvements' made to the structure, as determined by the
County Tax Appraiser. Additionally, if designated, the County Tax Appraiser may not
value this waterfront property solely on the "highest and best use" of the land. The
appropriate and reasonable use and limitations of the historic structure are supposed to
be taken into consideration by the Tax Appraiser. This could possibly help to reduce
property taxes. Other preservation grants, from the State and the County, may also be
available. The potential benefits of historic designation, in combination with good
planning, good programming, and good management of the facility: could be a
significant factor in the future of this historic resource.
RECOMMENDATION
Therefore, based upon the evidence presented in the above historical overview and
evaluation, and the architectural significance of the subject property, and in accordance
with Sec. 118, Article X, Division 4, of the Land Development Regulations of the City
Code, the staff of the City of Miami Beach Planning Department recommends that the
Historic Preservation Board direct staff to prepare a formal Historic Designation Report
for the proposed designation of the Miami Beach Rod and Reel Club, located at 208
(aka 218) South Hibiscus Drive, as a local historic site.
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for their souther°n sojourn.
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This buildi g was const-ucted in 1925 as 'hc Club Lidv, a social clot; and
cie_facta iJc~al gambling and drinking establisnmcnt during Prohibition. it +vas
designed by p-arrrinent Miami archirects Edwin L. Robertson and Lawrence R.
Patterson, who had formed a partnership the n:•cvious year.
Original plans were not fo~.md on microfilm in the Miami Beach I3uSlcing
Department, but a 19?_~ nc;wspaper article, di:scribes tiie intended building as "of
one story, ~+=ith =lzree large towers covered with copper domes (and) a large
ballroom surrounding a patio dance floor."1 The Building Permit Card documc;:`s
it. as a twv-story "Club House" costing ~24,25U. 'I~=o photographs of the Uuiidi g,
taken in .Januan= 1929, were found in the Matlack Collection at the Historical
Museum of Southern Florida. Additions and alterations were made to the bt:rilding
in 1930 aad ].953, but no plans were found on microfilm for these either.
In 1929, E.L.Robertson repeated the copper dvme feature in the Uasis
Restaurant at 801 Vl%ashinglon Avenue. Other buildings by Robertson tL• Patterson
u: Miami Beach include the VlVashington Storage Building (now Vdolfsonian;'F1U:1 in
1927, and the Netherlands Hotel on Ucean Drive in 1935.
Meanwhile, the Miami Beach Rod and Recl Club was formed by a group of
sports fishermen in I929; with headquarters on Purdy Avenue just north of <1~,e
Venetian Causeway. Several archival photographs of the Rod fi:, Reel Club shoe.'
the clocks a: that location. in the early- 193Us. By 1934, accordi: g to Polk'S Ci.p~
Directory, the Club Lido on Hibiscus Island hacl closed (perhaps because
Prohibition:- had ended;, and by 1935 L:re: Rvd f~ k:eel Clui7 moved to Uiis iocati;;r,
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Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board
Special Meeting
June 29, 2009
HPB File No. 6665: Pcssit~le Designation of the Miami Beach Rod & Reel
Club as a Local i lisioric °,itc
RELATION TO ORDINANCE CRITERIA -Preliminary Evaluation
1. In accordance with Section 118-592 in the Land Development Regulations
of the City Code, eligibility for designation is determined on the basis of
compliance with the listed criteria set forth below.
(a) The Historic Preservation Board shall have the authority to recommend
that properties be designated as historic buildings, historic structures,
historic improvements, historic landscape features, historic interiors
(architecturally significant public portions only), historic sites or historic
districts if they are significant in the historical, architectural, cultural,
aesthetic or archeological heritage of the city, the county, state or
nation. Such properties shall possess integrity of location, design,
setting, materials, workmanship, feeling or association and meet at
least one (1) of the following criteria:
Satisfied; The construction of Club Lido on Hibiscus island in 1925,
only one year following the 1924 completion of Hibiscus Island by the
Biscayne Bay Islands Company. was clearly significanf in the
successful development history of both Hibiscus and Palm Islands, as
welt as in the history of the City of Miami Beach. Not only was the
Club Lido one of the very first buildings to be constructed on the
Hihiscus Island, it was also the first social club ever to be established
there, where it provided an almost immediate social and visual focal
point in the center of Biscayne Bay. Furthermore, the design and
construction of the Club Lido brought an architectural style of high
aesthetic appeal and stafure to the islands, as well as prominent focal
architects who were qualified to execute it. The proposed historic site,
now the Miami Beach Rod & Reel Club, still possess the integrity o(its
original location on Hibiscus Island, despite more than eighty years of
hurricanes, storms, and economic crises.
(1) Association with events that have made a significant
contribution to the history of the city, the county, state or nation;
Satisfied; The Club Lido was directly associated with the first
major land development "boom" period in Miami Beach,
following World War One. It was further associated with the
early successful creation of "man-made" istands in Biscayne
Bay by dredging up the Bay bottom which yielded land fill for
new islands as well as created deep channels for navigation.
(2) Association with the lives of persons significant in the city's past
history;
Satisfied; The proposed historic site is associated with the life
of Mr. L. T Highleyman, the President of the Biscayne Islands
Company that created and developed Palm and Hibiscus
Islands by purchasing the submerged (bay bottom) lands frorn
the Trustees of the (State) Internal improvement Fund, on
January 98. 1998.
(3) Embody the distinctive characteristics of an historical period,
architectural or design style or method of construction;
Satisfied; The original 9925 structure on the proposed historic
site embodies the distinctive characteristics of the
Mediterranean Revival Style of architecture, the style of choice
used by successful developers in the mid-i920s period in Miami
Beach as well as other areas of South Florida. The structure,
incorporates wood frame construction with a smooth stucco
finish, typical of the historical period, as well as robust corner
Powers (originally with three copper domes), multi-life windows
with original decorative moldings, a partially intact (but now
concealed within the interior of the building) main entrance
portico with four Tuscan style columns supporting a frieze panel,
and south porch overlooking the waterway, as well as several
original interior decorative features in the main social hall,
including columns with ornamental brackets and beams, raised
ceiling, and projecting balcony.
(4) Possesses high artistic values;
Satisfied; The remaining original 9925 building, with its robust
corner towers transifioning frorn a square pedestals to the round
bases needed to support the former domes, together with the
original Mediterranean Revival style decorative window
moldings and the pleasing architectura! proportions of the south
elevation of the building, with its expansive porch and terrace
overlooking the waterway, possess high artistic value. This
value could be even more greatly enhanced by sensitive
restoration of the missing domes as well as re-opening the
original front entrance portico, with its Classical columns.
(5} Represent the work of a master, serve as an outstanding or
representative work of a master designer, architect or builder
who contributed to our historical, aesthetic or architectural
heritage;
Satisfied; The original Club Lido, constructed in 1925, was
designed by E.L. Robertson and L.R. Patterson, two very
prominent local architects who also designed the Washington
Storage Company (now known as fhe Wolfsonian) on
Washington Avenue as well as the Netherlands Hotel on Ocean
Drive.
(6) Have yielded, or are likely to yield information important in pre-
history or history;
Satisfied; The proposed Miami Beach Rod and Ree! Club
historic site yields important information in the history of
development in Miami Beach and Hibiscus Island by preserving
one of the earliest structures to be built on the newly created
manmade island. The unique wood frame structure is
informative of how a relatively !ow cost building, through the use
of skillful design, could enhance fhe visual image of a
neighborhood and attract adjacen! development.
Further, fhe existing original 1925 building informs us of the
history of a "social club' operating during the time of Prohibition,
as well as of the history of one of the oldest and most important
sport fishing clubs in the United States.
(7) Be listed in the National Register of Historic Places;
Partially satisfied; !f ifs domes and original front entrance
portico were to be restored, staff believes the original 1925
structure would be eligible for listing on the National Register of
Historic Places.
(8) Consist of a geographically definable area that possesses a
significant concentration of sites, buildings or structures united
by historically significant past events or aesthetically by plan or
physical development, whose components may lack individual
distinction.
Not Applicable
(b) A building, structure (including the public portions of the interior),
improvement or landscape feature may be designated historic even if it
has been altered if the alteration is reversible and the most significant
architectural elements are intact and repairable.
Satisfied; Many of the original significant architectural features of tl>e
1925 club house structure remain substantially intact today, albeit
concealed behind later Payers of construction. Others could be
reconstructed.
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