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Background Information <br />334 Atlantic Avenue, known as Water Court Villa, and the associated pergola, were designated <br />as individual landmarks by Miami -Dade County in 1984. (See Appendix B.) After the City of <br />Sunny Isles Beach created their own historic preservation program and incorporated the Historic <br />Preservation Board, the City redesignated the structure and pergola as individual historic sites <br />within the City via Resolution 2005-808. (See Appendix C.) 334 Atlantic Avenue is one of three <br />individual sites designated by the City of Sunny Isles Beach. <br />Sunny Isles was initially developed by Harvey B. Graves. He purchased 2000 acres of land from <br />the Tatum Brothers' Model Land Company, and platted his development into seven subdivisions. <br />Water Court Villa is within the Atlantic Island subdivision. As of the 1984 designation, it was <br />noted that Atlantic Island was the sole single family residential area of Sunny Isles Beach that <br />remained. The pergola that was part of the 334 Atlantic Avenue property was part of the initial <br />development of the subdivision's infrastructure that was utilized in marketing. <br />The house dates to c.1927, in the waning days of the Florida Land Boom. It was originally <br />owned by the Sunny Isles Ocean Beach Company. In 1936, the home was sold to James L. <br />Lee, a real estate broker, as part of a sale involving many acres in the area of Sunny Isles. This <br />sales contract refers to the property as "Water Court Villa." James Lee turned over the contract <br />to the North Miami Beach Corporation. Kurtis R. Froedtert, President of the corporation, took <br />over marketing and development of the subdivision. <br />Aerial of 334 Atlantic Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach, highlighted in yellow. (Miami -Dade County Property Appraiser). <br />Page 2 of 98 13 <br />