Architect Wallace Tutt designed both in the 1930s
According to the brokers, the Nakash family, owners of the former Versace Mansion, are adding to their collection of Art Deco hotels in Miami Beach by purchasing The Orchid House Hotel at 1350 Collins Avenue for $6 million.
The 1930s boutique hotel spans just 6,340 square feet and is in the center of South Beach’s resort district. The hotel includes three villas, a courtyard, a pool, and a two-car garage.
The Orchid House doesn’t have a history as glamorous or grisly as the old Versace Mansion (Gianni Versace was famously shot on its steps in 1997), but the same man who designed the two homes, architect Wallace Tutt.
The Versace Mansion, located on the famed Ocean Drive and known for its Mediterranean revivalist architecture and history, now operates as a hotel under the name Casa Casuarina. It draws millions of tourists each year and is, in fact, the third most photographed home in the United States, after the White House and Graceland, according to Vogue.
By Mark Hallum for www.commercialobserver.com
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