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Ireland's Inn Hotel
Despite a recommendation from the Ft. Lauderdale Historic Preservation Board, the City Commission voted 3 to 2 to deny landmark status for Ireland's Inn at the Commission meeting on June 20. Appeal was denied on October 27. See details below.
Ireland's Inn, 2220 North Atlantic Blvd., Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida. Demolition is imminent.
December 23, 2006, the Broward Trust for Historic Preservation, Inc. submitted an historic designation application to the City of Fort Lauderdale for Ireland's Inn. Approved by the City's Historic Preservation Board on May 1st, the application went to the City Commission on June 20h. where it was denied 3-2. Voting in favor: Mayor Naugle and Commissioner Rodstrom. Voting against: Vice Mayor Hutchinson, Commissioners Teel and Moore. In an appeal, a Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by the Trust with the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit was denied by Judge Horowitz on October 27, 2006. The hotel was closed and the end of March and demolition is imminent.
The Trust and its supporters believed that the designation would have helped secure the future of this outstanding example of Mid-Century Modern architecture, would have offered substantial tax advantages to the owners for renovation and would have allowed the hotel to participate in future growth along the beach. Opened in 1965, Ireland's Inn is one of only a few resorts in South Florida directly on the sand. The architect of record is George E. Waddey. By way of letters to city officials, magazine articles, university student design projects and personal testimony, national and regional architectural experts asserted that the hotel is an important example of Mid-Century Modern, Broward County's signature architectural style.
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