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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TOG_palm-beach-high-school-historical_West-Palm-Beach-FL.html
In 1886, the first settlers on the Island of Palm Beach built a one room school which still stands on the island as the oldest school in southeast Florida. The students were transported by boat until the school closed in 1901 and was relocated in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TOF_palm-beach-junior-college-historical_West-Palm-Beach-FL.html
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This Mediterranean Revival style building housed Palm Beach Junior College, Florida's first public community college, when it was established here in 1933. The college outgrew these facilities after the Second World War and moved in 1948…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TOE_seaboard-air-line-station-historical_West-Palm-Beach-FL.html
The Seaboard Air Line Railway Station has played an important role in the history of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County. It is a unique example of early 20th century railroad architecture in the Mediterranean Revival style. The Station opened w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TOD_cason-cottage-historical_Delray-Beach-FL.html
In 1899 the Tasker family purchased this block and built a house on the southwest corner. Phoebe A. Verrill bought the house in 1909 and sold it to the Cason family in 1921. The Casons converted the house into apartments and c.1924 built a second …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TNE_flamingo-park-historic-district-historical_West-Palm-Beach-FL.html
There are 501 contributing structures within the Flamingo Park subdivision, which was officially platted on May 17, 1921, with more than 76 building permits issued in 1923. Built on the highest of all coastal ridges between downtown West Palm Beac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TND_grandview-heights-historic-district-historical_West-Palm-Beach-FL.html
In response to the heavy influx of new residents into South Florida at the turn of the century and the introduction of the automobile, local developers and real estate agents purchased the less expensive land outside of the West Palm Beach downtow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TNC_flamingo-park-historical_West-Palm-Beach-FL.html
This site was originally the southeast corner of an eighty-acre parcel purchased by George L. Marsteller of Charleston, South Carolina, in 1884 for $100. Two blocks to the north, between South Dixie Highway and South Olive Avenue, the Lakeside Cem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TNB_cocoanut-grove-house-historical_Palm-Beach-FL.html
The Cocoanut Grove House, once Florida's only hotel on the east coast between Titusville and Key West, Stood at this location. The hotel was originally built in 1876 by Elisha Newton "Cap" Dimick as a private residence for his family Dim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TNA_site-of-the-palm-beach-pier-historical_Palm-Beach-FL.html
Erected and opened to the public in 1925, the pier extended out 1,095 feet from this point. For over forty years, it was a favorite town attraction, featuring a coffee shop, cocktail lounge, restaurant, tackle shop and fishermen's lockers. A serie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TN9_royal-poinciana-chapel-historical_Palm-Beach-FL.html
This Interdenominational Chapel was the earliest church organization in Dade County (of which Palm Beach County was a part). The chapel was founded in 1884 under the auspices of the Home Missionary Society of the Congregational Church by Rev. A.B.…