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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SC6_boca-raton-town-hall_Boca-Raton-FL.html
Designed in the Mediterranean Revival style by the architect Addison C. Mizner and completed by the architect William E. Alysmeyer, the Boca Raton Town Hall opened in April 1927 as the city's first municipal building, fire station and police depar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SBX_clematis-street-commercial-historic-district_West-Palm-Beach-FL.html
For over 100 years, Clematis Street(named after the Clematis flower has been the primary retail street in West Palm Beach. It was a shell-topped road in 1893, when Henry Flagler(1830-1913) began to develop West Palm Beach as the commercial distric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QAB_conners-toll-highway_Canal-Point-FL.html
Prior to 1923, travel into or out of the Lake Okeechobee Area accomplished only by boat or canoe. In the early 1920's, W. J Conner, a New York winter visitor bought 4000 acres of undeveloped muck land near this site. Development required that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LA2_old-northwood-historic-district_West-Palm-Beach-FL.html
In 1884, The Reverend Elbridge Gale retired to the area later to be known as Old Northwood. He was the first to build a cabin on the west side of Lake Worth. Gale grew mango trees and one of his trees became the first grafted Mangonia to bear frui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KJ6_dive-into-history_Jupiter-FL.html
These shipwrecked iron cannons and anchor were uncovered in July of 1987, just 2000 yards east of this spot in 10 feet of water off Jupiter Inlet. Archives and research link these maritime remains to the Spanish "Aviso" vessel named "San Miguel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KI5_world-war-ii-u-s-naval-housing-building_Jupiter-FL.html
The U.S. Navy constructed this building (circa 1939) on land included in the Federal Jupiter Lighthouse Reservation established by President Franklin Pierce in 1854. Built as Married MenĀ“s Quarters, the two-story wood-frame building had six two-b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XF_coastal-patrol-base-no-3_Lake-Worth-FL.html
Coastal Patrol Base No. 3 at Lantana Airport was one of three 90-day experimental bases established on the east coast of the United States to assist with anti-submarine patrols. Civilian aviators flew missions up to 60 miles out to sea between Pal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS37_del-ida-park-historic-district_Delray-Beach-FL.html
The Del-Ida Park subdivision was first recorded on September 18, 1923. Motivated by patriotic spirit and the optimism of Florida's land boom, Del-Ida Park originally contained streets named after six U. S. Presidents. Mr. J. C. Secord of Miami org…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS1O_j-b-evans-house_Delray-Beach-FL.html
The Sandoway House Nature Center was designed as a home by Samuel Ogren, Sr., in 1936 for early Delray Beach winter resident J. B. Evans, a retired produce broker. It is one of the last remaining Resort Colonial Revival houses in Delray Beach. Sig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS15_the-delray-wreck_Delray-Beach-FL.html
The old shipwreck know as the Delray Wreck rests at the bottom of the ocean in 25 feet of water about 150 yards offshore the south end of Delray's municipal beach. The wreck is broken and scattered into five sections and has long been one of the …
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