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Added to NRHP. August 14, 1973. The Breakers Palm Beach is a historic, Renaissance Revival style luxury hotel with 534 rooms. It is located at 1 South County Road in Palm Beach, Florida. The current structure, opened in December 1926, is the third version of The Breakers, as the previous hotel buildings on the site burnt down in 1903 and 1925.
West Palm Beach became the nation's fourth fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. Between 1949 and 1962, property values rose from $72 million to $147.5 million, while the population in 1950 was 43,612 and increased about 30% by 1960.
The following spring, the city denied MTV a permit to set up their stage on the beach, and approximately 2,500 people were arrested as the new laws were strictly enforced. In 1985, 350,000 college students spent about $110 million during the nine-week spring break season; by 2004, 700,000 visitors, mostly families or European tourists, spent ...
Mar-a-Lago ( / ˌmɑːrəˈlɑːɡoʊ /; Spanish for 'Sea-to-Lake') is a resort and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida. Since 1985, it has been owned by former U.S. president Donald Trump, who resides on the premises. Mar-a-Lago was built for the businesswoman and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post between 1924 and 1927, during ...
West Palm Beach: Demolished in 1990. 4: Hibiscus Apartments: Hibiscus Apartments: May 10, 1984 (#84000935) January 4, 2012: 619 Hibiscus Street: West Palm Beach: Destroyed by fire May 1, 1989. Macy's built on site. 5: Palm Beach Winter Club
South Palm Beach, Florida. / 26.59167°N 80.03750°W / 26.59167; -80.03750. South Palm Beach is a town located in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The town is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida and situated on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway.
Whitehall (Henry M. Flagler House) / 26.71417°N 80.04167°W / 26.71417; -80.04167. Whitehall is a 75-room, 100,000 square foot Gilded Age mansion open to the public in Palm Beach, Florida in the United States. Completed in 1902, it is a major example of neoclassical Beaux Arts architecture designed by Carrère and Hastings for Henry ...
Area. less than 1-acre (4,000 m 2) NRHP reference No. 98001230 [1] Added to NRHP. October 8, 1998. The Clematis Street Historic Commercial District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on October 8, 1998) located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The district runs along the 500 Block of Clematis Street. It contains 12 historic buildings.