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2. The Breakers (hotel) - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. 'The Breakers is on fire!': 120 years ago, blaze wiped out ...

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   In 1903, when a lake-to-ocean swath of then-still-mostly-undeveloped Palm Beach boasted two resort hotels, a monstrous blaze destroyed one of them, leaving local pioneers struggling to make sense ...

4. With landmarks commission's OK, Breakers to revitalize ... - AOL

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   April 22, 2024 at 5:11 AM. A project to revitalize an outdoor space at the heart of The Breakers resort in Palm Beach is set to become reality. The town's Landmarks Preservation Commission voted ...

5. Need a Vacation? Here's How We Spent a Weekend in Palm Beach

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   The Breakers, standing for nearly 100 years, may just be the epicenter of Palm Beach. Although the famous hotel guests check into now has been open since 1926, its history dates back to the 1890s ...

6. Henry Flagler - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Poinciana Hotel was at the time the largest wooden structure in the world. Two years later, Flagler built the Palm Beach Inn (renamed The Breakers in 1901), overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Palm Beach. Flagler originally intended West Palm Beach to be the terminus of his railroad system, but in 1894 and 1895, severe freezes hit the ...

7. Florida East Coast Railway - Wikipedia

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   : 68 By March 22 of the same year, the railroad system reached what is today known as West Palm Beach. Flagler constructed the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach overlooking the Lake Worth Lagoon. He also built the Breakers Hotel on the ocean side of Palm Beach, and Whitehall, his private 55-room, 60,000 square foot (5,600 m 2) winter home.