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The Royal Poinciana in 1900. The Royal Poinciana Hotel was a Gilded Age hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, United States.Developed by Standard Oil founder Henry Flagler and approximately 1,000 workers, the hotel opened on February 11, 1894.
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.During the 1895–96 winter season, business tycoon Henry Flagler opened the first Breakers resort, then the only oceanfront lodging south of Daytona Beach, to accommodate additional tourists due to the popularity of his Royal Poinciana Hotel.
The Royal Poinciana Hotel in 1900. Around 1900, West Palm Beach had electrical and telephone service, a library, a sewer system, a pumping station, and paved roads. The census recorded a population of 564 in West Palm Beach. [30]: 23 The Breakers Hotel burned down on June 9, 1903. After realizing the futility in attempting to save the building ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Map of West Palm Beach in 1893. In 1890, the United States Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. [11] The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. [5]
Circa 1900 Beachfront homes have long been in demand in places such as Santa Monica, California's Ocean Park neighborhood, pictured here from circa 1900. ... Circa 1900 The beach is a place of ...
The Old Northwood Historic District is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on April 14, 1994) located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The district is bounded by Broadway, North Dixie Highway and 26th and 35th Streets. [3] It contains 320 historic buildings. [4]
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