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Boca Raton, Florida. Boca Raton (/ ˌboʊkə rəˈtoʊn / BOH-kə rə-TOHN; [8][9] Spanish: Boca Ratón [ˈboka raˈton]) is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 97,422 in the 2020 census [5] and it ranked as the 23rd-largest city in Florida in 2022. However, many people with a Boca Raton postal address live ...
www.bocahistory.org. The Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum (also known as BRHS&M) is a non-profit organization and public museum dedicated to preserve and collect history and artifacts of Boca Raton, Florida, United States, for educational and advocacy purposes. [1] The society is known for their goal of historic designation and restoring ...
Yamato Colony, Florida. The Yamato Colony was an attempt to create a community of Japanese farmers in what is now Boca Raton, Florida, early in the 20th century. With encouragement from Florida authorities, young Japanese men were recruited to farm in the colony. There were as many as 75 Japanese men, some with their families, at the peak.
Addison Cairns Mizner (/ ˈmaɪznər / MIZE-ner) (December 12, 1872 – February 5, 1933) was an American architect whose Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style interpretations changed the character of southern Florida, where the style is continued by architects and land developers. [1] During the 1920s Mizner was perhaps the ...
Chabad of Boca Raton, Florida. Chabad of Boca Raton is a Chabad house located in Boca Raton founded in 1989, the present building was erected in 1999. [13] In 1990 city officials permitted it to erect a menorah in Sanborn Square, a city park. [14] [15] [16]
The building was demolished and the site currently houses Boca's City Hall.) He also paid for an elegant, Mediterranean-style depot on the Florida East Coast Railway (in 2017 operated by the Boca Raton Historical Society as a museum). Geist allegedly bought stock in the railroad in order to influence its choice of Boca Raton depot.: 114
The Boca Raton Museum of Art is a Blue Star museum, meaning it offers free admission to active duty military and their families between Memorial Day and Labor Day. [6] The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. A newsletter titled "Muse" is published bi-annually and is available for download on the museum's website.
24 October 1980. The Boca Express Train Museum, operated by the Boca Raton Historical Society, is housed in a restored 1930 Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) train station in Boca Raton, Florida. designed by Chester G. Henninger, built for Clarence H. Geist. It is located at 747 South Dixie Highway, off U.S. 1 (Federal Highway).