Belair in West Palm Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Belair Historic District
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 1, 2024
1. Belair Historic District Marker
The Belair Historic District lies between South Flagler Drive and South Dixie Highway. It is bounded by Plymouth Road on the south and Pilgrim Road to the north. The area was part of a Homestead Act land grant given to South Carolina author James Woods Davidson in 1885. Colonel John Huntington Jones of Rhode Island acquired the land and, in 1895, sold it to Richard Hone. An Englishman, Hone built the first house in what would be the district and used the land as a pineapple plantation. Following Hone's mysterious murder, the land went through a series of sales until William and Sophie Ohlhaber purchased it in 1923. In June that year, Ohlhaber platted the Belair subdivision and constructed the first house in the subdivision for his family. Many of the historic homes were built in the 1920s and early 1930s, during the Florida Land Boom. With the onset of the Great Depression, much of the development dropped off and many lots remained unsold. Entirely residential in nature. the district consists of Mediterranean Revival, Mission Revival, and Wood-Frame and Masonry Vernacular style houses. In 1993, the City of West Palm Beach
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A Florida Heritage Site
Erected 2022 by South End Neighborhood Association and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-1201.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1885.
Location. 26° 40.003′ N, 80° 2.929′ W. Marker is in West Palm Beach, Florida, in Palm Beach County. It is in Belair. It is at the intersection of South Flagler Drive and Plymouth Road, on the right when traveling north on South Flagler Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: West Palm Beach FL 33405, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South Florida, on the Gold Coast, on the Treasure Coast, and in Greater Miami. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 1, 2024
2. Belair Historic District Marker
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: El Cid Neighborhood (approx. 1.6 miles away); Little Red Schoolhouse (approx. 1.9 miles away); Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens/Ann Weaver Norton (approx. 2 miles away); Flamingo Park Historic District (approx. 2.1 miles away); Flamingo Park (approx. 2.2 miles away); Mango Promenade Historic District (approx. 2.3 miles away); Grandview Heights Historic District (approx. 2.3 miles away); Pioneer Memorial Park (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Palm Beach.
Also see . . . Belair Historic District. (Submitted on May 5, 2024, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 5, 2024, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 859 times since then and 87 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 5, 2024, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.
