This statue is to honor the early Glades pioneers and the more than two thousand persons who lost their lives in the disastrous 1928 hurricane. — — Map (db m277265) HM
The Everglades Experiment Station was established on this site in 1921 to help families deal with the challenges of living and working in the area. Soil nutrient deficiencies and two major hurricanes in 1926 and 1928 hindered early research. UF . . . — — Map (db m114917) HM
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In the 1940s, during the era of segregation, children of color living in Belle Glade attended Everglades Vocational High School, which served grades 1-12. In 1955, the school was renamed Lake Shore High School and served grades 7-12. . . . — — Map (db m228457) HM
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The Boca Raton Army Air Field (BRAAF), established in 1942, included land bordered by Palmetto Park Road to the south, Dixie Highway to the east, Yamato Road to the north, and Military Trail to the west. It totaled 5,820 acres and . . . — — Map (db m174877) HM
Boca Raton Fire Engine No. 1, “Old Betsy,” is a 1925 American LaFrance Type 75 Triple Combination fire engine, built in Elmira, New York. The Boca Raton Town Council approved funds for a fire engine on October 21, 1925. On April 20, 1926, studies . . . — — Map (db m272174) HM
Designed in the Mediterranean Revival style by the architect Addison C. Mizner and completed by the architect William E. Alysmeyer, the Boca Raton Town Hall opened in April 1927 as the city's first municipal building, fire station and police . . . — — Map (db m94687) HM
The rails of Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway first reached Boca Raton in 1895 providing an essential link in the extension of the railroad system south to Miami and the Florida Keys, and fostering the tourism and agricultural . . . — — Map (db m96926) HM
In October 1925, architect Addison Mizner announced construction of houses for his company’s executives and his brother, the Reverend Henry Mizner, in the subdivision now known as Old Floresta. The Robinson Company, a New York contractor building . . . — — Map (db m41667) HM
In the early 1950s, the site directly across from Boca Raton’s Old Town Hall, formerly a bus station, sat empty.
In 1953, owner of the land Eleanor Sanborn, graciously allowed the town‘s annual holiday celebrations to take place there. By 1955, . . . — — Map (db m161133) HM
Circa 1917 • Circa 1928 • Circa 1968
Boca Raton residents and visitors have enjoyed the pavilion since the early 1900s. The existing pavilion was renovated in 2003 for future generations to enjoy. — — Map (db m269008) HM
Along this beach in the 1880’s and early 1890’s walked United States mailmen on their sixty-six mile journey between Palm Beach and Miami. The trip required three days each way and they passed this spot the second day. They walked barefoot at the . . . — — Map (db m96964) HM
On this spot in June 1942, spies from German U-boats landed and occupied Dr. William Sanford’s home built on this site in 1937. The subs, deployed during WWII as part of Hitler’s Operation Drumbeat, torpedoed tankers and freighters traveling the . . . — — Map (db m114951) HM
Boynton Elementary School/Boynton School, designed by West Palm Beach architect William Maughlin, is of the masonry vernacular style, has two floors, six classrooms and attic space leading to the belfry. The original staircase and floors were built . . . — — Map (db m129300) HM
The Barton Memorial Park Cemetery, originally known as Cherry Hill, was the original burial ground in Boynton for the African-American community. As very few records exist it cannot be established when the first burial took place or who exactly is . . . — — Map (db m159163) HM
The area surrounding this site was first settled in the late 1890s. For six decades, a handful of doctors and midwives provided rudimentary medical care to area residents. With the nearest hospital located 18 miles away in West Palm Beach, critical . . . — — Map (db m96494) HM
The Boynton Woman’s Club was designed in Mediterranean Revival style by the famous Palm Beach architect Addison C. Mizner. The Woman’s Club is significant for both its architectural merit and contributions to the cultural development of Boynton . . . — — Map (db m96653) HM
A school for black children was established before 1900 by members of the St. Paul AME Church. In 1907, the congregation petitioned the Dade County School Board for a teacher and built a small building on donated land. The school received its most . . . — — Map (db m223346) HM
The South Lake Worth Inlet was constructed between 1925 and 1927 to improve water quality and circulation between the south end of Lake Worth and the Atlantic Ocean. The first inlet to Lake Worth was cut in the mid-19th century at the north end of . . . — — Map (db m209133) HM
Prior to 1923, travel into or out of the Lake Okeechobee Area was accomplished only by boat or canoe. In the early 1920’s, W. J. Conner, a New York winter visitor bought 4000 acres of undeveloped muck land near this site. Development required that . . . — — Map (db m91951) HM
Evolving out of late rock gardens, flat gardens make liberal use of plant material and often incorporate open space by relying on the design technique called “borrowed scenery” (shakkei). — — Map (db m292680) HM
浄土庭園
Paradise Garden
(Kamakura and early Muromachi Periods, 13th–14th centuries)
An earthly representation of the Pure Land, or Buddhist heaven. Such gardens exhibited the first step toward abstraction in . . . — — Map (db m292676) HM
Atlantic Avenue’s crossing of the Florida East Coast Canal (now the Intracoastal Waterway) played an important role in the early history of Delray Beach. Civil engineer Burslem Thomson drew the first plat of “Linton,” now Delray Beach, . . . — — Map (db m96884) HM
Sara Gleason, Belle G. Dimick Reese and Ella M. Dimick Potter dedicated this beach to the public in 1899. In 1895 Sarah Gleason and her husband’s business partner, W.H. Hunt, sold a parcel of land containing the beach area to William S. Linton for . . . — — Map (db m96920) HM
In 1899 the Tasker family purchased this block and built a house on the southwest corner. Phoebe A. Verrill bought the house in 1909 and sold it to the Cason family in 1921. The Casons converted the house into apartments and c.1924 built a second . . . — — Map (db m96763) HM
In recognition of these Organizations’ contributions to the cultural development of Delray Beach, the City Commission designated these locations as historic sites on April 11, 1989.
• 1895 School No. 4 Delray Colored, located at this site
• . . . — — Map (db m96880) HM
The Asian-American Federation of Florida
The Japan-America Society of South Florida
respectfully dedicate this lantern to the memory of
Col. Ellison Shoji Onizuka
and his Challenger crewmates
Jan. 25, 1987
in cooperation with . . . — — Map (db m292682) HM
Recorded in 1923, Del-Ida Park was one of Delray Beach’s earliest planned neighborhoods. Del-Ida Park’s unusual diagonal arrangement of streets, triangular lots, and public parks are unique when contrasted with the grid pattern layout of the . . . — — Map (db m96970) HM
The Del-Ida Park subdivision was first recorded on September 18, 1923. Motivated by patriotic spirit and the optimism of Florida’s land boom, Del-Ida Park originally contained streets named after six U. S. Presidents. Mr. J. C. Secord of Miami . . . — — Map (db m96971) HM
The Delray Beach Hotel was constructed on this site in 1939. Engineered by William Victor Peterson and built by Taylor Construction, the Mediterranean style hotel featured a Cuban tile roof, high ceilings with exposed beams, and large glass windows . . . — — Map (db m96888) HM
After the Civil War, the population in the Confederate States declined dramatically as a result of the mass exodus of freed slaves. In Florida, however, the population increased from around 140,000 in 1860 to 530,000 in 1900. Half of these early . . . — — Map (db m96882) HM
A landscape design which expresses nature in a more abstract manner by eliminating water but suggesting its presence. Such gardens were inspired by the newly imported sect of Zen Buddhism, and were in imitation, not of nature directly, but of . . . — — Map (db m292678) HM
An orange grove, once located at this site, played a role in the early development of Delray Beach. Until 1876, an old, sour orange grove was the only distinguishable characteristic within 60 miles of a sparsely inhabited subtropical wilderness . . . — — Map (db m96885) HM
This 40’ freight section is all that remains of the old railroad station constructed in 1896 by the Florida East Coast Railway Company. The station originally stood on the east side of the tracks, one block south of Atlantic Avenue. The original . . . — — Map (db m96973) HM
The Sandoway House Nature Center was designed as a home by Samuel Ogren, Sr., in 1936 for early Delray Beach winter resident J. B. Evans, a retired produce broker. It is one of the last remaining Resort Colonial Revival houses in Delray Beach. . . . — — Map (db m41839) HM
A completely abstract garden space enclosed by walls and composed principally of rock arrangements and coarse gravel as an aid to meditation in a Zen Buddhist discipline.
Funded by the Homer & Martha Gudelsky Family Foundation — — Map (db m292679) HM
Primarily developed between 1922 and 1943, the Marina Historic District displays a variety of architectural styles including Mediterranean and Mission Revival, Monterey, Minimal Traditional, Frame Vernacular and Art Moderne. The prominent . . . — — Map (db m41818) HM
The Marina Historic District, a historically small-scale neighborhood, was primarily developed from 1922 to 1943 and showcases many irreplaceable architectural resources. Later development of the 1940s, 1950's, and beyond provides prime examples of . . . — — Map (db m41704) HM
Nassau Park, Delray Beach’s first locally designated historic district, spans two blocks along Nassau Street from South Ocean Boulevard to Venetian Drive. In 1935, a newspaper ad for Ray-Del Realty Co. described Nassau Park as “West Indian . . . — — Map (db m96886) HM
The Old School Square site is the namesake of the locally and nationally designated Old School Historic Districts. It is also Individually listed to the National Register of Historic Places as the “Delray Beach Schools”. The adjacent buildings on . . . — — Map (db m269009) HM
Old School Square Historic District is named for its focal point, the Old School Square Complex at 51 North Swinton Avenue which is made up of the circa 1913 Vernacular style Delray School designed by J.M. Cromer, the city’s first separate high . . . — — Map (db m96972) HM
One of several built by Treasury Department between Cape Canaveral and Cape Florida for rescue and sustenance of shipwrecked. Named for wild sour orange grove nearby, H.D. Pierce, first keeper, arrived with family May 1876. Here August 15, 1876, was . . . — — Map (db m96919) HM
The old shipwreck know as the Delray Wreck rests at the bottom of the ocean in 25 feet of water about 150 yards offshore the south end of Delray’s municipal beach. The wreck is broken and scattered into five sections and has long been one of the . . . — — Map (db m41819) HM
The Wakodahatchee Wetland Boardwalk was created to inspire and educate people about the importance of water conservation. Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department has recognized the need to recycle water in order to conserve this most . . . — — Map (db m297769) HM
Established in 1894, the West Settlers area is the site of the first African-American settlement in Delray Beach. African-Americans from the north and west Florida, Georgia and South Carolina were the first non-Native Americans in the area, laying . . . — — Map (db m96807) HM
The West Settlers community, established in 1894 as Delray Beach’s first African-American community, was self-sufficient with commercial buildings and churches serving its residents. Originally N Blackmer Street, NW 5th Avenue was the hub of . . . — — Map (db m96808) HM
A bonsai (pronounced BONE-SIGH) is a tree that has been pruned and trained and is growing in a container or on a slab rather than in the ground. The word bonsai also signifies the art of dwarfing such trees through pruning . . . — — Map (db m292681) HM
In 1992, North Ocean Boulevard (State Road A1A) in the Town of Gulf Stream, was designated as a State Historic Scenic Highway to preserve the last remaining Australian Pine Canopy and the original character and beauty of the 1920s A1A in Florida. . . . — — Map (db m96891) HM
In 1992, North Ocean Boulevard (State Road A1A) in the Town of Gulf Stream, was designated as a State Historic Scenic Highway to preserve the last remaining Australian Pine Canopy and the original character and beauty of the 1920s A1A in Florida. . . . — — Map (db m97421) HM
The U.S. Star Mail Route provided the first regular direct communication between this area and Miami. The mail carriers walked barefoot on the wet hard-packed sand along the ocean’s edge. Boats were rode or sailed on Lake Worth and Biscayne Bay and . . . — — Map (db m166005) HM
As a memorial to the pioneers of this section of Florida. On this spot the Celestial Railroad, once connecting Jupiter with Juno, is crossed by the Federal Highway.
Juno, at the north end of Lake Worth was the county seat of Dade County, then . . . — — Map (db m97052) HM
• The 7½-mile Celestial Railroad, officially named the Jupiter and Lake Worth Railway (J.& L.W.), operated from 1889 to 1895.
• In those days, ocean-going ships had no navigable access to Lake Worth and its towns, such as West Palm Beach. . . . — — Map (db m245263) HM
Eleanor Fletcher came to Juno Beach as a real estate agent in the 1970s. She loved the beach and every beach walk became a journey of discovery. Fascinated by sea turtles, Eleanor learned everything she could about their behavior and was eager to . . . — — Map (db m297715) HM
A tribute to Gold Star Families whose loved ones paid the ultimate price defending the United States of America; their sacrifice will not be forgotten. — — Map (db m297714) WM
-On this site, a Standard Oil gas station built around 1949 became Juno Beach's first Town Hall in 1961, when the population was approximately 250.
-The Town leased the building for $1 per year until it took ownership in 1974. Three . . . — — Map (db m255174) HM
These shipwrecked iron cannons and anchor were uncovered in July of 1987, just 2000 yards east of this spot in 10 feet of water off Jupiter Inlet.
Archives and research link these maritime remains to the Spanish "Aviso" vessel named "San Miguel . . . — — Map (db m83342) HM
The inlet has always been a mosaic of freshwater, saltwater and upland ecosystems providing a rich diversity of aquatic life, animals and plants. The presence of pottery, food remains of seeds and animal bones, burnt charcoal and hunting and . . . — — Map (db m213655) HM
Cinquez Park commemorates the resilient history of one of the oldest African American settlements in Palm Beach County. Beginning in 1904, more than 15 pioneer families from north Florida and South Carolina settled in central Jupiter, homesteading . . . — — Map (db m146224) HM
Built in 1898 by Harry and Susan DuBois, the DuBois Pioneer Home is one of the oldest surviving historic homes in Palm Beach County. Inspired by Harry's childhood on the Jersey Shore, the "House on the Hill" is an example of Victorian Shingle . . . — — Map (db m152567) HM
Fort Jupiter was located three miles west on Loxahatchee River, erected January 1838 by troops commanded by Major General Thomas S. Jessup, establishing base for operations in the Seminole Indian Wars. Jupiter Lighthouse, approximately one mile . . . — — Map (db m96947) HM
This building was constructed in 1927 to serve the town’s approximately 100 white students from grades one through twelve. Prior to its construction, students were transported by boat to attend schools along the Loxahatchee River including the 1891 . . . — — Map (db m97071) HM
On January 24, 1838, Major General Thomas S Jesup, commanding 1,500 men, the largest army of Second Seminole War (1835-42), marched to the headwaters of the Loxahatchee River, where he defeated approximately 300 Red and Black Seminoles in the last . . . — — Map (db m99904) HM
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse began protecting ships at sea on July 10, 1860. Now, we honor the U.S. Lighthouse Service crew who built it and the keepers who endured wilderness, wars and storms to keep the light beaming for 150 years. We are proud to be . . . — — Map (db m235588) HM
Jupiter Inlet Midden I is an ancient shell mound built by Indians known as Jeaga. A description of these Indians by Jonathan Dickinson was first published in 1699. This shell mound is the site of the village of Hobe where the Dickinson shipwreck . . . — — Map (db m96948) HM
During the 17th century, Spanish galleons and merchant ships navigated the treacherous waters off the Florida coast. These vessels carried silver and gemstones from the mines of Mexico and Peru. They routinely ran a narrow gauntlet of shallow water, . . . — — Map (db m96952) HM
Designed by George G. Meade, later Federal commander at Gettysburg. First lighted July 10, 1860. Dark during the War Between the States and its mechanism hidden by Southern sympathizers. Relighted June 28, 1866, it has not missed a night in over . . . — — Map (db m96951) HM
Dedicated June 2, 1973
by
U.S. Coast Guard
Lt. Richard Harvey
Lightkeeper BMI K.C. Campbell
Loxahatchee Historical Society, Inc.
President, Ethel Gravett
Charter President, Dr. John Ray
Placed on the National Register of Historical . . . — — Map (db m226867) HM
Education was a challenging priority for the African-American community of Limestone Creek. Denied access to Jupiter’s nearby public schools by segregation laws, the community opened its own school in 1905. The “Jupiter Colored School,” . . . — — Map (db m95663) HM
After the second Battle of the Loxahatchee (January 24, 1838) during the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jesup directed Maj. William Lauderdale, Commander of the Tennessee Battalion of Volunteers to cut a trail south from Ft. . . . — — Map (db m97073) HM
Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, a cornerstone of Jupiter’s African American community, was organized in 1902 by the Reverend J. A. Wannamaker and the pioneer families of Simmons, Campbell, Ford, Bush, and Davis. These early settlers arrived . . . — — Map (db m95675) HM
On January 15,1838, during the Second Seminole War.The Seminoles met and defeated U.S. forces in the first battle of the Loxahatchee River.Trying to end the war,Maj. Gen. Thomas Jesup brought several columns of troops to south Florida, including . . . — — Map (db m99906) HM
The waterfront location of today’s Sawfish Bay Park played a major role in the prehistoric and historic settlement of the Jupiter area. First inhabited during the Archaic Period 5,000 years ago, this site provided access to an intricate . . . — — Map (db m96953) HM
For centuries, the Native Americans who became Seminoles enjoyed this area. Once a peaceful wilderness, they named the river we now call Loxahatchee the "Locha Hatchee or Turtle River. During the Seminole Wars (1818-1858), the brilliant Seminole . . . — — Map (db m213652) HM
During the 2nd Seminole Indian War and after the Battle of Loxahatchee Jan. 24, 1838, the Tennessee Volunteers and Militia camped on this site. One mile east, the U.S. Army Regulars established Old Fort Jupiter. — — Map (db m96969) HM
The Jupiter and Lake Worth (J. & L.W.) Railway crossed this site running 7 ½ miles from Jupiter Inlet to Juno at the north end of Lake Worth. A hack line originally operated on the same route, transporting visitors and freight with wagons . . . — — Map (db m127261) HM
To mark the location of the
U.S. Jupiter Life Saving Station
1886-1896
and as a memorial to those gallant men who manned it, of which the following remained and founded families in this locality:
Captain John R. Carlin
John H. Grant . . . — — Map (db m96949) HM
"Chickee” is the Seminole word for house. This one was built by Jim Billie, Chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The structure represents a significant era in the history of the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes of Florida. Hunted by U.S. . . . — — Map (db m213653) HM
In 1885, the only United States Life Saving Station on the Florida East Coast was built at this site. Charles R. Carlin, a former British sailor and Assistant Keeper at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, oversaw construction and served as the Station’s . . . — — Map (db m96950) HM
The U.S. Navy constructed this building (circa 1939) on land included in the Federal Jupiter Lighthouse Reservation established by President Franklin Pierce in 1854. Built as Married Men's Quarters, the two-story wood-frame building had six . . . — — Map (db m83278) HM
Designed by George G. Meade, later Federal commander at Gettysburg. First lighted July 10, 1860. Dark during War Between the States and its mechanism hidden by Southern sympathizers. Relighted June 28, 1866, it has not missed a night in over 100 . . . — — Map (db m297768) HM
Most historians agree that the name Jupiter had its origin during the time the British controlled Florida between 1763–1783. Spain had ceded Florida to Britain at that time and when the British examined the Spanish maps for this area, they found . . . — — Map (db m297718) HM
At 01.32 hours on 23 Feb, 1942, the unescorted and unarmed W.D. Anderson American Steam Tanker was torpedoed by the German Submarine, U-504, about 12 miles northeast of the Jupiter Lighthouse. Eight officers and 27 crewmen were lost. A sole survivor . . . — — Map (db m297730) HM
Boston entrepreneur Harry S. Kelsey founded Kelsey City in 1921. He envisioned his town as a resort mecca and winter retreat for wealthy northerners. The Town hall was designed by architect Bruce Kitchell in 1927 and was built by Arnold Construction . . . — — Map (db m97053) HM
This monument is the last remaining part of the Kelsey City Gates. The structure towered over the current Old Dixie Highway, at Watertower Road and proclaimed Kelsey City (Lake Park) as the “Gateway to the Palm Beaches.” . . . — — Map (db m153509) HM
Coastal Patrol Base No. 3 at Lantana Airport was one of three 90-day experimental bases established on the east coast of the United States to assist with anti-submarine patrols. Civilian aviators flew missions up to 60 miles out to sea between Palm . . . — — Map (db m63179) HM
Site of the first schoolhouse erected in the Town of Lake Worth in 1912 - a frame building twenty-four by thirty-six feet. Initial enrollment was twenty-four pupils. In February 1916, building was replaced on this site by a concrete building - the . . . — — Map (db m96615) HM
Site of building erected in 1915 as the first Town Hall of Lake Worth, chartered in 1913. Civic and social affairs before 1915 were conducted in a wooden building nearby, known as the Club House or Auditorium. J.W. Means served as mayor in 1913, and . . . — — Map (db m96616) HM
The James Homestead and Post Office are an important part of Lake Worth's history before the birth of the city. In 1885, an African American couple, Samuel and Fannie James, were two of the first people to file claim for a homestead in the area. Two . . . — — Map (db m193845) HM
The earliest junior colleges in Florida were established under private auspices, beginning in 1907 with Palmer College at DeFuniak Springs. The first public junior college was instituted by the Palm Beach County school board during the Depression . . . — — Map (db m96618) HM
African Americans and Bahamians settled this neighborhood in an unincorporated area between Lake Worth and Lantana around 1914. Then known as the “Quarters,” it provided multi-family housing and private residences for agricultural workers. In 1926, . . . — — Map (db m251257) HM
When the City of Lake Worth incorporated in June 1913, it consisted of a post office, several stores, a church, bank, school, a newspaper, and around seven hundred residents, but no designated cemetery. Burials had to be conducted in the . . . — — Map (db m250964) HM
The Chapel of the Holy Spirit, formerly known as the Minerva Chapel, is one of the oldest buildings in Palm Beach County. This eclectic style building was first used as a tea house for the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach, which was built by . . . — — Map (db m96495) HM
Evergreen Cemetery was established by the Evergreen Cemetery Company in 1892 as a final resting place for local families. The cemetery’s land was purchased by M.B. Lyman, Lantana’s founder. Lyman, who is buried in the cemetery, served as the town’s . . . — — Map (db m96619) HM
East of this marker is the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-By-The-Sea built in 1894 (last service held Easter Sunday April 12, 1925). Most of the worshippers came by boat as there was no roadway to the church, which was bordered on the east by an . . . — — Map (db m96713) HM
Palm Beach was named for the cocoanut groves that were once common along the eastern shore of Lake Worth. It was this natural feature that first attracted Henry Flagler to the area, leading him to build the world’s largest resort in Palm Beach, as . . . — — Map (db m292674) HM
The Cocoanut Grove House, once Florida’s only hotel on the east coast between Titusville and Key West, stood at this location. The hotel was originally built in 1876 by Elisha Newton “Cap” Dimick as a private residence for his family Dimick was . . . — — Map (db m96696) HM
Oldest standing house in Palm Beach built in 1891 by Henry Maddock for his home. Parts of the house were assembled in New York and brought by barge to Palm Beach, as this was the only means of transportation. — — Map (db m96711) HM
The original church constructed in 1889 on the eastern shore of Lake Worth was the first Protestant church building in southeast Florida. The present edifice, erected in 1926 as a monument to international friendship, has served all races, nations, . . . — — Map (db m95676) HM
During the late 1800s, Henry Morrison Flagler built numerous resort hotels and a railroad network, the Florida East Coast Railway, along the east coast of Florida. In 1894, Flagler constructed the Royal Poinciana Hotel in Palm Beach, which became . . . — — Map (db m157236) HM
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