Historical Markers and War Memorials in Boca Raton
Boca Raton, Florida and Vicinity
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1► Florida (Palm Beach County), Boca Raton — F-333 — Boca Raton Town Hall —  |
| On North Federal Highway (U.S. 1) at East Boca Rotan Road, on the right when traveling south on North Federal Highway. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 2► Florida (Palm Beach County), Boca Raton — F-331 — F.E.C. Railway Depot, Boca Raton — |
| On South Dixie Highway at Southeast 8th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Dixie Highway. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 3► Florida (Palm Beach County), Boca Raton — F-635 — Old Floresta Historic District — |
| On West Palmetto Park Road (County Road 798) at Cardinal Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Palmetto Park Road. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 4► Florida (Palm Beach County), Boca Raton — F-180 — The Barefoot Mailmen — |
| Near North Ocean Boulevard (State Road A1A) 0.5 miles south of Northeast Spanish River Boulevard (State Road 800), on the right when traveling south. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 5► Florida (Palm Beach County), Boca Raton — The Sanborn Wall — |
| Near South Ocean Boulevard (State Road A1A) 0.2 miles south of Palm Avenue, on the left when traveling south. | |||
| 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 | |||
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