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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UCS_beach-dedication-historical_Delray-Beach-FL.html
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…
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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 remai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTR_old-school-square-historic-district-historical_Delray-Beach-FL.html
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 sc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTQ_florida-east-coast-railway-station-historical_Delray-Beach-FL.html
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 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTI_orange-grove-house-of-refuge-no-3-historical_Delray-Beach-FL.html
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, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TRV_west-settlers-historic-district-historical_Delray-Beach-FL.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TRU_west-settlers-historic-district-historical_Delray-Beach-FL.html
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 busin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TRT_city-of-delray-beach-historical_Delray-Beach-FL.html
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 s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TRS_delray-history-historical_Delray-Beach-FL.html
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 s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TRR_atlantic-avenue-crossing-historical_Delray-Beach-FL.html
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, i…
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