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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TVT_historic-jupiter-school-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
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 189…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TV9_historic-banyan-trees-historical_Palm-Beach-Gardens-FL.html
These two Banyan trees (Ficus benghalensis), with a combined limb spread encompassing one-half acre, form the entrance to the City of Palm Beach Gardens. Palm Beach Gardens was developed by insurance magnate and philanthropist John D. MacArthur. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TV7_old-dade-county-court-house-historical_Palm-Beach-Gardens-FL.html
About three hundred feet east of this marker, stood the Dade County Court House at Juno, the county seat from 1890 to 1900. June—since abandoned—was the southern terminus of the "Celestial Railroad" from Jupiter to Juno, and the northe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TV6_celestial-railroad-historical_Juno-Beach-FL.html
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 i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TV5_lake-park-town-hall-historical_West-Palm-Beach-FL.html
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 Constructi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTT_tennessee-volunteers-and-militia-camp-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTS_del-ida-park-historic-district-historical_Delray-Beach-FL.html
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…