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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TL1_first-schoolhouse-historical_Lake-Worth-FL.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TL0_first-town-hall-historical_Lake-Worth-FL.html
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, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKZ_palm-beach-junior-college-historical_Lake-Worth-FL.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKY_evergreen-cemetery-historical_Lantana-FL.html
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'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKX_evergren-cemetery-historical_West-Palm-Beach-FL.html
For over 85 years, Evergreen Cemetery has been the final resting place of some of the City's most influential black citizens, as well as a crosssection of many unnoted black citizens who contributed to the development of West Palm Beach. In 1913, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TJK_bethesda-memorial-hospital-historical_Boynton-Beach-FL.html
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, critica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TJJ_chapel-of-the-holy-spirit-historical_Lantana-FL.html
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 He…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZI_l-m-davis-elementary-school-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
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," …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZH_mt-carmel-missionary-baptist-church-cemetery-historical_Jupiter-FL.html
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 arrive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SZG_episcopal-church-of-bethesda-by-the-sea-historical_Palm-Beach-FL.html
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…
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