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Flagler Museum
One Whitehall Way
Palm Beach, FL 33480
Tel: 561.655.2833
www.flaglermuseum.org
Hours: Sunday – Noon to 5pm / Tues – Sat 10am to 5pm
Admission: Adults: $15 / Youth: $8 (13-18) / Children: $3 (6-12)
Whitehall, the home of the Flagler Museum, was built in 1902 for Henry Flagler, cofounder of Standard Oil, and his third wife Mary Lily Kenan. Designed by John Carrere and Thomas Hastings in the Classical Revival style, Whitehall was meant to rival the extravagant mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. Spread over two floors and spanning 55,000 square feet, Whitehall is decorated in a wide range of styles, from Louis XIV to Swiss chalet. Louis Comfort Tiffany, better known for his brilliance in glass artistry, is among the featured painters. The mansion is built around a large open-air central courtyard and is modeled after palaces in Spain and Italy. Three stories tall with several wings, the mansion has fifty-five fully restored rooms furnished with period pieces. These rooms are large and extremely opulent with marble floors, walls and columns, murals on the ceilings, and heavy gilding.
Whitehall is a National Historic Landmark and the Flagler Museum has been featured in many television programs and magazine articles nationwide, as one of America’s great Gilded Age Estates. In addition, Henry Flagler’s private Railcar #91 is exhibited on the Flagler Museum’s South Lawn. Built in 1886 for Flagler’s personal use, the railcar was acquired by the Museum in 1959 as an artifact of Florida history and an important part of Flagler’s story. In 1967, much research was done to restore Railcar #91 to its appearance during Flagler’s day.
The new 8,100 square foot Pavilion, which houses Henry Morrison Flagler’s private railcar, is reminiscent of a 19th Century railway palace, and is the first public Beaux Arts-style building built in the United States in six decades. Flagler’s private railcar, railcar #91, exhibited in the Pavilion, was built in 1886 by the Jackson and Sharp Company of Wilmington, Delaware. A newspaper article written at the time of its delivery to Flagler heralded the railcar as “A Palace on Wheels” and went on to praise the car’s fine appointments such as its oak paneling and desk. The railcar was one of two private railcars Flagler used to survey his railroad empire. Flagler traveled by this railcar in 1912 along the Overseas Railway to Key West to celebrate the completion of the FEC Railway to Key West, a phenomenal engineering feat.
The Royal Poinciana Chapel
60 Cocanut Row
www.royalpoincianachapel.org
Sea Gull Cottage
Located on the grounds of The Royal Poinciana Chapel
On Thursday night, May 10, 1984, a ninety-eight year old Sea Gull Cottage landed in the northwest corner of the Chapel lot. Though chopped in two giant pieces, Sea Gull lived. It had flown from Breakers Row on the ocean across the golf course on thirty-six rubber tires. One section weighed one hundred twenty tons; the other, one hundred tons. To the spectators, the cottage looked huge against the night sky. The movers paused at Cocoanut Row to check the hedges and power lines. Then one section slowly followed the other into the Chapel parking lot. A cheer went up because an open carton of milk on an “I” beam had never spilled a drop on the journey.
This is the cottage Bill is standing in front of during the episode, he is going to be working on the interiors.
The Society of the Four Arts
2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Gallery: (561) 655-7226
King Library: (561) 655-2766
Children’s Library: (561) 655-2776
Campus on the Lake: (561) 805-8562
Administrative Offices: (561) 655-7227
The Society of the Four Arts is a nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1936 by a group of prominent Palm Beach residents to meet the cultural needs of the growing resort community. The four arts which constitute the Society’s mission are music, drama, literature, and art.
Every season from November through April, The Four Arts presents notable speakers, concerts, films, educational programs, and art exhibitions to the public. The Four Arts campus along the Intracoastal Waterway is home to a gallery building with a concert hall auditorium, two libraries, an administration building, and beautiful gardens.
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Box Office: 561-832-7469 (561-832-SHOW) or 1-800-572-8471 (1-800-KRAVIS-1)
The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach
311 Peruvian Avenue
Palm Beach, Florida 33480
P: 561.832.0731
F: 561.832.7174
The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach’s offices are open weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm.
www.palmbeachpreservation.org
A private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the preservation of the historic, architectural, and cultural heritage of Palm Beach, Florida. Through advocacy initiatives, educational programs, architectural resources, and cultural events, the Foundation’s goal is to encourage the community to learn about and save the historic buildings that truly make Palm Beach special.
On this site you can find out information about Magnolia House which is a privately owned house designed by the late John Volk.
Palm Beach Water Taxi
For information or reservations on either of these tours call (561) 683-8294
www.watertaxi.homestead.com
It’s during the “Palm Beach Then and Now” tour that visitors can enjoy seeing and hearing about the mansions and mega yachts of Palm Beach’s “rich and famous”. Tour highlights include a “who’s who” of the Palm Beach mansion neighborhoods and sightseeing around the Port of Palm Beach, Ocean Inlet and Peanut Island.
The “Flagler Museum Tour and Cruise” is a narrated water taxi tour down the picturesque Intracoastal Waterway. The vessel docks at Whitehall and visitors can enjoy a leisurely two-hour visit to one of the great house museums in America.
Norton Museum of Art
1451 South Olive Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Tel: 561.832.5196
The Norton Museum’s permanent collection consists of over 5,000 works and is internationally known for its distinguished permanent collection featuring 19th and 20th century European and American art, Chinese, contemporary art and photography.
Armory Art Center of the Palm Beaches
1700 Parker Avenue,
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561.832.1776
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm Saturday 10am – 2pm
Housed in beautiful Art Deco Style (1939) buildings, the Armory Art Center hosts 20 curated exhibitions annually, offers 65 different studio art classes, educates and enriches the lives more of than 3,500 students.
The Armory Art Center is a not-for-profit community-based visual arts education and exhibition center providing opportunities for individual growth, self expression, increased awareness and appreciation of the arts through participation in studio art classes, exhibitions, lectures and other educational programs. The Center seeks to educate, enrich and engage a diverse population through the “experience of art”.
Clematis Street is the historical heart of Downtown West Palm Beach. Starting at Flagler Drive on the Intracoastal Waterway, walk west along Clematis Street and experience the indigenous flavor of the area’s colorful boutiques, nightclubs, live music, restaurants, antique shops and historical landmarks. Thursday nights from 5:30-9pm come alive when Clematis Street transforms into Clematis By Night.
West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority – 561.833.8873.
Church Mouse Boutique
374 S County Rd
Palm Beach, FL 33480
(561) 659-2154
The thrift store Church Mouse is where many high-end resale boutique owners grab their merchandise.
Antique Row
South Dixie Highway
Between Southern Blvd. and Belvedere Road
West Palm Beach, Florida
www.palmbeachantiques.com
Charming district with over 45 antique shops offering a most impressive selection of 17th to 20th century antiques, fine and decorative arts, period deco and moderne furnishings, and much more. All within walking distance, this vast array of quality antiques shops is complemented by four award-winning restaurants, and a chic boutique hotel. Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Art & Antiques, and House Beautiful have all heralded Antique Row as one of the east coast’s premier antique districts, considered the “antique design center” of Florida. Discover South Dixie Antique Row and see where the world’s best interior designers have been shopping for more than 25 years.
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