Palm Beach, Florida Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Notable people == {{Main|List of people from Palm Beach, Florida}} [[File:MaralagoLoC.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|[[Mar-a-Lago]], the residence of former president [[Donald Trump]]]] The town of Palm Beach is also known for its many famous part-time and full-time residents. Prior to the arrival of Henry Flagler in the 1890s, a few wealthy or otherwise notable people already resided in Palm Beach, including businessman and [[Autocar Company]] founder [[Louis Semple Clarke]] and scientist [[Thomas Adams (chewing gum maker)|Thomas Adams]], a pioneer of the chewing gum industry.<ref name="no captain"/><ref name="flagler era"/> [[Earl E. T. Smith]] and [[Paul Ilyinsky]], both of whom formerly held the office of Mayor of Palm Beach, were notable for other reasons. Smith previously served as an [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Cuba|Ambassador of the United States to Cuba]], while Ilyinsky was the son of [[Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia]] and heiress [[Audrey Emery]].<ref name="timeline2"/> Two [[President of the United States|United States President]]s have been part-time residents, [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Donald Trump]], with both designating their respective Palm Beach properties as a Winter White House.<ref name="timeline2"/><ref name="CNBC.2017"/> Kennedy's Winter White House, La Querida, was built by [[Addison Mizner]] in 1923 and previously owned by department store magnate [[Rodman Wanamaker]] of [[Philadelphia]] before [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.]] purchased the property in 1933.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/article/20150529/BUSINESS/305299929|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309193911/https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/article/20150529/BUSINESS/305299929|archive-date=March 9, 2021|title=Updated: Former Kennedy estate in Palm Beach sells for $31M|date=May 29, 2015|first=Darrell|last=Hofheinz|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|access-date=May 12, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Trump has owned [[Mar-a-Lago]] since 1985, purchasing the property from the family of the late [[Marjorie Merriweather Post]], heiress of [[Postum Cereal Company|Post cereal]].<ref name="spencer"/> In October 2019, Trump and [[First Lady of the United States|first lady]] [[Melania Trump]] filed to switch their primary domicile from New York City to Mar-a-Lago, officially establishing residency in Palm Beach.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20191031/trump-leaving-new-york-making-mar-a-lago-his-permanent-residency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309201719/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20191031/trump-leaving-new-york-making-mar-a-lago-his-permanent-residency|archive-date=March 9, 2021|first=Eliot|last=Kleinberg|title=Trump leaving New York, making Mar-a-Lago his permanent residency|date=October 31, 2019|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=May 12, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the conclusion of his presidency in January 2021, Donald and Melania Trump are residing at Mar-a-Lago amidst a dispute from some neighbors about the legality of them taking up permanent residence at the club.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mar-a-lago-neighbors-palm-beach/|title=Trump's Mar-a-Lago move draws criticism from some wealthy neighbors in "extremely Democratic" Palm Beach|date=January 19, 2021|newspaper=CBS|access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, former [[Prime Minister of Canada|Canadian prime minister]] [[Brian Mulroney]] was a resident of Palm Beach from 2003 until his death in 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50844334/palm-beach-daily-news/|title=American Ireland Fund fetes Mulroney|date=March 4, 2003 |first=Shannon |last=Donnelly |newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|access-date=May 12, 2020|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page