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Do not fill this in! === 1900–1940 === The first pedestrian bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway opened near the modern-day Flagler Bridge in 1901, replacing the original railroad spur.<ref name="timeline2">{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49496457/palm-beach-daily-news/|title=Timeline|page=B6|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|date=February 9, 1997|access-date=April 24, 2020|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Flagler's house lots were bought by the beneficiaries of the [[Gilded Age]],<ref name="flagler era"/> and in 1902, Flagler himself built a [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] mansion, [[Flagler Museum|Whitehall]], designed by the New York-based firm [[Carrère and Hastings]] and helped establish the Palm Beach "winter season".<ref name="whitehall history">{{cite web|url=https://www.flaglermuseum.us/history/whitehall|title=Whitehall|publisher=Flagler Museum|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> Telephone service was established in Palm Beach in 1908, with 18 customers initially.<ref name="key">{{cite web|url=https://www.townofpalmbeach.com/346/Key-Historical-Dates-Events|title=Key Historical Dates & Events|publisher=Town of Palm Beach|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> Prior to the 1910s, many African Americans in the area lived in a segregated section of Palm Beach called the "Styx",<ref name="piland">{{cite report|url=http://wpb.org/getmedia/95efd224-611b-43f2-a8f1-3e72f8744633/Historic-Preservation-A-Design-Guidelines-Handbook-full-color;|title=Historic Preservation: A Design Guidelines Handbook |first1=Sherry |last1=Piland |first2=Emily |last2=Stillings |first3=Ednasha |last3=Bowers |date=2005|publisher=Historic Preservation Board, City of West Palm Beach|format=PDF|access-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190328050743/https://www.wpb.org/getmedia/95efd224-611b-43f2-a8f1-3e72f8744633/Historic-Preservation-A-Design-Guidelines-Handbook-full-color;|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> with an estimated population of 2,000 at its peak. Between 1910 and 1912, though, African Americans were evicted from the Styx.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.staugustine.com/article/20120206/NEWS/302069983|title=Henry Flagler, his town, and the fire|agency=[[McClatchy]]|date=February 6, 2012|newspaper=[[The St. Augustine Record]]|access-date=March 30, 2019}}</ref> Most of the displaced residents relocated to the northern West Palm Beach neighborhoods of Freshwater, [[Northwest Historic District|Northwest]], and [[Pleasant City (West Palm Beach)|Pleasant City]].<ref name="piland"/> In January 1911, it became known West Palm Beach intended to annex the island of Palm Beach in the upcoming [[Florida Legislature|Florida legislative session]]. Residents objected and hired an attorney from Miami to officially become incorporated.<ref name="town-of-palm-beach">{{cite web|url=http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/town-of-palm-beach|title=Palm Beach|publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County|access-date=October 12, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404223303/https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/town-of-palm-beach|archivedate=April 4, 2023}}</ref> Dimick, [[Louis Semple Clarke]], and 31 other male property owners met at Clarke's house and signed a charter to officially incorporate the town of Palm Beach on April 17, 1911.<ref name="no captain">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48960452/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Cap Dimick, Palm Beach's first mayor, a pioneer but no captain|date=February 7, 2001|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |first=Eliot |last=Kleinberg |page=14R |access-date=April 17, 2020|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Dimick became the first mayor, John McKenna became town clerk, and Joseph Borman became town marshal, while J. B. Donnelly, William Fremd, John Doe, Enoch Root, and J.J. Ryman served as the first council members.<ref name="town-of-palm-beach"/> Also in 1911, Dimick built the [[Royal Park Bridge]], with its first incarnation being a wooden structure. Passage from West Palm Beach to Palm Beach on the bridge originally required a toll – 25 cents per vehicle and 5 cents per pedestrian.<ref name="no captain"/> Between 1919 and 1924,<ref name="Seebohm"/> American resort architect [[Addison Mizner]] designed 67 structures in Palm Beach.<ref name="mizner">{{cite web|url=http://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/mizner-in-palm-beach|title=Architects: Mizner in Palm Beach|publisher=Historical Society of Palm Beach County|access-date=October 12, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409000905/https://www.pbchistoryonline.org/page/mizner-in-palm-beach|archivedate=April 9, 2023}}</ref> Some of Mizner's clients included [[Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.]], [[Paul Moore Sr.]], [[Gurnee Munn]], [[John Shaffer Phipps]], [[Edward Shearson]], [[Edward T. Stotesbury|Eva Stotesbury]], [[Rodman Wanamaker]], and [[Barclay Harding Warburton II]].<ref name="Seebohm">{{cite book|isbn=978-0609605158|publisher=Clarkson Potter|date=2001|page=170|title=Boca Rococo. How Addison Mizner Invented Florida's Gold Coast |first=Caroline |last=Seebohm |url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bocarococohowadd00seeb}}</ref> His designed works included the Costa Bella,<ref name=Curl/>{{rp|212}} [[El Mirasol (mansion)|El Mirasol]], [[Everglades Club]] (in collaboration with [[Paris Singer]]),<ref name="mizner"/> El Solano,<ref name="ohj"/> La Bellucia,<ref name=Curl>{{cite book |first=Donald W. |last=Curl |title=Mizner's Florida|publisher=The Architectural History Foundation and the MIT Press|year=1992|quote=First published 1984|isbn=978-0262530682}}</ref> La Querida,<ref name="mizner"/> [[Via Mizner]],<ref name=Curl/>{{rp|238}} Villa Flora,<ref name=Curl/>{{rp|103}} and [[William Gray Warden House]].<ref name="ohj">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.oldhouseonline.com/house-tours/8-great-addison-mizner-buildings|magazine=[[Old House Journal]]|title=8 Great Addison Mizner Buildings|date=October 26, 2018|access-date=April 20, 2020}}</ref>{{rp|236}} Via Mizner was the first shopping complex along [[Worth Avenue]], which was then a mostly residential street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tclf.org/landscapes/worth-avenue|title=Worth Avenue|publisher=The Cultural Landscape Foundation|access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref> In February 1924, the town council allotted $100,000 to construct a new municipal building. [[Harvey and Clarke]] architectural firm designed the building, while Newlon and Stephens built the structure after bidding $160,200 for the contract. The [[Palm Beach Town Hall]] opened on December 18, 1925, and is still used for town council meetings. Before its completion, the council meetings took place in a one-story wooden building on [[Royal Poinciana Way Historic District|Royal Poinciana Way.]]<ref>{{cite report|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/1fe71a36-ae37-4d2e-add3-d326aef4319c/|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form|date=2005|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|format=PDF|access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref> Also in 1925, citywide construction revenue reached $14 million, attributed to the [[Florida land boom of the 1920s|Florida land boom]].<ref name="timeline2" /> The [[1928 Okeechobee hurricane]] made [[landfall]] in the town of Palm Beach, with sustained winds of 145 mph (235 km/h).{{Atlantic hurricane best track}} High winds and storm surge damaged 610 businesses, 60 homes, and 10 hotels, as well as to the Public Service Corporation and Ocean Boulevard. Damage in 1928 [[United States dollars|dollars]] totaled $10 million in Palm Beach.<ref name="uf">{{cite web|url=http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00001306/00001/1j|title=Palm Beach Hurricane—92 Views|date=1928|publisher=American Autochrome Company|access-date=June 27, 2015|location=Chicago, Illinois}}</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