Northwest Historic District

Northwest Historic District
Sunset Lounge Historic Jazz Club
Northwest Historic District is located in Florida
Northwest Historic District
Location within Florida
Northwest Historic District is located in the United States
Northwest Historic District
Location within the United States
LocationWest Palm Beach, Florida
Coordinates26°43′06″N 80°03′34″W / 26.71833°N 80.05944°W / 26.71833; -80.05944
Area700 acres (2.8 km2)
NRHP reference No.91002005[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 22, 1992

The Northwest Historic District is a U.S. historic district in West Palm Beach, Florida on the northwestern side of the downtown area. It was designated a historic district on January 22, 1992. Its first Non-Native American settlements date back to the late 19th Century. After Henry Flagler announced plans to extend the Florida East Coast Railway to Southeastern Florida, blacks from northern Florida, Georgia, and the Bahamas moved to this area in search of work. West Palm Beach became incorporated in 1894, making it the oldest municipality in Palm Beach County.

For many decades, the Northwest neighborhood hosted the local segregated black community that prospered and added their own identity and culture to the city.

The district is bounded by Tamarind Avenue, 11th Street, Rosemary Avenue, and 3rd Street. It contains 316 historic buildings, including churches and houses that represent a variety of styles from the late 19th- and early 20th- century in the South like the Bungalow Craftsman style, the Bahamian Vernacular style, the Shotgun, and American Foursquare style.

The West Palm Beach Community Development Agency has targeted the area, and is restructuring Tamarind Avenue and 7th Streets.[2] They are also restoring the Sunset Lounge, called the "Cotton Club of the South", one of the few remaining venues on the Chitlin' Circuit.[3]

Geography

According to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)'s definition, the Northwest Historic District is bounded by 2nd Street,[4] 11th Street, Rosemary Avenue, and Tamarind Avenue in West Palm Beach, Florida.[5][nb 1] Overall, the size of this area is roughly 70 acres (28 ha).[7] The city of West Palm Beach defines the district differently, sometimes inverting the boundaries east of Tamarind Avenue and west of Rosemary Avenue, while the north end is located along Fifteenth Street.[8] However, for the purpose of the downtown master plan, this section is known as the Northwest Neighborhood District, which includes all areas from Second Street to Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard and between the CSX Transportation and Florida East Coast railways.[9]

History

In 1894, the year that West Palm Beach, Florida, was incorporated as a town, African Americans began being forced out of the Styx, a section of Palm Beach. African Americans began settling in the Northwest Historic District that year.[10] Initially an area west of the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) that stretched to around First Street (now known as Banyan Street) and Tamarind Avenue, the area soon extended to as far south as Evernia Street and north to Fifth Avenue (present-day Seventh Avenue).[11] Industrial High School opened on Eleventh Street in 1917, at the time the only secondary education facility in the county for African Americans. U. B. Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School of the Arts stands there today.[12]

During the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, a few churches in the Northwest Historic District suffered significant damage. Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church lost many bricks on its front facade and much of the metal grillwork around the entrances,[13] while the building itself was deroofed.[14] Payne Chapel AME Church, then located at Banyan Boulevard and Tamarind Avenue, was destroyed by the storm. St. Patrick's Catholic Church received about $40,000 in damage.[15] Due to Jim Crow laws, the Northwest Historic District and Pleasant City served as the segregated neighborhoods for African Americans, with a 1929 ordinance officially defining their boundaries.[10] According to the ordinance, the former stretched south to the alleyway between Clematis Street and First Street, north to Twenty-third Street, west to Clear Lake, and east to the FEC.[16]

Notable residents of the Northwest Historic District included Gwen Cherry, the first African American today to serve in the Florida Legislature,[10] and Dr. Alice Mickens, whose home is one of the oldest surviving (built in 1917) in West Palm Beach and served as a guest house and meeting places for some African American civil rights leaders.[17][18] An individual listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP),[19] the Mickens House accommodated guests such as Ralph Bunche, A. Philip Randolph, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Louis Armstrong.[17][18] Another notable structure is the Sunset Lounge, a Chitlin' Circuit music venue where Armstrong,[20] Count Basie, James Brown, Sam Cooke, and Ella Fitzgerald performed.[21]

A 1951 study by the University of Miami led to additional housing being constructed for African Americans west of the neighborhood in 1957. However, the segregation ordinance was repealed in 1960.[22] On January 22, 1992, the Northwest Historic District was added to the NRHP.[23] About a year later, the city of West Palm Beach listed the neighborhood on its own historic places' registry.[10] Incidents of arson between December 2000 and August 2001 impacted 14 homes in the district, with 11 of those destroyed or damaged beyond repairs.[24] The Palm Beach Post noted that from the 1960s to 2001, fires and code violations led to the demolition of approximately 300 homes, most during the 1990s.[25] In February 2026, a fire that started at 610 Douglass Avenue destroyed three homes.[26] The neighborhood is still predominately African American.[10]

Architecture

Several styles of architecture are represented within the Northwest Historic District, including Bungalow Craftsman, Gothic Revival, Frame Vernacular, Masonry Vernacular, Mission Revival, and Romanesque. Additionally, there are some examples of a subtype of Frame Vernacular structures known as shotgun houses.[27] According to Tulie W. Taylor of the Florida Bureau of Historic Preservation noted that, "the shotgun, a one story rectangular, front gabled frame structure with three to four rooms opening off the hall, is reputed to have received its name from the floor plan which features a hallway running the length of the structure with doors to the exterior on either end." Some of the buildings, including some of the churches, were designed by local firm Harvey and Clarke. Hazel Augustus, West Palm Beach's first African American architect, also designed a few of the churches and some homes.[28]

Contributing structures

The Historic Old Town Commercial District has 316 structures listed as contributing,[5] including:[29]

A 2014 aerial view of West Palm Beach. The Northwest Historic District is visible in the bottom right corner
A 1952 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map showing the southeast corner of the Northwest Historic District
The Mickens House, 801 Fourth Street. This dwelling is an individual listing on the National Register of Historic Places[19]
A few structures on Fourth Street
A few other homes on Fourth Street
A 1952 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map showing the area from Sapodilla to West Railroad Avenue and Fourth Street to Seventh Street
A home at 815 Sixth Street, one of the structures in the Northwest Historic District designed by Hazel Augustus, the first African American architect in West Palm Beach[30]
A 1952 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map showing the area from Douglass Avenue to North Sapodilla Avenue and Fourth Street to Seventh Street
Shotgun homes on Seventh Street
A home at the corner of Seventh Street and Division Avenue. Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church is visible in the background
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 801 Eighth Street
A 1952 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map showing the area from Douglass Avenue to Henrietta Avenue and Seventh to Tenth Street
Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church, 801 Ninth Street
A home at 1117 Rosemary Avenue
A house near the corner of Douglass Avenue and Fourth Street
A boarded-up residence at the corner of Division Avenue and Fourth Street
Address Year built Structure type Notes
611 Second Street 1925
615⁠1/2⁠ Second Street 1920
617⁠1/3⁠ Second Street 1925
617⁠1/2⁠ Second Street 1925
633 Second Street 1927
913 Second Street 1923 Residence Known as the Richard and Virginia Vickers House
627 Third Street 1926 Residence Known as the Nathaniel and Mamie Frederick House
629 Third Street 1924 Residence Known as the Henry H. Williams House
630 Third Street 1925 Residence Known as the Mary Williams House
631 Third Street 1920 Residence Known as the Samuel and Ruby Hayes House
633 Third Street 1923 Residence Known as the Laura Wright House. Bungalow Craftsman-style architecture.[28]
634 Third Street 1923 Residence Known as the John H. and Ruth Thompson House. Destroyed by arsonist-started fire in June 2001.[24]
708 Third Street 1923 Residence Known as the March M. and Susie Miles House. Undergoing restoration
via the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)[31]
708⁠1/2⁠ Third Street 1923
713 Third Street 1923
718 Third Street 1931 Place of worship Friendship Baptist Church. Mission-style architecture.[28]
801 Third Street 1921 Residence Known as the Henry and Hisetta Speed House. Bungalow Craftsman-style architecture.[28] The city of
West Palm Beach issued a condemnation order in May 1992.[32]
805 Third Street 1927
810 Third Street 1916 Residence Known as the George and Annie Williams House
814-816 Third Street 1927
814⁠1/2⁠ Third Street 1927
816⁠1/2⁠ Third Street 1927
819⁠1/2⁠ Third Street 1930
822 Third Street 1939
822⁠1/2⁠ Third Street 1940
826 Third Street 1920
901 Third Street 1935
915 Third Street 1929
916 Third Street 1931
919 Third Street 1938
922A Third Street 1916
922B Third Street 1925
922C Third Street 1925
926 Third Street 1922
708⁠1/2⁠ Fourth Street 1930
711 Fourth Street 1923 Residence Known as the Edward and Carrie Lowe House
711A Fourth Street 1923
711B Fourth Street 1936
713 Fourth Street 1926
713A Fourth Street 1924
713B Fourth Street 1937
801 Fourth Street 1917 Residence Known as the Dr. Alice Mickens House. Frame Vernacular-style architecture.[33] Undergoing restoration
and transformation into a bed and breakfast.[34]
811 Fourth Street 1941 Residence Known as the Mattie Bennett House
811⁠1/2⁠ Fourth Street 1941
817 Fourth Street 1924 Residence Known as the John Williams House
818 Fourth Street 1916 Residence Known as the Allen and Christine Ambrose House
823 Fourth Street 1925 Residence Known as the Scipio and Emma Perkins House
823⁠1/2⁠ Fourth Street 1925
909 Fourth Street 1926
910 Fourth Street 1929
617 Fifth Street 1946 Residence Known as the Joseph and Eula Orr House
617⁠1/2⁠ Fifth Street 1946
629 Fifth Street 1931 Place of worship Church of God
631 Fifth Street 1929 Residence Known as the Richard and Clementina Smith House
633 Fifth Street 1939 Place of worship Ebenezer Baptist Church. Gothic Revival-style architecture.[28]
638 Fifth Street 1929
708 Fifth Street 1929
714 Fifth Street 1915
714⁠1/2⁠ Fifth Street 1915
716 Fifth Street 1919 Residence Known as the Harrison-Taylor House
720 Fifth Street 1940
808 Fifth Street 1930
809 Fifth Street 1930 Residence Known as the Robert Franks House
816 Fifth Street 1930
901 Fifth Street 1930
906 Fifth Street 1920 Residence Known as the Andrew Moss House
907⁠1/2⁠ Fifth Street 1925
911 Fifth Street 1922
915 Fifth Street 1929
927 Fifth Street 1928
632 Sixth Street 1920
634 Sixth Street 1926 Residence Known as the Estelle Blythwood House
635-637 Sixth Street 1921 Duplex Masonry Vernacular-style architecture.[28]
638 Sixth Street 1925 Residence[35]/
community building[36]		 Known as the Daniel Miller House.[35] Currently houses True Fast Outreach Ministries, a food pantry.[36]
639 Sixth Street 1921
641 Sixth Street 1921 Residence[37]
705 Sixth Street 1927 Residence Known as the Alfred and Roberta Williams House
708 Sixth Street 1919 Residence Known as the Richard and Julia Jackson House. Frame Vernacular-style architecture.[28]
709 Sixth Street 1925 Residence Known as the Clayton and Charlotte Wims House
716A Sixth Street 1927 Residence[38]
716B Sixth Street 1927 Residence[38]
716C Sixth Street 1927 Residence[38]
716D Sixth Street 1927 Residence[38]
716E Sixth Street 1927 Residence[38]
717 Sixth Street 1920
802 Sixth Street 1926
809 Sixth Street 1926 Commercial Joseph Bonner Funeral Home
813 Sixth Street 1925 Residence Known as the James and Amanda Cromer House
813⁠1/2⁠ Sixth Street 1925
815 Sixth Street 1921 Residence A home designed by Hazel Augustus, West Palm Beach's first African American architect[30]
815⁠1/2⁠ Sixth Street 1921
816 Sixth Street 1920 Residence Known as the Joseph and Minnie Arrington House
819 Sixth Street 1940
617 Seventh Street 1936 Residence[39]
620 Seventh Street 1924
623 Seventh Street 1919
624 Seventh Street 1924
628 Seventh Street 1924
630 Seventh Street 1924
631 Seventh Street 1919
634 Seventh Street 1924
638 Seventh Street 1924
642 Seventh Street 1925 Frame Vernacular-style architecture.[28]
706 Seventh Street 1932
708 Seventh Street 1932
716 Seventh Street 1919 Residence[40]
809 Seventh Street 1921 Residence Known as the Sam and Eva Gibson House
811 Seventh Street 1925 Residence[41]
811⁠1/2⁠ Seventh Street 1925
817 Seventh Street 1929 Commercial Huff Undertaking Company. Frame Vernacular-style architecture.[28]
817⁠1/2⁠ Seventh Street 1929
822⁠1/2⁠ Seventh Street 1920
904 Seventh Street 1925 The city of West Palm Beach issued a condemnation order in June 2003.[42]
907 Seventh Street 1924
909 Seventh Street 1924 Residence[43] Damaged by a fire in January 1995.[43]
910-912 Seventh Street 1937 Residence Known as the William and Fannie Smith House
911 Seventh Street 1930
915 Seventh Street 1930 Residence[44] Mistakenly demolished around 2005. Its owners sued the city and were awarded $121,000 with
interest six years later.[44]
920 Seventh Street 1930 Residence[45]
920⁠1/2⁠ Seventh Street 1935
922 Seventh Street 1935 Residence[46]
609 Eighth Street 1933 Entertainment venue Sunset Lounge
612 Eighth Street 1926 Residence Known as the Kingsley Knowles House
613-615 Eighth Street 1924 Apartments[47]
623 Eighth Street 1923
623⁠1/2⁠ Eighth Street 1923
625 Eighth Street 1923 Residence[48]
625⁠1/2⁠ Eighth Street 1923
629 Eighth Street 1923 Residence[49]
629⁠1/2⁠ Eighth Street 1923
706 Eighth Street 1928
708 Eighth Street 1928
709 Eighth Street 1925 Residence Known as the Charles and Fannie Lundy House
711 Eighth Street 1925
711⁠1/3⁠ Eighth Street 1925
711⁠1/2⁠ Eighth Street 1925
801 Eighth Street 1925 Place of worship Tabernacle Mission Baptist Church. Romanesque Revival-style architecture.[50]
809 Eighth Street 1930 Parsonage Tabernacle Parish House
814 Eighth Street 1922 Residence Known as the Annie Jackson House
818 Eighth Street 1924 Residence Known as the Luther and Helen Ross House
819 Eighth Street 1923 Place of worship Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
910 Eighth Street 1927 Residence Known as the William Winn House. Includes two outbuildings
912 Eighth Street 1927
913 Eighth Street 1925
914 Eighth Street 1920 Residence Known as the John and Clara Winn House
917A Eighth Street 1941
917B Eighth Street 1941
917C Eighth Street 1941
917D Eighth Street 1941
918 Eighth Street 1920
920 Eighth Street 1920
927 Eighth Street 1924 Residence Known as the Ellen Williams House
603 Ninth Street 1930
603⁠1/2⁠A Ninth Street 1930
603⁠1/2⁠B Ninth Street 1930
607 Ninth Street 1928 Residence Known as the Wiliam and Josephine Simmons House
618 Ninth Street 1922 Residence Known as the Walter and Mary Alford House
621 Ninth Street 1926 Residence Known as the Davis-Brown House
622 Ninth Street 1926
629 Ninth Street 1927
629⁠1/2⁠ Ninth Street 1927
631 Ninth Street 1927
637 Ninth Street 1919
639 Ninth Street 1919
701 Ninth Street 1924 Residence Known as the Joseph and Sallie Johnson House
706 Ninth Street 1926 Residence Known as the Fred and Viola Lowe House
719 Ninth Street 1925
720⁠1/2⁠ Ninth Street 1930
722 Ninth Street 1925 Residence Known as the Nathaniel and Annie Major House
801 Ninth Street 1925 Place of worship Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church. Gothic Revival-style architecture.[28]
814 Ninth Street 1935 Residence Known as the Ozzie Brown House
814⁠1/2⁠A Ninth Street 1922 Residence Known as the Annie Jackson House
814⁠1/2⁠B Ninth Street 1922
816 Ninth Street 1929 Place of worship Seventh Day Adventist Church. Gothic Revival-style architecture.[28]
818 Ninth Street 1930
818⁠1/2⁠ Ninth Street 1930
825 Ninth Street 1922
909 Ninth Street 1931 Residence Known as the Thomas and Mary Williams House
909⁠1/2⁠ Ninth Street 1935
911 Ninth Street 1931 Place of worship New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
918 Ninth Street 1927
925 Ninth Street 1927 Residence Known as the Robie Horton House
604 Tenth Street 1926 Residence Known as the James and Evangeline Akins House
610 Tenth Street 1932 Residence Known as the Percy and Maude Johnson House
621 Tenth Street 1928 Residence Known as the Georgia Tate House. Severely damaged due to a fire started by an arsonist in July 2001.[24]
624 Tenth Street 1930 Residence Known as the James and Clarinda House
630⁠1/2⁠ Tenth Street 1930
631 Tenth Street 1923 Residence Known as the Charlie Webb House. Includes one outbuilding
712 Tenth Street 1937 Residence[51] Slated for demolition in March 1995 due to its dilapidated condition and likely association
with illicit drug-related activity.[51]
714 Tenth Street 1937 Residence[51] Slated for demolition in March 1995 due to its dilapidated condition and likely association
with illicit drug-related activity.[51]
716 Tenth Street 1937 Residence[51] Slated for demolition in March 1995 due to its dilapidated condition and likely association
with illicit drug-related activity.[51]
820 Tenth Street 1930 Residence Known as the John Trapp House
821 Tenth Street 1929 Residence Known as the Mitchell and Daisy Thomas House
822 Tenth Street 1931 Residence Known as the Roy and Virginia Kress House
825 Tenth Street 1931
908 Tenth Street 1931 Residence Known as the Elizabeth Johnson House
908⁠1/2⁠ Tenth Street 1932
914 Tenth Street 1925
918 Tenth Street 1926 Residence Known as the James and Frederica Smith House
624 Eleventh Street 1930
624⁠1/2⁠ Eleventh Street 1930
628 Eleventh Street 1927
818 Eleventh Street 1933 Residence Known as the Wiley and Maude Crawford House
830 Eleventh Street 1930 Residence Known as the Daniel Madison House
901 Rosemary Avenue 1933 Residence Known as the Robert L. Saunders House
913 Rosemary Avenue 1925
915 Rosemary Avenue 1925
1001 Rosemary Avenue 1927
1017 Rosemary Avenue 1927 Commercial/apartment[52] Damaged in 1993 by two fires that officials considered suspicious. The second fire destroyed
the apartment on the second floor.[52]
1019 Rosemary Avenue 1926 Residence Burned in multiple fires, including an incident of arson in April 2001.[24]
1113 Rosemary Avenue 1940
1115 Rosemary Avenue 1930
1117 Rosemary Avenue 1927
1114 Henrietta Avenue 1929 Residence Known as the Leila Randall House.[53] The city of West Palm Beach issued a condemnation order
in June 2003.[42]
311 Sapodilla Avenue 1934
313 Sapodilla Avenue 1934
317-325 Sapodilla Avenue 1929 Commercial J.C. Lake Building
418 Sapodilla Avenue 1929 Place of worship Known as the St. Patrick's Episcopal. Gothic Revival-style architecture.[28]
500 Sapodilla Avenue 1930 Commercial[54]
510 Sapodilla Avenue 1920
512 Sapodilla Avenue 1920
613 Sapodilla Avenue 1936
615 Sapodilla Avenue 1933
710 Sapodilla Avenue 1924 The city of West Palm Beach issued a condemnation order in June 2003.[42]
711 Sapodilla Avenue 1925 Residence[55] Severely damaged by a fire in December 1995.[55]
713 Sapodilla Avenue 1925
714 Sapodilla Avenue 1940
719-721 Sapodilla Avenue 1938 Commercial Undergoing restoration and transformation into a restaurant via the CRA.[31]
720 Sapodilla Avenue 1928 Commercial[56]
800 Sapodilla Avenue 1929
813 Sapodilla Avenue 1921 Residence Known as the Cecilia Saunders House
815 Sapodilla Avenue 1922
817-829 Sapodilla Avenue 1935 Residence Known as the Thomas R. Vickers House
900 Sapodilla Avenue 1938 Apartments Masonry Vernacular-style architecture.[28]
902 Sapodilla Avenue 1923
911 Sapodilla Avenue 1928 Residence[57]
912-916 Sapodilla Avenue 1926 Commercial/Residence Known as the Wilson Filling Station and House
1004 Sapodilla Avenue 1919
1006 Sapodilla Avenue 1919
1008 Sapodilla Avenue 1919
1010 Sapodilla Avenue 1928
1010⁠1/2⁠ Sapodilla Avenue 1928
1031 Sapodilla Avenue 1918 Residence Undergoing restoration and transformation into affordable housing via the CRA.[31]
411 Division Avenue 1922
412 Division Avenue 1925
414 Division Avenue 1925
419 Division Avenue 1925 Residence Known as the Carrie L. Blaine House
500 Division Avenue 1926 Apartments/hotel Masonry Vernacular-style architecture.[28] Described by The Palm Beach Post as a former
"hotel that housed black jazz legends and Negro League baseball stars."[58]
502 Division Avenue 1926
506 Division Avenue 1920 Residence[59]
508 Division Avenue 1920
510 Division Avenue 1920
511 Division Avenue 1925
517 Division Avenue 1925 Residence Known as the Phyllis Washington House. Frame Vernacular-style architecture.[28]
625 Division Avenue 1926 Residence Known as the Mollie Holt-Gwen Cherry House. Acquired by the Palm Beach County Black Historical
Preservation Society in 1986.[60] However, vandalism, burglaries, and hurricanes Frances and
Jeanne damaged the property enough that it was razed in January 2005.[61]
710 Division Avenue 1926
711 Division Avenue 1923 Residence[62]
801 Division Avenue 1919
807 Division Avenue 1922 The city of West Palm Beach issued a condemnation order for this structure in October 2017.[63]
809 Division Avenue 1922
810 Division Avenue 1921 Residence
811 Division Avenue 1922
812 Division Avenue 1921
813 Division Avenue 1921
814 Division Avenue 1921
817 Division Avenue 1931
821 Division Avenue 1931
906 Division Avenue 1930
911 Division Avenue 1930
1012 Division Avenue 1930 Residence[51] Slated for demolition in March 1995 due to its dilapidated condition and likely association
with illicit drug-related activity.[51]
1014 Division Avenue 1937 Residence[51] Slated for demolition in March 1995 due to its dilapidated condition and likely association
with illicit drug-related activity.[51]
1016 Division Avenue 1937 Residence[51] Slated for demolition in March 1995 due to its dilapidated condition and likely association
with illicit drug-related activity.[51]
1109 Division Avenue 1915 Residence[64]
409 Douglass Avenue 1916 Residence Known as the Edward Williams House
415 Douglass Avenue 1930
424 Douglass Avenue 1925
519 Douglass Avenue 1927
610 Douglass Avenue 1923 Residence A fire started in this shotgun house in February 2026 destroyed three dwellings.[26]
612 Douglass Avenue 1923
614 Douglass Avenue 1923
615 Douglass Avenue 1930
616 Douglass Avenue 1923
618 Douglass Avenue 1923
620 Douglass Avenue 1923
704 Douglass Avenue 1929
704⁠1/2⁠A Douglass Avenue 1929
704⁠1/2⁠B Douglass Avenue 1929
708 Douglass Avenue 1918
813 Douglass Avenue 1923
815 Douglass Avenue 1923
913 Douglass Avenue 1940
915 Douglass Avenue 1926
917 Douglass Avenue 1926
920 Douglass Avenue 1940 Residence Part of a group of five row houses.[65]
921 Douglass Avenue 1923
922 Douglass Avenue 1923 Residence Part of a group of five row houses.[65]
924 Douglass Avenue 1923 Residence Part of a group of five row houses.[65]
926 Douglass Avenue 1923 Residence Part of a group of five row houses.[65]
928 Douglass Avenue 1923 Residence Part of a group of five row houses.[65]
1120 Douglass Avenue 1928
1124 Douglass Avenue 1926 Residence Known as the Bradger and Rosa Young House
302 Tamarind Avenue 1928
400 Tamarind Avenue 1928 Residence Known as the Lulu Reddick House
500-504 Tamarind Avenue 1926 Commercial/apartment Cameron Filling Station & Apartments
605 Tamarind Avenue 1933
608 Tamarind Avenue 1933
712 Tamarind Avenue 1929
716 Tamarind Avenue 1928 Residence Destroyed by arson in September 1995. The suspect told investigators that he burned the house down
due to it being used by crack cocaine addicts and dealers.[65] However, police noted that no illicit
drug-related activity had been reported at that dwelling.[66]
800 Tamarind Avenue 1922 Residence Known as the Georgianna Hills House
822 Tamarind Avenue 1922
824 Tamarind Avenue 1921
1012-1016 Tamarind Avenue 1929 Commercial Robinson & Johnson Grocery
1028-1030 Tamarind Avenue 1940 Commercial Formerly a restaurant and bar known as The Plantation Inn.[67]

Non-contributing and other structures

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) also lists 153 properties as non-contributing to the historic character of the district,[5] as these structures were constructed after 1941 or have been significantly modified.[50] Because the city of West Palm Beach defines the historic district as existing as far north as Fifteen Street, it thus includes notable structures such as the Jenkins House and Pine Ridge Hospital.[8] The former, located at 815 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, was the home of pharmacist Joseph Wiley Jenkins and is listed on the Florida Black Heritage Trail.[68] The Pine Ridge Hospital is located at 1401 Division Avenue. It served as a hospital for African Americans during the era of Jim Crow laws and was listed on the NRHP on January 26, 2001.[69]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Although the National Register of Historic Places registration form describes the Northwest Historic District as "roughly bordered by Tamarind Avenue, Eleventh Street, Rosemary Avenue, and Third Street,"[5] the document also lists contributing and non-contributing structures on Second Street.[6]

References

General

  • Tulie W. Taylor (October 30, 1991). Northwest Historic District (Report). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. Retrieved June 8, 2026.

Specific

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Historic Northwest". www.wpb.org. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Rising. The Heart and Soul of West Palm Beach" (PDF). June 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  4. ↑ Taylor 1991, p. 18.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Taylor 1991, p. 5.
  6. ↑ Taylor 1991, pp. 9, 18.
  7. ↑ Taylor 1991, p. 4.
  8. 1 2 "Map 9: Historic District Boundaries" (PDF). Comprehensive Plan Map Series. City of West Palm Beach Planning & Zoning Division. September 8, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  9. ↑ Downtown Master Plan Element Goals, Objectives and Policies (PDF) (Report). City of West Palm Beach. 2024. p. 8. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Historic Districts". City of West Palm Beach. Archived from the original on July 7, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  11. ↑ Taylor 1991, p. 25.
  12. ↑ "African American Schools". Historical Society of Palm Beach County. Retrieved June 9, 2026.
  13. ↑ Lynn Lasseter Drake and Richard A. Marconi (October 23, 2006). West Palm Beach: 1893 to 1950. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 1439633479. Retrieved June 9, 2026.
  14. ↑ Marian Dozier (September 14, 1998). "Church Does Its Home Work". Sun Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Retrieved June 9, 2026.
  15. ↑ Eliot Kleinberg (2016). Black Cloud: The Great Florida Storm of 1928 (2nd ed.). Cocoa, Florida: Florida Historical Society Press. p. 132. ISBN 9781886104853.
  16. ↑ Taylor 1991, p. 27.
  17. 1 2 "West Palm Pioneer Dies at 99. Dr. Alice F. Mickens a 'Godmother' to Many". Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. September 26, 2021 [January 20, 1988]. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  18. 1 2 Jan Tuckwood (September 8, 2020). "100 Years of the Women's Vote: On the front porch of history". The Palm Beach Post. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  19. 1 2 Alexander Green; Michael Zimny (February 20, 1985). Mickens House (Report). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. National Park Service. p. 1. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  20. ↑ Terri Parker (October 16, 2023). "After losing Sunset Lounge case West Palm Beach fights legal fees". WPBF. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  21. ↑ Wilkine Brutus (November 16, 2023). "Legal spats delay opening of West Palm Beach's historic Sunset Lounge". WLRN. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
  22. ↑ Taylor 1991, p. 28.
  23. ↑ Taylor 1991, p. 1.
  24. 1 2 3 4 "Where homes have burned". The Palm Beach Post. August 26, 2001. p. 8A. Retrieved June 9, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ↑ Joel Engelhardt (August 26, 2001). "Arsons ravage neighborhood in West Palm". The Palm Beach Post. p. 8A. Retrieved June 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. 1 2 Andrew Marra (February 5, 2026). "West Palm Beach 'shotgun' homes for affordable housing destroyed by fire". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved June 9, 2026.
  27. ↑ Taylor 1991, pp. 7–8.
  28. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Taylor 1991, p. 7.
  29. ↑ Taylor 1991, pp. 9–17.
  30. 1 2 Taylor 1991, p. 26.
  31. 1 2 3 "Historic Northwest". City of West Palm Beach, Florida. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  32. ↑ "No. 537096 – Notice and Order of Condemnation of Unfit and Unsafe Structures". The Palm Beach Post. June 12, 1992. p. 9C. Retrieved June 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  33. ↑ Taylor 1991, p. 6.
  34. ↑ Ennis Davis (August 7, 2024). "West Palm Beach: A redevelopment example for Jacksonville's historic Eastside". WJCT. Jacksonville, Florida. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
  35. 1 2 Taylor 1991, p. 11.
  36. 1 2 "True Fast Outreach Ministries". Homeless Shelter Directory. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  37. ↑ "Thieves Take Tires". The Palm Beach Post. December 22, 1963. p. A-8. Retrieved June 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  38. 1 2 3 4 5 "House Fire Suspect Held". The Palm Beach Post. February 22, 1977. p. B2. Retrieved June 17, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  39. ↑ "Fire Capt. B. T. Kennedy". The Palm Beach Post. September 23, 1965. p. A1. Retrieved June 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  40. ↑ "Fire Calls". The Palm Beach Post. November 7, 1943. p. 6. Retrieved June 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  41. ↑ Linda Lyon (February 7, 1987). "Abducted 22-month old found safe outside bus station 8 hours later". The Palm Beach Post. p. 2B. Retrieved June 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  42. 1 2 3 "No. 7365391 – Notice and Order of Condemnation of Unfit and Unsafe Structures". The Palm Beach Post. July 11, 2003. p. 2F. Retrieved June 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  43. 1 2 "Fires". The Palm Beach Post. January 14, 1995. p. 2B. Retrieved June 16, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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