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Wyeth, Marion Sims (1889-1982)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1889 - 1982

Biography

Marion Sims Wyeth (1889-1982) was born in New York City. He graduated from Princeton University in 1910 and proceeded to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1914. He then furthered his training by working for Bertram Goodhue and Carrère & Hastings. In 1919, Wyeth relocated to Palm Beach, while maintaining a New York office with Frederic Rhinelander King. They formed Wyeth & King in 1932, later renamed Wyeth, King & Johnson in 1944 when William Royster Johnson became a partner. He was commissioned to design over 700 projects in Palm Beach and beyond during his fifty-four-year practice. His notable commissions include the development of Golfview Road, including the Hogarcito and La Claridad estates, the Norton Museum of Art, and Shangri La, Doris Duke’s house in Honolulu, Hawaii. Wyeth explored many architectural styles that adhered to his belief of creating “quiet, subdued, and rational buildings.” He was the first Palm Beach architect to be inducted into the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1954 and he received the Test of Time Award from its Palm Beach Chapter in 1981.

Occupations

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

356 Worth Ave. - The Everglades Club (Roll #4), 1972 - 1980

 File
Scope and Contents

Copies of complete architectural drawings for new golf facilities. Copies of architectural drawings and engineering plans for different remodeling/additions, spec plans interfiled. Condition note: water damage along top edge of some drawings, heavy creasing and some tears along top and bottom edge of larger drawings.

Dates: 1972 - 1980

395 N. County Rd - Estate of John Sanford Jr., Los Incas Subdivision, Theraputic Building, 1930 - 1959

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Scope and Contents

Condition note: blueprints are highly brittle, breakage and tears along edges. Wyeth Job No. 508 (not in collection).

Dates: 1930 - 1959

561 North Lake Way - Duck's Nest, 1891, Landmark Designation

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.

Dates: 1891; Event: Landmark Designation

780 S. Ocean Blvd. / 780 S. County - Residence for M/M Woolworth Donahue, Residence for M/M H.B Kelly, Rasmussen Residence, 1967 - 1974

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Scope and Contents

Cross reference House file (780 S. Ocean Blvd) "Casa Nana". Contains copies of multiple additions and alterations to the estate, including A/C. One blueprint attributed to Treanor and Fatio, undated. Removed Wyeth drawings as they're already in collection.

Dates: 1967 - 1974

1100 South Ocean, Mar-a-Lago, 1928 - 2018, bulk: 1972 - 2005

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.

Dates: 1928 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1972 - 2005

12/15 Golfview Road - Las Campanas

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.

Dates: circa 1920s-2024

209/211 Phipps Plaza

 File
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.

Dates: 1925 - 1946; Event: Landmark Designation

Marion Sims Wyeth Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSW.00
Scope and Contents Architectural drawings by Marion Sims Wyeth encompass his work primarily in Palm Beach, South Florida, and projects throughout the United States and the Bahamas. The drawings are by Wyeth & King, and later Wyeth, King, and Johnson. Artwork by Wyeth includes watercolors painted in Italy circa 1912-1915. A sub-series of this collection includes renderings created by William Johnson, partner at the firm, of note are studies of the statues of Diana and Actaeon at the Norton Museum of Art....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1919 - 1970

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Archival Object 18
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Subject
Architecture 1
Mar-a-Lago 1