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Mar-a-Lago

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Between 1924 and 1927, Mar-a-Lago was built for Marjorie Merriweather Post by architects Joseph Urban and Marion Sims Wyeth. Upon her death in 1973, Post bequeathed the estate to the National Park Service with the intention that it serve as a Winter White House. However, due to insufficient funding for its upkeep and challenges in securing the property, it was returned to the Post Foundation by an act of Congress in 1980. In 1985, Donald Trump, then a businessman and real estate investor, purchased Mar-a-Lago and used it as a personal residence. In 1994, he transformed it into the Mar-a-Lago Club, a private members-only establishment offering guest rooms, a spa, and other amenities. Since 2019, Trump has declared the estate as his primary residence.

This group of records contains historical information on Mar-a-Lago such as images and postcards, newspaper clippings, architectural drawings, and blueprints completed by Wyeth and Urban, and Preservation Foundation newsletters from the 1980s-1990s.

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

7-54 Proposed Preservation of Hutton Estate - Palm Beach, 1954

 File
Scope and Contents

1100 South Ocean Boulevard

Dates: Other: 1954
Found in: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach / BS.00, Belford Shoumate Architectural Collection / Series I: Architectural Drawings

1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Mar-a-lago

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Barbara Hoffstot collection preserves her efforts to create a historic preservation commission and community in Palm Beach, Florida, throughout the 1970s-1980s. It includes original and reproduction photographic material of her photographic survey of Palm Beach historic properties, as well as reports and personal correspondence.

Dates: 1972 - 1995
Found in: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach / BH.00, Barbara Hoffstot Photography Collection / Palm Beach Survey: Photographs and Slides / Palm Beach Survey Prints / O Streets

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.Photographs for properties within files include photographs dated c.1990 taken by Sotheby's for real...
Dates: 1928 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1972 - 2005
Found in: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach / PF.00, Property Files Collection / South Ocean Boulevard

A Dinner Party for Lady Bird at Mar-A-Largo, February 8, 1981

 File — Box 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The periodical collection contains several out of print publications that document the social and cultural history of Palm Beach. The periodicals also contain information about the built environment and the architects who designed Palm Beach.

Dates: February 8, 1981
Found in: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach / PER.00, Periodical Collection / Series IV: Brown Wrapper

Designing Mar-a-Lago, May 24, 1981

 File — Box 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The periodical collection contains several out of print publications that document the social and cultural history of Palm Beach. The periodicals also contain information about the built environment and the architects who designed Palm Beach.

Dates: May 24, 1981
Found in: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach / PER.00, Periodical Collection / Series IV: Brown Wrapper

Designing Mar-a-Lago, August 9, 1981

 File — Box 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The periodical collection contains several out of print publications that document the social and cultural history of Palm Beach. The periodicals also contain information about the built environment and the architects who designed Palm Beach.

Dates: August 9, 1981
Found in: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach / PER.00, Periodical Collection / Series IV: Brown Wrapper

Harpers & Queen, June 1998

 File — Box 2
Scope and Contents

Photo of Southways Estate, renonvated, but not built, by John Volk. Article about Mar-a-lago

Dates: Other: June 1998
Found in: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach / JLV.00, John L. Volk Architectural Collection / Series VI: Printed Material - Periodicals

Hutton/Davies Residence

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Postcard Collection provides a vivid portrayal of early hotels and the resort lifestyle of Palm Beach, with many postmarked during the 1920s and 1930s, offering an insightful glimpse into life during that era.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1950; 1900 - 2000
Found in: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach / PC.001, Postcard Collection / Binder 2: Buildings / Residences

Job #203 Davies, Joseph E. Residence 'Mar-a-Lago' - Palm Beach, 1938

 File
Scope and Contents

1100 South Ocean Boulevard

Dates: 1938
Found in: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach / MSW.00, Marion Sims Wyeth Architectural Collection / Series I: Architectural Drawings

Job #484 Post/Davies 'Mar-a-Lago' - Palm Beach, 1940

 File
Scope and Contents

1100 South Ocean Boulevard

Dates: 1940
Found in: Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach / JLV.00, John L. Volk Architectural Collection / Series I: Architectural Drawings

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