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...

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. In addition, the collection includes the original records of National Register for Historic Places nomination forms for properties on Palm Beach created by...

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Series contains images and research material from the Preservation Foundation's Ballinger Award.

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Architectural drawings by John Volk encompass his work in Palm Beach, South Florida, the Bahamas, and throughout the United States. Artwork by Volk or draftsmen include renderings of many of these projects. Photographic materials extensively document Volk’s career and include personal photographs of Volk as a young man, with his wife Jane Volk, and social events in Palm Beach. Printed material includes periodicals that feature the work of Volk.

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Includes correspondence with Jane Volk regarding Bath and Tennis Club window alterations. A selection has been digitized.

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Includes images of John Volk and photo album of Bath and Tennis club hurricane damage (1949).

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jessup collection includes 1,400-plus drawings from the cabinetmaking shop of Jessup, Inc., it is the largest surviving document of the sixty-six-year-old firm. The drawings are technical rather than illustrative and include commissions for projects in Palm Beach, Hobe Sound, and Grosse Pointe, Michigan to name a few. Many of the commissions are for projects by architects Marion Sims Wyeth and John Volk who are also in the Foundation’s collections. The scrapbook is 13” x 10” and...

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1170 South Ocean Boulevard

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1170 South Ocean Boulevard

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1170 South Ocean Boulevard