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Item Title
Bethesda-By-The-Sea, 549 North Lake Trail, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL
Location549 North Lake Trail,
Palm Beach, FL
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS FL-222
Building/structure dates:
1895 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1907 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1920 subsequent work
Significance: Deconsecrated 1925, this Episcopal Church with semi-detached windmill-like tower, has been a local landmark on Lake Worth since it was erected in 1895, the first permanent substantial church to be built in the Palm Beach area. It was used as a church when the only transportation was by boat on Lake Worth, or by bicycle trail along the shore. It is a good example of the Shingle style, reminiscent of the Richardsonian Romanesque, with its shingled arched porches, octagonal forms at each end, and the single-chamber interior with well-proportioned hammer-beam ceiling.
Subjects
Episcopal Churches
Related Names
Lee, John H.
Mulford, Joseph N.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
2. GENERAL VIEW FROM WEST
3. VIEW OF CHURCH TOWER FROM NORTHWEST
4. CHURCH TOWER FROM SOUTHWEST
5. TELEPHOTO OF CHURCH TOWER ROOM FROM WEST
6. DETAIL, HAMMER BEAM
7. GENERAL VIEW OF INTERIOR FROM WEST
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