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Palm Beach Gardens Elementary School, 1962
When Palm Beach Gardens Elementary School first opened in 1962, it was the first of two schools built in the city. It was constructed on 11 acres located at 10060 Riverside Drive and cost $340,000. The school, which opened with 450 students, had 14…
Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital, 1968
When the Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital opened on Burns Road in 1968, its first patient was a seven-year old girl. The hospital cost $1.3 million to build and equip and originally opened as a nonprofit operation. This 89-bed facility was later…
The Flyover on PGA Boulevard
Each of the four towers atop the PGA Boulevard flyover bridge house an elegant steel mesh sculpture by Maryland artist Wendy Ross. Each suspended metal sphere is about five feet in diameter. Below each sphere is transparent steel mesh fabricated to…
BRCC Time Capsule Extraction, 2003
During the construction of a new recreation center in Palm Beach Gardens, Bill Kazakavage, a member of the public works crew recalled that he had buried a Burns Road Community Center (BRCC) time capsule some 21 years earlier. Kazakavage contacted…
Florida Turnpike - Palm Beach Gardens Exit, 1965 Dedication
John D. MacArthur was instrumental in obtaining a Sunshine State Parkway exit into the City of Palm Beach Gardens. He financed the interchange project, and the opening of the exit was dedicated in 1965. The parkway was renamed the Florida Turnpike in…
1976 Women's Club President, Arline Kiselewski
Arline Kiselewski, the 1976 Woman's Club president, presented this needlepoint, handcrafted crest to the city as part of the country's bicentennial. It is currently located in the city council chambers. Every member of the club participated in…
Nativity Lutheran Church, 1973
The American Lutheran Church Board of American Missions bought five acres on Holly Drive in 1962, just behind what was also known as Plant Drive Park. Construction began on the new Nativity Lutheran Church by June of that year, with the founding…
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1965
St. Mark's Episcopal Church originated on Advent Sunday in December 1962, when clergy from Holy Trinity Church of West Palm Beach began meeting with a group in the North Palm Beach Elementary School. Under the leadership of Reverend Robert Terhune,…
Palm Beach Gardens Church of God, now Cross Community Church
Palm Beach Gardens Church of God, founded by A.T. and Imogene Lowery and Milton and Vonice Pinder, conducted its first service on March 12, 1967, in a private home. In December that year, construction began on a building that became known as…
Assembly Workers at the RCA Building
Workers assemble personal computers at the RCA plant in Palm Beach Gardens. The company employed 3,400 people during its heyday, but closed its operations in 1972.