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City Hall Site
After a decade of successful growth, Desrocher Construction Company built the new Palm Beach Gardens City Hall at a site located near the corner of Burns Road and Military Trail, just south of PGA Boulevard.
Raising the Flag at Plant Drive Park
Plant Drive Park opened in 1965 and become a small, but notable location for significant events within the Palm Beach Gardens Community. The Boy Scout Color Guard, Troop 132, included Mark Hathaway and Mickie Pullen, who raised the flag along with…
Officer William S. Mathews, In Memoriam
Officer William S. Mathews, the only officer to die in the line of duty, was killed in a motorcycle accident on July 12, 1979, while attempting to stop a drunk driver. The plaque at the right is mounted on a granite base prominently displayed in the…
Hetzel Brothers Christmas
The Hetzel brothers prepare scenery for the Christmas Pageant displayed annually at MacArthur and Northlake Boulevards. In 1933, Conrad Hetzel was an invalid in Asheville, North Carolina. In a dream, he was told to create a pageant, and in doing so,…
Palm Beach Gardens City Hall Ball Fields
In 1971, the City of Palm Beach Gardens purchased a revenue bond issue that would, by 2000, become a world renowned ball field.
Palm Beach Gardens Administrative Offices
In 1967, the city rented units at 10128 Meridian Way on a temporary lease agreement. The 2,000-square-foot complex accommodated administrative offices and housed the building inspector and the police department. Following a short stay in these…
Plant Drive Park - Children at Play
Children enjoying the playground equipment at Plant Drive Park after it opened in 1965
Zsa Zsa Gabor Receives a Key to Palm Beach Gardens
Born Sári Gábor on Feb. 6, 1917, in Budapest, Zsa Zsa was the middle sister of an average Hungarian family — between younger sister Eva (1919 – 1995) and older sister Magda (1915 – 1997) — Zsa Zsa was in the public eye for more than six…
Transplanting the Banyan Tree to Palm Beach Gardens
In 1961, MacArthur transplanted a banyan tree to the site of Northlake and Garden Boulevards at the main entrance to Palm Beach Gardens. However, unforeseen problems arose during the transplant, including the cutting of the Western Union lines…
Christ Fellowship, North Campus
In April of 1984 five families gathered in the home of Tom and Donna Mullins for prayer and Bible study. This was the beginning of what is now Christ Fellowship Church. In the Fall of 1984 that group had already grown to nearly 40 people and had…