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Space Shuttle Main Engine by Pratt & Whitney
In 1967, the US Air Force funded a study into advanced rocket propulsion systems, employing Pratt & Whitney to research more efficient engines for the NASA Space Shuttle. This photograph shows Bill Creslein and Walter Wiley, both of Pratt & Whitney,…
RCA, the First Commercial Building
The city's first commercial building permit was issued in 1960 for the construction of RCA, a manufacturing and electronics company. On May 25, 1961, the $4 million plant opened. It was located at the western end of Monet Road, later renamed RCA…
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.
Holiday Inn on PGA Boulevard, History
The city's first hotel, a six-story, 126-room Holiday Inn, opened for business in 1970 on PGA Boulevard. It was built by Pappalardo Construction Co. on a seven-acre site close to the PGA Headquarters. The hotel served the area's winter visitors as…
Holiday Inn on PGA Boulevard, History
The city's first hotel, a six-story, 126-room Holiday Inn, opened for business in 1970 on PGA Boulevard. For a brief time, as seen in this brochure, the hotel was referred to as MacArthur's Holiday Inn, after John D. MacArthur, the city's founder.
Gardens Baptist Church, Oldest Church in the City
The Gardens Baptist Church at 11980 Alt. A1A was not within the boundaries on Palm Beach Gardens when it was dedicated in May, 1962, with its minister Reverend Sherman W. Swan. However, with the annexation of that land, it has become the oldest…
Archbishop Coleman Carroll of St. Ignatius
The Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola began its history as a parish church established by Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll of the Archdiocese of Miami on June 25th, 1970.
St. Ignatius Loyola Cathedral
In 1982, after extensive research and parishioner input, Reverend Frank Flynn determined that the parish growth and need was more than sufficient to embark on a campaign to build a new church. The parish had dramatically grown to nearly 2,000…
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…
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, April 1963
By April of 1963, the congregation of St. Mark's Episcopal Church had expanded beyond the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Ranlet in North Palm Beach, so they set up a temporary facility at the abandoned Guava Farm House, just north of the Publix Market…