Grandview Heights Historic District, Historic residential district in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Grandview Heights Historic District is a neighborhood in West Palm Beach, Florida, bounded by Park Place, Alabama Avenue, M Street and Lake Avenue. It holds 268 historic buildings, mostly early craftsman-style bungalows with some modest Mediterranean revival-style homes, built as an extension of Palm Beach Heights between about 1910 and 1925.
The neighborhood developed between 1910 and 1925 as the city expanded and needed housing for clergy, shopkeepers, and skilled workers. This early growth was tied to the construction boom on nearby Palm Beach.
The neighborhood's name comes from its slight rise, which once gave views over Woodlawn Cemetery to Lake Worth Lagoon. Two historic churches and several bed and breakfasts sit among the houses, and the 1939 Art Deco Armory, built with WPA funds for the National Guard, now holds the Armory Arts Center with an art school and galleries.
The district is bounded by Park Place, Alabama Avenue, M Street and Lake Avenue, with Howard Park at its west end and Woodlawn Cemetery, the South Dixie shopping district and the Norton Museum of Art just east. The Armory Arts Center, built in 1939, holds an art school and galleries. Streets are flat and walkable, and CityPlace lies immediately north.
Early residents chose this location for its elevated position, offering views across a cemetery to Lake Worth Lagoon. This higher ground was both practical and shaped how the early community saw itself.
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