In
1979 the Palm Beach Town Council, in order to stop the loss of the town’s historic
resources, adopted a Historic Preservation Ordinance. This ordinance appointed a 7-member Landmarks
Preservation Commission, 6 of whom must be town residents, to identify
significant structures, check them against a set of criteria and choose the
best examples as landmarks of the Town of Palm Beach. This Commission also determines historic
districts and scenic areas.
Criteria
for landmark designation includes properties associated with events of historic
interest or lives of persons historically significant; outstanding example of
architectural design, or significant work of a notable architect or master
craftsman. The Committee also reviews
changes and alterations to existing Landmark properties.
Currently
there are 246 Landmarked properties, sites and vistas, and ten properties and
one scenic vista are now being considered to receive the Landmark
designation. Included are properties
designed by Marion Simms Wyeth, John Volk, Treanor and Fatio and examples of a
bungalow, Moorish Revival-style, Neoclassical style, Georgian Revival style,
Mediterranean Revival and Mission style home.
There
are some property tax advantages to being a Landmarked property.
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