The Mickens House is a historic house located in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is locally significant as one of the oldest surviving residences in West Palm Beach.
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The Northwest Historic District is a U.S. historic district in West Palm Beach, Florida on the northwestern side of the downtown area. It was designated a historic district on January 22, 1992. Its first Non-Native American settlements date back to the late 19th Century. After Henry Flagler announced plans to extend the Florida East Coast Railway to Southeastern Florida, blacks from northern Florida, Georgia, and the Bahamas moved to this area in search of work. West Palm Beach became incorporated in 1894, making it the oldest municipality in Palm Beach County.
For many decades, the Northwest neighborhood hosted the local segregated black community that prospered and added their own identity and culture to the city.
The district is bounded by Tamarind Avenue, 11th Street, Rosemary Avenue, and 3rd Street.
It contains 316 historic buildings, including churches and houses that represent a variety of styles from the late 19th- and early 20th- century in the South like the Bungalow Craftsman style, the Bahamian Vernacular style, the Shotgun, and American Foursquare style.
The West Palm Beach Community Development Agency has targeted the area, and is restructuring Tamarind Avenue and 7th Streets. They are also restoring the Sunset Lounge, called the "Cotton Club of the South", one of the few remaining venues on the Chitlin' Circuit.
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The Tabernacle Baptist Church is located at 801 8th Street, West Palm Beach, Florida. It was founded in 1893 as Mount Olive Baptist Church. From 1894 to 1896, it housed the first public school for blacks in Palm Beach County. The current building was built in 1925 in the neo-Romanesque Revival style.
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Sunset Lounge is an American historic music venue in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is in a section of the city that was once segregated. It is in the Northwest Historic District. It has been renovated and is set to reopen.
Performers included Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Sam Cooke and Count Basie. A legal dispute between the city and company chosen to manage the venue delayed its reopening.
The venue is located in the city's historically black Northwest Neighborhood. It was acquired by the city's Community Redevelopment Agency in 2015. It closed in 2018. The city spent $20 million acquiring and renovating the building, part of the city's efforts to revitalize the neighborhood under the direction of its mayor Keith W. James. Legal fees and delays have added additional costs.
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West Palm Beach station is a train station in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is served by Amtrak passenger rail and Tri-Rail commuter rail service. It is located at 203–209 South Tamarind Avenue, south of First Street/Banyan Boulevard. The former Seaboard Air Line Railway station building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Seaboard Coastline Railroad Passenger Station.
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The Clematis Street Historic Commercial District is a U.S. historic district located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The district runs along the 500 Block of Clematis Street. It contains 12 historic buildings.