Brelsford House
Brelsford House | |
 Front of the house | |
  Location within Florida  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 1 Lake Trail, Palm Beach, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 26°42′35″N 80°2′16″W / 26.70972°N 80.03778°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000653 |
| Added to NRHP | 3 May 1974[1] |
The Brelsford House (also known as The Banyans) was a historic home in Palm Beach, Florida, United States, located at 1 Lake Trail. Built between 1888 and 1903,[2] it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 3, 1974.[1] The Neoclassical house was destroyed in August of the following year,[2] but it remains on the Register.[1]
The house was built for E. M. Brelsford, Palm Beach's first postmaster; it was he who applied for a post office in "Palm Beach". He also founded the first store, a general store. The money to build the house came from the sale of his Palm Beach land to Henry Flagler. Brelsford is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in West Palm Beach.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "National Register Information System – Brelsford House (#74000653)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 13 March 2009.
- 1 2 "The Brelsford House". Historic American Buildings Survey data page, 1980. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Marshall, Barbara. "Tales from the crypts. The horror stories and forgotten histories of the tombstones at Woodland Cemetery". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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