HomeMy WebLinkAboutFirst Parade of Homes, (aerial view) No. Palm Beach, 1956FIRST PARADE OF HOMES, NO. Oct. 1956. The 17 houses are that
PALM REACH, 1956. This already year's Parade of Hoines -- the first
historic picture shows all that existed Palin Reach County show of this type
of the Village of North Palm Reach, ever staged.
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oil some 12 square illlles ()i' lall(1
bought and develope(i in I)y
ILA. (Bob) Ross and Richard
Ross,
The developers also illst�dle
then' oxvil seta e and watel'
treatlllent plant ill 1956 -tile
first such complete treatillent
plant to be built in Palm Beach
CoulltN'-alt a cost of about 81
llllllloll.
The Developers also donated
free of all cost a 10 -acre tract
to the Palin Beach School Boa1•d
as a site 1,01' the Nortil Palm
peach ,-;cllool which now exists.
ists.
Since the first homes \x -el -e
built 111 1956, the village has
bl-mvil to 1,523, hollles, alld a
population of 6,529 3, and the
value of all construction in the
now well-kilown municipality is
in excess of 1:6 million.
The Ross brothers were 1957
Willllers of the coveted National
Assn. of Mollie Builders Award
of Merit f'ol• nei,(41lborhood
development — the first Florida
company to win this prize.
Prize.