HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-07-21 NPB sends in Winter Club historical site application (North County News)July 21, 1979 North County News
N.P.B. sends in 'Winter Club' historical site application
The North Palm
Beach Village Council
has been given a
reprieve from having to
make any immediate
decisions on the fate of
the "Winter Club"
building on the munici-
pal Country Club
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The 'Winter Club' as it appeared in the 1920's -- this photo is part of the ap-
plication sent to Tallahassee by NPB officials.
Today -- crumbling,
partially condemn-
ed and the topic
of controvers-y, the
Winter Oub is hard-
ly visible behind
the full trees.
I eialEMEMENIEINFI I
grounds.
The village adminis-
tration this past week
sent in an application to
the Secretary of State's
Commissioner of Ar-
chives to see if the
building, the oldest
mansion in the area, can
be listed as a state
historical site. That
would clear the way for
the application for state
and federal restoration
funds, and the council
members have all told
the NCN they will wait
for the results of all
those applications be-
fore making any deci-
sions.
"We will move as
quickly as possible,"
says Assistant Village
Manager Ray Howland,
"but the first step could
take up to nine months."
So the council will not
have to make any
decisions during this
summer's budget prep-
aration process.
"If we do go the full
restoration route, we
are talking about $400-
500 thousand, and that
means a bond issue,"
says Village Manager
Paul Nicolettia He says
only some operational
funds for the building
are included in his
proposed budget.
Howland worked with
Martha Nadelman, the
village historian, and
some volunteers to get
the application done.
Resident Carla Morris,
and an attorney, Ken-
neth Townsend, and
Nancy Moore, council-
man Al Moore's wife, all
gave of their time.
"Based oti conversa-
tions with a historian in
Tallahassee, -I have ma lot
of hope we will be
accepted for the listing,"
says Nadelman.
The building, also
known as the Oakes
Mansion, was built in
the 1920's. It now is in a
state of disrepair and
houses only the Recrea-
tion Department offices
and some recreation
functions. It's possible,
advocates say, to use it
for municipal offices and
perhaps to house the
area Chamber of Com-
merce Office.