Brelsford House

	Brelsford House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Front of the house
Location	1 Lake Trail, Palm Beach, Florida
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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System – Brelsford House (#74000653)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 13 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b "The Brelsford House". Historic American Buildings Survey data page, 1980. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
^ 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.

External links

Palm Beach County markers at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System – Brelsford House (#74000653)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 13 March 2009.

[habs-2] "The Brelsford House". Historic American Buildings Survey data page, 1980. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2009-12-17.

[marshall-3] 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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