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History

Events

South Florida Fair

Americraft Expo Center

Coral Sky Amphitheatre

The Coral Sky Amphitheatre is an open-air amphitheatre located on the eastern side of the fairgrounds. Opened on April 26, 1996, Coral Sky contains seating for approximately 20,000 people, including 8,000 covered seats and about 12,000 lawn seats. Coral Sky has gone through several name changes since its opening and has previously been referred to as the Mars Music Amphitheatre, Sound Advice Amphitheatre, Cruzan Amphitheatre, and Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre. The amphitheatre hosts many concerts and other events throughout the year, including Hootie and the Blowfish, Train and Goo Goo Dolls, Mary J. Blige and Nas, Dierks Bentley, Lil Wayne and Blink-182, Dave Matthews Band, Korn and Alice in Chains, Luke Bryan, Heart, Brad Paisley, Florida Georgia Line, Beck and Cage the Elephant, and Peter Frampton in the summer of 2019 alone.^[1]

Yesteryear Village

Yesteryear Village is a history park located on the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach, Florida. It contains genuine and replicas of structures across the state of Florida built between 1895 and 1945. Among the buildings are various types of houses, a school, a church, a blacksmith, a general store, and a fire station, as well as small museums with historical showcases.

Exhibits

Archway Gate – The Archway Gate is the entrance to Yesteryear Village. It was originally the gateway to the town of Golfview, which was chartered on June 11, 1937. However, due to expansion of the Palm Beach International Airport, Golfview was disestablished on September 1, 1998. The gate was later transferred to Yesteryear Village.
BellSouth Telephone Museum – A museum containing telephones dating from 1876 to the 1960s, as well as a cabinet used by Alexander Graham Bell, phone books of Belle Glade and West Palm Beach from the early 20th century, one of the oldest picture phones (from 1964), switchboards, test circuits, and vacuum tubes. Much of the collection was originally housed at the BellSouth office building in Miami and then moved to the Bink Glisson Museum at Yesteryear Village in 1999, before the displays were moved into their own building by 2003.^[2]
L Street House – A shotgun house built from Dade County pine in Lake Worth in 1925, during the Florida land boom. At the time, the population of Lake Worth increased from 1,000 to 8,000 between 1920 and 1930. The house was originally located on 'L' Street, hence the name. Similarly structured houses at the time were in possession of the working class and laborers, until the 1926 Miami hurricane, the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, and the Great Depression effectively ended the Florida land boom.
Loxahatchee Groves Schoolhouse – A one room, rural schoolhouse formerly located near D Road and Southern Boulevard in Loxahatchee Groves, the Loxahatchee Groves Schoolhouse opened in 1936 with 13 students and 1 teacher who taught all subjects. In 1965, the building became a community center and a voting precinct. After the School District of Palm Beach County refused to continue maintaining the building in the 1980s, Loxahatchee Groves residents and Yesteryear Village volunteers and staff moved the former schoolhouse to Yesteryear Village in 1990.^[3]
Red Level Baptist Church – A small, 60-seat chapel built along the Crystal River in Citrus County, Florida, in 1893. The church cost approximately $1,000 to build and was purchased for the same price about 100 years later. It was disassembled in 1993 and moved to Yesteryear Village. Red Level Baptist features its original pews and windows.^[4]
Riddle House – A two-story house reportedly built by Henry Flagler between 1904 and 1905. It served as a funeral parlor for Woodlawn Cemetery. The namesake is derived from Karl Riddle, who became Manager of West Palm Beach and began living in the house in the 1920's. Around that time, a man who was a city employee committed suicide by hanging in the attic. His ghost has allegedly hunted the house since, forcing Riddle and the remaining employees to leave the property. The Riddle House was relocated to Yesteryear Village in 1996.
Sally Bennett Big Band Hall of Fame – A museum featuring notorious swing and sweet orchestra-related memorabilia. Among the exhibits are a cap from Count Basie, a trumpet used by Harry James, a musician's jacket worn by a member of Sammy Kaye's band, a baton autographed by Guy Lombardo, a trombone used by Russ Morgan, and a drum used by Buddy Rich.

References

^ Ben Crandell (May 21, 2019). "South Florida's best summer concerts of 2019: 40 shows in 400 words". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
^ Lauren Gold (May 2, 2003). "Telephone displays had been displaced by Big Band Exhibit". The Palm Beach Post. p. 59. Retrieved August 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Kevin D. Thompson (January 27, 2015). "Ex-Loxahatchee Groves students reunite, remember school's history". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
^ Lisa Cericola (January 4, 2000). "Yesteryear Village: Where old buildings go to live". The Palm Beach Post. p. 46. Retrieved August 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

[1] Ben Crandell (May 21, 2019). "South Florida's best summer concerts of 2019: 40 shows in 400 words". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved September 13, 2019.

[2] Lauren Gold (May 2, 2003). "Telephone displays had been displaced by Big Band Exhibit". The Palm Beach Post. p. 59. Retrieved August 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Kevin D. Thompson (January 27, 2015). "Ex-Loxahatchee Groves students reunite, remember school's history". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved August 12, 2018.

[4] Lisa Cericola (January 4, 2000). "Yesteryear Village: Where old buildings go to live". The Palm Beach Post. p. 46. Retrieved August 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

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