User:12george1/West Palm Beach Fishing Club
West Palm Beach Fishing Club | |
 West Palm Beach Fishing Club building | |
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| Location | 201 5th Street, West Palm Beach, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 26°43′05″N 80°03′03″W / 26.71806°N 80.05083°W |
| Built | 1940 |
| Architectural style | Modern Ranch |
| NRHP reference No. | 16000360[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 13, 2016 |
The West Palm Beach Fishing Club is a historic building in West Palm Beach, Florida. The building is located at 201 5th Street and west of North Flagler Drive and south of North Quadrille Boulevard (State Road A1A), which crosses the Intracoastal Waterway via the Flagler Memorial Bridge just east of West Palm Beach Fishing Club. Since June 13, 2016, the West Palm Beach Fishing Club has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Constructed in 1940, the building is of Modern Ranch architectural style and one-story in height. The West Palm Beach Fishing Club houses an organization of the same name, which began as a civic and tourism-based organization established in 1934 to revitalize the local economy during the Great Depression.
Building
[edit]Organization
[edit]On October 9, 1934, 35 sports-fishing enthusiasts in the local area established the West Palm Beach Fishing Club. As of 2016, the West Palm Beach Fishing Club organization has almost 1,400 members.[1]: 11
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Palm Beach County, Florida
- Royal Poinciana Way Historic District – A historic district in Palm Beach located at the other end of the Flagler Memorial Bridge
References
[edit]- ^ a b National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (PDF) (Report). National Park Service. 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2021.