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Portrait of Marion Sims Wyeth

Marjorie and E. F. Hutton commissioned Wyeth to build their new home on Golfview Road. Hutton wanted to develop the street further and enlisted Wyeth to create a series of speculative homes located on every other lot. Hogarcito was designed in the…

Wyeth was inspired to design his personal Spanish Courtyard residence during a trip to Spain, naming his home Tre Fontaine. True to its name, Wyeth’s home had three low fountains centered on the front door and placed on an east west access through…

In 1924, Clarence Geist, who made his fortune in utilities, commissioned Wyeth to build opposite of Hogarcito. The Spanish Baroque Style home is named La Claridad, meaning “clarity” and is the most ornate house on Golfview Road. In 1948, the house…

Designed in 1924 for Frederick S. Wheeler, the Chairman of the American Can Company, Bienestar, which means “Wellbeing,” was one of Wyeth’s early Mediterranean Revival style designs. In the 1980s Bienestar was saved from demolition when developer and…

Wyeth made two important contributions to Palm Beach’s oldest church Bethesda-by-the-Sea. He designed a Spanish courtyard house in 1924, which was later sold to the church in 1929 to become the rectory, or home of the priest. The Rectory was…

Conceptualized in 1925, developer George Merrick designed small communities, or villages, within Coral Gables in varying architectural styles and influences. Persian Village is one of the unrealized concepts. Wyeth also designed the Dutch South…

Designed in 1925, the Wyeth Building was mixed use. The Charles G.V. Clark Antiques and decorating business was located on the first floor. The second floor was Wyeth’s architectural office and draughting room. The third floor had a small apartment…

The estate was originally built in 1850 and was known as Point Breeze or Bonaparte Park (Napolean Bonaparte’s brother Count de Survilliers once owned it). Harris Hammon, son of the American Mining Engineer John Hays Hammond, commissioned Wyeth & King…

Wyeth designed one of the themed villages in George Merrick’s development of Coral Gables. Located on Lejeune Road, the Dutch South African Village is inspired by the work of Dutch Settlers in South Africa during the 17th century. Wyeth designed five…