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E.F. Hutton commissioned Wyeth to build the clubhouse and facilities of the Seminole Golf Course, located in Juno Beach. Designed in Spanish revival style, the new club featured an eighteen-hole golf course, swimming pool, tennis courts, and…

In 1923, Mizner constructed Via Mizner, a shopping complex to display Mizner Industries wares, complete with pedestrian vias, courtyards, and covered arches. Situated opposite the Everglades Club, Via Mizner showcased Mizner’s products from Los Manos…

The Everglades Club was one of Mizner’s first architectural projects. Funded by Paris Singer of Singer Sewing Machine Company fame, the private club was originally conceived as a hospital to meet wartime building restrictions. Mizner drew inspiration…

Volk renovated the Colony Club – located in the Fashion Beaux Arts Building – for landlord Stanley Warrick. The modern classical style club featured a merry-go-round bar in the garden terrace along with an outdoor eating area and dancefloor.

Volk designed the Florida Capital Corporation Building in the Neoclassical style for businessman Alfons Landa. The six-story commercial building has a smooth stucco exterior finish with double and triple hung windows. The building’s two facades,…

The Cultural Center for the Performing Arts would have been located on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard. The center was commissioned by Mary Howe, founder of the Palm Beach fine arts festival and would have included a 31,000-seat theater equipped for…

After seeing the Royal Poinciana Playhouse, inventor and philanthropist Dr. Louis W. Parker commissioned Volk to build a 1,200-seat theater in Fort Lauderdale. Known as the Parker Playhouse, the building’s exterior is a modern classical form, with a…

Bernard Henry Kroger, an American businessman who created the Kroger chain of supermarkets, commissioned Volk to renovate an existing Beaux Art structure into something more innovative and progressive. Volk transformed the building into the Art…

The Royal Poinciana Playhouse is located on the same site as the Royal Poinciana Plaza. It included a 900-seat auditorium and modern theater design elements for the time. The Celebrity Room was a popular destination for visitors and Palm Beach…

John S. Phipps of Bessemer Properties commissioned Volk to design the Royal Poinciana Plaza where the Royal Poinciana Hotel was once located. Phipps asked Volk to “design for us a shopping plaza in any style you wish; however, it must endure for…