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In 1938, Dr. William and Isabel George commissioned a house from Henry Harding. The residence, known as Tranquility, predates he Foundation’s Harding architectural collection (1945-1984) and no drawings of the house are extant. It is believed to be…

Situated on a hilltop, this Bermuda cottage was designed by Shoumate for Louis Levy. An entry drive encircles the front staircase to a port cochere artfully created by the elevated front entryway.

Artist Roy V. MacNicol and wife Mary Starr MacNicol commissioned MacNicol Manor Apartments along with several Palm Beach apartment houses. The Neocolonial four apartment unit was eventually owned by Arthur Vining Davis, titan of the aluminum…

Gerard Lambert was a pharmaceutical businessman and advertising executive who coined the term, “always a bridesmaid never a bride” for Listerine. Lambert studied architecture at Columbia and was interested in home building. Wyeth built this unique…

This Everglades Island residence was commissioned by Carl E. Troy. To make the most of the location on the Intracoastal, Harding thoughtfully situated all the living areas with a lake view through plate glass sliding doors that open to the terrace…

Volk designed this Caribbean influenced home for Leonard S. Mudge, an independent oil well builder.

Volk designed this Adam style (part of the Georgian Revival tradition) home for Mr. Charles Davis who was the president of the Borg-Warner Corporation, on South Lake Trail. He also designed extensive gardens with reflective pools and parterre…

Volk added a two-story studio onto this existing residence (originally designed by Treanor and Fatio in 1936) and a roofed garden. He also designed a new bar for the clients. Louis E. Marron was an oil corporation executive, and his wife was a…

Volk was commissioned by Edward F. Swenson Jr., Senior Vice President at Southeast First National Bank of Miami and eventual owner of his own investment management firm, to build a traditional Bermuda Style residence. The large, U-shaped house has a…

Volk designed this modern house for Jane Tibbett and her husband, opera singer Lawrence Tibbett, in what was once the quiet fishing village of Naples. It featured a moon gate, a traditional architectural element found in Chinese gardens. Many of the…