Grant Van Valkenburg House

The house was built by a woman named Mary J. Anderson, who had bought a plot of land from one of the town's earliest settlers. She sold it in 1923 and it was sold again in 1924 to Grant Van Valkenburg, who worked for a fishing company. He, his wife Ella, and children Orren and Elizabeth, had moved to the Florida in the 1910s. Grant lived in the house until he passed away in 1967. Elizabeth lived with him as well in his later years after her husband was killed while crossing train tracks. She lived in the house until 1978 when she sold it. It appears the house was converted into apartments after that. It was moved to this location in 1996 along with the other house. Presumably, both houses became the Palm Beach Hibiscus shortly thereafter. The Grant Van Valkenburg House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 for its architectural significance.

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Corning, Lawrence. "Grant Van Valkenburg House." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. August 2, 1999. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/99000860_text.