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Completed between 1853 and 1860, this historic lighthouse was designed by the soon-to-be-famous Civil War officer George G. Meade. Meade's design was later modified by Lieutenant William Raynolds who completed the construction of the lighthouse. The lighthouse saw little action in the Civil War but became one of the centers of activity for the Navy's program of using radio waves to detect German submarines during World War II. Visitors to this site can learn about the history of the lighthouse and the region back to the period before Columbus with a tour of the lighthouse museum that opened in 1973.

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum

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This walking tour will adventure through 3 different historical landmarks within the Jupiter area.

The wharves, general stores, depots, post office, granary, fish house, and warehouses that followed shifted the town west from the southern banks of the Jupiter Inlet. The Jupiter School, built here in 1901 next to the home of the first mayor, John Ziegler, was used until 1910. The pioneer children were transported to school in a lifeboat from the battleship U.S.S. Maine, which exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, igniting the Spanish American War. The large Cabot Oak tree on the property is over 200 years old.

This historical marker was dedicated in 2006 and is located next to a historic train depot that was moved to Sawfish Bay Park. The maker shares the history of the waterfront location that is now home to Sawfish Bay Park. The area was first inhabited by humans during the Archaic Period 5,000 years ago, this site provided access to an intricate transportation system within the Everglades region. Marine life sustained these early peoples until contact with European diseases devastated the local population in the 1700s. The earliest historic written record of human activity on the site was the Cabot Home, first settled by Frederick M. Cabot II in 1892. By 1894 this site became the center of commerce when a railroad spur, which is still evident, connected the river community of Jupiter to the northeastern United States.

Sawfish Bay Historical Marker

Flagler Park, formerly known as City Park, has been an important public space in West Palm Beach since the founding of the community. The town site for West Palm Beach was laid out in 1893 as a grid pattern of streets running north - south and east - west. The only variation was at the eastern end of Clematis Street, where two angled, short streets branched off to create a triangular, public common area. Over the years, the site has seen a variety of uses. Downtown merchants organized impromptu ball games on the park-like grounds when business was slow. In 1900, a two-story, frame building was donated for use as a reading room and transported across Lake Worth from Palm Beach. It was placed on the southeastern portion of the parcel. The Woman´s Christian Temperance Union dedicated a drinking fountain in the Park in 1907. In 1915, a Woman´s Club was placed on the parcel. Other amenities were also added to the park, including a shuffleboard court and a bandstand for outdoor concerts. As the City´s population expanded during the 1920´s, the facilities of the Reading Room were outgrown and a library was built in 1923. It opened in January 1924, as the Memorial Library, named to honor the dead of World War I. It too was outgrown and was replaced by another library in 1962. In 1994, the library was remodeled and the plaza in front of the library.

This historic public space has long been an important part of the West Palm Beach community, being home to libraries, reading rooms, and a public park. A historic marker at this location offers a brief history of the space and its role within the larger history of the city of West Palm Beach. 

Jupiter Walking Tour

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum

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