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=== Other points of interest === The Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce identifies several other points of interest in the town, including:<ref>{{cite book |url=http://passportpublications.com/palm_beach_town_lilly_map.html |title=A Visitor's Map of Palm Beach |chapter=Points of Interest |publisher=Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce |page=4 |access-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806030027/http://passportpublications.com/palm_beach_town_lilly_map.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * Major Alley - Located on Peruvian Avenue just one block north of the western terminus of Worth Avenue, Major Alley (named after architect Howard Major) has six [[Georgian architecture|Georgian revival-style]] cottages built in the 1920s.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/travel-guide/a4323/palm-beach-chic-book/ |title=A Look Inside Some of the Most Whimsical Homes in Palm Beach |date=November 17, 2015 |first=Pilar |last=Viladas |magazine=Town & Country |access-date=May 9, 2020 }}</ref> * Royal Poinciana Chapel - Built in 1897 by Henry Flagler, he intended for the [[Ecumenism|interdenominational]] chapel to be used by guests at his hotels. The chapel expanded to 400 seats about a year later. It is adjacent to the Whitehall property.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/20170227/royal-poinciana-chapel-reflects-on-120-years-in-palm-beach |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309193905/https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/20170227/royal-poinciana-chapel-reflects-on-120-years-in-palm-beach |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |title=Royal Poinciana Chapel reflects on 120 years in Palm Beach |date=February 27, 2017 |newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News |first=Robert |last=Norris |access-date=May 9, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> * Seagull Cottage - Situated between the Royal Poinciana Chapel and Whitehall, Seagull Cottage is the oldest surviving home in the Palm Beach, constructed in 1886 by R.R. McCormick, a railroad and land developer from [[Denver]]. Flagler purchased Seagull Cottage from McCormick in 1893 for $75,000, and it remained his winter residence until 1902, when Whitehall was completed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://royalpoincianachapel.org/about/buildings-and-grounds/ |title=Buildings & Grounds |publisher=Royal Poinciana Chapel |access-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805101859/https://royalpoincianachapel.org/about/buildings-and-grounds/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * Phipps Plaza Historic District - Described by the ''Palm Beach Daily News'' as a "picturesque ensemble" of buildings, the Phipps Plaza Historic District is a tight ring of structures built between the 1920s and the 1940s. Located just north of the intersection of Royal Palm Way and South County Road, the buildings at Phipps Plaza were mostly constructed by the Palm Beach Company, with the assistance of Addison Mizner and [[Marion Sims Wyeth]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/business/real-estate/architects-gave-phipps-plaza-distinctive-look/RdQytgi95D5w83hmfGSu2K/ |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309193922/https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/business/real-estate/architects-gave-phipps-plaza-distinctive-look/RdQytgi95D5w83hmfGSu2K/ |title=Architects gave Phipps Plaza distinctive look |date=March 22, 2017 |first=Augustus |last=Mayhew |newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News |access-date=May 9, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> * The Colony Hotel Palm Beach - A [[Colonial architecture#British colonial architecture|British Colonial-style]] hotel at South County Road and Hammond Avenue, just one block south of Worth Avenue. Opened in 1947, the six floor hotel has eighty-nine rooms and three penthouses.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/travel/fl-hotel-colony-20100216-story.html |title=Checking In: Colony Hotel in Palm Beach has historic pedigree |date=February 16, 2010 |newspaper=Sun-Sentinel |access-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806071711/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/travel/fl-hotel-colony-20100216-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * Addison Mizner Memorial Fountain - Erected by Mizner himself in 1929, the fountain is in the middle of South County Road directly north of the [[Palm Beach Town Hall|town hall]] and to the west of the police department headquarters. The fountain is constructed of double-bowl cast stone. In 2017, the restoration of the fountain was named the project of the year by the [[American Public Works Association]]'s Florida chapter.<ref name="project of the year">{{cite news |url=https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/local/palm-beach-mizner-fountain-named-project-the-year/MewMvYnef6XwAYeDYQsGNI/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309193915/https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/local/palm-beach-mizner-fountain-named-project-the-year/MewMvYnef6XwAYeDYQsGNI/ |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |title=Palm Beach's Mizner Fountain named 'project of the year' |date=March 14, 2017 |first=William |last=Kelly |newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News |access-date=May 9, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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