Editing Lake Worth Beach, Florida (section)

===Historical preservation===

The [[Lake Worth Historical Museum]] is located on the second floor of the old Lake Worth City Hall, which functioned as the city's administrative center from   the 1920s to 1973.<ref name="100th jewels1"/> Additionally, the Historical Society of Lake Worth is located at the public library.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historicalsocietyoflakeworth.org/?page_id=1998|title=Become a member|publisher=Historical Society of Lake Worth|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> Substantial efforts by the city to preserve historic structures and districts dates back to an ordinance approved by the city commission in 1996.<ref name="historic preservation"/> In 2017, the Lake Worth Beach Department of Community Sustainability and Division of Planning, Zoning and Historic Preservation; the Historic Resources Preservation Board; and the Historical Society of Lake Worth designated seven homes constructed in 1912 as historical properties, identified as the oldest residences in the city without major alterations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/boynton-beach/fl-bbf-preservation-0531-20170524-story.html|title=Historical Society of Lake Worth designates 7 historic homes|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|author=Jen Engoren|date=May 24, 2017|accessdate=November 27, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, between 1913 and 1949, many cottages were constructed.<ref name="100th jewels2"/> According to the 2016 book ''Cottages of Lake Worth Beach - Living Large in Small Spaces'', approximately 1,000&nbsp;cottages remain, constituting the largest concentration of this type of dwelling in Florida.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cottagesoflakeworth.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313071135/http://www.cottagesoflakeworth.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 13, 2014|title=Lake Worth Beach, Florida is home to over 1,000 historic cottages!|website=cottagesoflakeworth.com|accessdate=December 23, 2021}}</ref>

The Lake Worth Beach government considers six areas to be historic districts: [[College Park Historic District (Lake Worth, Florida)|College Park]], Northeast Lucerne, [[Old Lucerne Historic Residential District|Old Lucerne]], [[Historic Old Town Commercial District|Old Town]], Southeast Lucerne, and South Palm Park.<ref name="historic preservation">{{cite web|url=https://lakeworthbeachfl.gov/community-sustainability/historic-preservation/|title=Historic Preservation|publisher=City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> Moreover, the federal NRHP [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Palm Beach County, Florida|lists]] three historic districts and three historic structures in Lake Worth Beach. The historic districts listed are College Park, Old Lucerne, and Old Town, while the structures listed are the [[Gulf Stream Hotel]], Old Lake Worth City Hall,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/palm+beach/state.html|title=Florida &ndash; Palm Beach County|publisher=American Dreams Inc.|page=1|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> and [[Florida's Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission|Osborne School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/palm+beach/state2.html|title=Florida &ndash; Palm Beach County|publisher=American Dreams Inc.|page=2|accessdate=November 9, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, the Osborne School is also listed in [[Florida's Historic Black Public Schools Multiple Property Submission]].<ref name="Osborne School"/>{{rp|8}}