Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1946.
“The Palm Beach Winter Club is a historic site in North Palm Beach, Florida, United States. It was once the home of Sir Harry Oakes, and later became the clubhouse of the village-owned golf course.”
Wikipedia article Palm Beach Winter Club, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 74 National Register listings published here for Palm Beach County · listed in 2012 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 10 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Palm Beach Winter Club between 1992 and 2017, burning about 621 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HOOD ROAD |
| 7 August 2005 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | SCHOOL CMND |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WATSON (50) |
| 13 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BANYON CMND |
| 8 July 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Palm Beach, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Lightning | North Palm Beach | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Palm Beach | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Palm Beach | $5,000 | A T.V. station reported thunderstorm wind gusts uprooted trees and damaged house awnings. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Palm Beach | $2,000 | Social media report of large hardwood tree branch downed and wooden fence knocked down off Burns Rd near Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. Time estimated. |
| March 2022 | Funnel Cloud | North Palm Beach | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud near I-95 and Blue Heron Blvd associated with a strong thunderstorm moving east. Dime size hail was also observed near this location. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Palm Beach | - | Palm Beach Gardens PD reported multiple power lines down along PGA Boulevard and Military Trail. Hail up to 0.50 was also reported in the vicinity. Time based on radar wind signature of over 60 mph about 300 feet above the surface. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Palm Beach | - | Picture received via social media showed large tree down on cars in a parking lot at Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens. Other pictures received of broken large tree branches in nearby North Palm Beach. Time estimated and based on radar wind signature of at least 60 mph at about 300 feet above the ground. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Palm Beach | - | Florida Power and Light reported to the Palm Beach Post that a tree fell on powerlines in North Palm Beach...near 1660 12 Oaks Way. It was also reported that there was tree damage at a condominium development in the same area. |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | North Palm Beach | - | Tower personnel saw three funnel clouds near North Palm Beach Municipal Airport. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kelsey City City Hall | 1.9 miles | 1981 |
 | Seaboard Airline Railroad Station | 2.8 miles | 1986 |
 | Northboro Park Historic District | 5.5 miles | 2007 |
 | Old Northwood Historic District | 5.9 miles | 1994 |
 | Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Burial Site | 6.2 miles | 2002 |
 | Pine Ridge Hospital | 7.0 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80000960 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Palm Beach County | All 74 listed properties in this county. |
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