Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1946.
“The Comeau Building is a historic U.S. building in West Palm Beach, Florida. A 10-story Neo-Classical Revival-style structure, the building was conceptualized by businessman Alfred J.”
Wikipedia article Comeau Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 74 National Register listings published here for Palm Beach County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · 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 7 fires within 5 miles of Comeau Building between 1995 and 2004, burning about 14 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 July 2003 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | OKEECHOBEE COMMAND |
| 21 July 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 47TH ST COMMAND |
| 14 May 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 April 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 February 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 January 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | THE LAMANCHA FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Palm Beach, the town this property stands in, in 61 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 12 funnel cloud, 9 lightning, 8 hail. The reports record 2 deaths and 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Lightning | West Palm Beach | 1 killed | A 65-year-old man was killed when he was struck by lightning while standing in his front yard talking to his neighbor. |
| July 1997 | Lightning | West Palm Beach | 1 killed | 34 year old male struck by lightning shortly after getting out of his car at his residence on stoneway lane. |
| September 1999 | Lightning | West Palm Beach | 1 hurt, $50,000 | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Lightning | West Palm Beach | 1 hurt | A 44-year-old male construction worker in the median of I-95 near Forest Hill Boulevard was injured when lightning struck a nearby crane. He was transported to the hospital then released. |
| April 2004 | Lightning | West Palm Beach | 1 hurt | A 43-year-old male walking to his vehicle was injured when lightning struck a nearby tree. It was raining steadily at the time. The man was treated and released from a hospital. |
| August 2004 | Lightning | West Palm Beach | 1 hurt | A 33-year-old soccer coach was talking on the telephone when he received a shock from a lightning strike knocking him from his chair. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | $50,000 | Florida Highway Patrol reported an uprooted tree fell onto a mobile home in Belle Glade. Wind gust of 51 knots observed at Palm Beach International Airport. Large trees were blown down damaging a mobile home and a carport just south of Lake Worth. A waterspout was sighted offshore Delray Beach. A large billboard was blown down and power poles were bent in Hypoluxo. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Wildfire | West Palm Beach | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | $25,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds damaged screened porches and awnings on a few homes and downed tree limbs. |
| January 2000 | Wildfire | West Palm Beach | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | $10,000 | Broadcast media reported that a large tree fell on a school bus as a severe thunderstorm moved through the area. There were no injuries at the time of the report. The speed of the wind gust was estimated based on close proximity to where a 74 mph gust was recorded. |
| December 2006 | Flash Flood | West Palm Beach | $5,000 | A slow-moving low pressure trough caused very heavy rains and significant flooding over parts of Palm Beach County. West Palm Beach International Airport received a total of 8.21 inches of rain ending at 7 PM on the 15th. Other locations in Central and Southern Palm Beach County received between 6 and 8 inches of rain. Northern Broward County received lesser amounts in the 2 to 3 inch range.|Several streets and roads were closed in the city of West Palm Beach, with water reaching up to 3 feet deep in some areas. Hardest hit was the neighborhood of Pineapple Park. Many vehicles were stranded in the deep water, with local police receiving about 120 calls for assistance. No significant damage was reported to property despite water entering homes and businesses. |Florida Power and Light reported 20,000 customers without power during the afternoon and early evening hours. Shelters were opened for people left homeless by the floods, but only 5 people had arrived as of 8:30 PM. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| March 1999 | Tornado (F0) | West Palm Beach | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Flash Flood | West Palm Beach | - | Law enforcement reported flash flooding with several stalled-out cars and standing water on Southern Boulevard in West Palm Beach, as well as US-1 in Lake Worth, after rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved through the area. 3 to 5 inches of rain was estimated to have fallen in a less than 3-hour period across this area, with 12-hour rainfall amounts of 6 to 7 inches. |
| July 2020 | Hail | West Palm Beach | - | Broadcast media reported nickel size hail on Southern Boulevard in eastern parts of West Palm Beach. |
| August 2020 | Flood | West Palm Beach | - | Video on social media shows roads partially submerged in the Prospect Park neighborhood of West Palm Beach from heavy rainfall. Rainfall amounts in the surrounding area were in the 3 to 5 inch range. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | West Palm Beach | - | Several reports and videos from WPTV of flooding due to heavy rainfall of 2 to 3 inches falling within 30 minutes across portions of West Palm Beach. This heavy rainfall caused streets to become impassable with some cars stuck in deep water, which reached up to the headlights. Streets which had significant flooding include: Flagler Drive, Parker Avenue, and Banyan Street east of Tamarind Avenue. |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | - | A weatherbug mesonet site reported a thunderstorm wind gust 59 mph. |
| March 2008 | Hail | West Palm Beach | - | A severe thunderstorm continued northward after producing wind damage in the Lake Clarke Shores area and produced quarter sized hail in West Palm Beach along Southern Boulevard between the Intracoastal Waterway and Dixie Highway. |
| February 2007 | Hail | West Palm Beach | - | Hail reported at 330 Sea Spray Avenue in West Palm Beach by trained spotter. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was estimated by the public. |
| August 2004 | Hail | West Palm Beach | - | Hail three quarters of an inch in diameter was reported near 45th Street and Broadway. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | West Palm Beach | - | A tornado was seen over a small lake. |
| August 2003 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | A funnel cloud was seen over the Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park. |
| August 2003 | Tornado (F0) | West Palm Beach | - | A waterspout moved ashore from the Atlantic near the Town of Palm Beach and continued west. The tornado did very minor damage to a construction site. |
| February 2002 | Heavy Rain | West Palm Beach | - | Three to five inches of rain fell between 10 am and 2 pm with nine inches measured at Lake Worth ina 38-hour period. A woman drove her vehicle into a canal and drowned when her car was swept away. |
| September 2002 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | Emergency Management Officials reported a funnel cloud. |
| March 2001 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | A SKYWARN spotter sighted a funnel cloud forming near Climatis and Quadrille Roads. |
| May 2001 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | The Highway Patrol reported a funnel cloud near SR 80 at 20-mile bend. |
| March 2001 | Hail | West Palm Beach | - | A spotter reported dime-size hail between Indiantown and West Palm Beach. |
| June 2001 | Waterspout | West Palm Beach | - | Two waterspouts were sighted in the Atlantic about one mile offshore Southern Boulevard. |
| July 2001 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | A SKYWARN spotter sighted a funnel cloud over Wellington. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | West Palm Beach | - | Street flooding in Wellington was caused by four inches of rain in a two hour period. |
| November 1998 | Waterspout | West Palm Beach | - | A pilot sighted two waterspouts west of Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | - | large tree fell on cars along 45 st. |
| August 1997 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | reported by public. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | - | Nickel and dime-size hail was reported around West Palm Beach. Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and blew tree limbs off. |
| November 2003 | Heavy Rain | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Waterspout | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| November 1999 | Waterspout | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Waterspout | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F0) | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Waterspout | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Funnel Cloud | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Lightning | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Lightning | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Palm Beach | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatch's Department Store | under 500 feet | 1994 | |
 | Palm Beach Mercantile Company | under 500 feet | 1994 |
 | Guaranty Building | 0.1 miles | 1998 |
 | American National Bank Building | 0.1 miles | 1997 |
 | Professional Building | 0.2 miles | 1996 |
 | Ferndix Building | 0.2 miles | 1999 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 96000975 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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