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Palm Beach Shores
Looking south at the southern end of Singer
Island where Palm Beach Shores was
established. 1950s.
Courtesy HSPBC.
In 1947 the southern end of Singer Island, long a fishing community, was purchased by A. O. Edwards, who had built projects in South Africa, India, and England, including London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. Edwards developed the 240-acre peninsula south of the present Blue Heron (Jerry Thomas Memorial) Bridge, including a marina, a bulkhead on the 3700-foot shoreline, and the Inlet Court Hotel (later the Colonnades Hotel, which he sold to John D. MacArthur). Palm Beach Shores was incorporated in 1951.
The Inlet Court Hotel was later re-named
Colonnades Hotel.
Courtesy HSPBC.