This week in history: New West Palm Beach City Hall opens
On May 10, 1948, the city welcomed a new city hall on Second Street, across from the county courthouse. The former city hall, at Poinsettia Avenue and Datura Street became an office building. The 1948 building was demolished in 1981.
The old “new” city hall (Courtesy Historical Society of Palm Beach County postcard collection)
The 1980 city hall building (Palm Beach Post staff file photo)
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The building in the top photo is of the original fire station in West Palm Beach. It opened in July of 1905 and was occupied as a fire station until 1948 when the firefighters moved into a new building that sat on the southwest corner of 2nd and North Dixie Highway.