Deborah Hartz-Seeley's Blog Posts Tagged 'Boca Raton Historical Society' (7)

Co-Chairwomen Dawn Zook, Lisa Vander Ploeg, Diane Robertson and Lindy Harvey organized the successful dinner-by-the-bite tour of the city’s restaurants that started with champagne and appetizers and ended with dessert and dancing. A fundraiser for the Boca Raton Historical…

By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley

You don’t need to reserve a seat or pack a suitcase to board the Boca Express. Just bring your love of history and your imagination. 

At the Boca Express Train Museum, you start your 30-minute tour in the original station built for the Florida East Coast Railroad. It was built in the Mediterranean Revival style during the 1930s. 

“This building is a real survivor,” says Susan Gillis, curator of the Boca Raton Historical…

The owner of the historic Luff House wants the building either

moved or demolished. Courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society

The search for a new site for the circa-1920s Luff House is…

                                   The society also will sell tiles from the Giles House, known as La Vieille Maison. 

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The planning committee for the Addison’s 85th birthday 

poses in front of the historic structure at 2 East Camino Real,

Boca Raton. From left:  Patrick Duffy, Addison executive chef;

Chasity Navarro, Greater…

IBM announced its plans to open a plant in Boca Raton

in 1967. Courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society

By Mary Jane Fine

Earlier…

BM announced its plans to open a plant in Boca Raton in 1967.

Courtesy of the Boca Raton Historical Society

By Mary Jane Fine

Earlier…