The Fred C. Aiken House is an example of Addison Mizner's Mediterranean-inspired architecture from 1925. This historically designated residence is Located at the corner of Paloma Avenue and Hibiscus Street, in the Old Floresta Historic District in Boca Raton, Florida .
10-801: Aiken House may refer to: Fred C. Aiken House , listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Boca Raton, Florida David Aikens House , listed on the NRHP in Columbus, Indiana Aiken House (Rensselaer, New York) , listed on the NRHP in Rensselaer County, New York Abraham Aiken House , listed on the NRHP in Willsboro, New York Gov. William Aiken House , listed on
20-550: Is still standing today as a reflection of the well-built craftsmanship of Addison Mizner Industries and later Hermann V. von Holst and his team from Chicago IL. This 2-story house was designed in 1925 and built in 1926 by the Mizner Development Corporation. According to the design catalog for the Old Floresta houses, this is the only example of Model C non-reversed ever built. Old Floresta became
30-655: The NRHP in Charleston, South Carolina Hugh Aiken House , listed on the NRHP in Greenville, South Carolina William Aiken House and Associated Railroad Structures , listed on the NRHP in Charleston, South Carolina White-Aiken House , listed on the NRHP in Salado, Texas Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Aiken House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
40-606: The National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lavender House The Lavender House (also known as the Hermann V. von Holst House ) is a historic home in Boca Raton , Florida , United States . It is located at 875 Alamanda Street. On February 24, 1995, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places . Modern real estate agents in Boca Raton tend to mistakenly describe von Holst's residential work there as by
50-551: The colorful, quixotic Addison Mizner . While Mizner did serve as the general contractor and developer of "Floresta" in its initial stage, the architectural plans for these homes were by von Holst, who was a distinguished Chicago Prairie School architect who relocated to Florida for this purpose. Soon after the neighborhood was begun, Mizner defaulted on payments to contractors and was successfully sued by von Holst, et al., and thereafter von Holst took chief responsibility for nurturing Floresta to success. Lucy von Holst, along with
60-748: The famed Boca Raton Resort . The Fred C. Aiken house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in September 1992. There are two houses listed in the National Register in Boca Raton, both in Old Floresta. The other house is the Lavender House , two blocks south-west from the Fred C. Aiken House, where Hermann Von Holst lived until his death in 1953. This article about a property in Palm Beach County, Florida on
70-470: The first historic district of Boca Raton, Florida , in 1980. Today, it is one of the most beautiful and exclusive neighborhoods in the city. This narrow tree-lined streets neighborhood was conceived by Addison Mizner for two purposes: to invigorate the local real estate market and also provide housing to executives of the Mizner Development Corporation (developers of the Cloister Inn, which is nowadays
80-698: The late 1920s. In 1929. Mr. Aiken became Boca Raton's third Mayor, and served until 1938. He then held the position of town clerk for 10 years after that, ultimately living in this house for 31 years. The Fred C. Aiken House, nestled in the heart of the historic neighborhood of Old Floresta , an example of Mediterranean Revival style by American architect Addison Mizner . Spanish hand made Clay Roofs, frame wood structure and stucco, Dade pine floors, perky cypress doors and ceilings, and Spanish decorative tiles are common in these houses. There were 29 Mizner-designed Spanish-style houses in Old Floresta. Few of them are still well-preserved. This property has been preserved and
90-466: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aiken_House&oldid=802821666 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fred C. Aiken House Fred C. Aiken was a film industry executive who moved with his wife Lottie to Boca Raton FL in
100-543: The wives of their two remaining partners (John Verhoeven and Fred Aiken), prepared unsold homes for stylish winter rentals for snowbirds. The true story of old Floresta has been carefully documented by Dr. Donald W. Curl in the journal of the Boca Raton Historical Society. There are two houses listed in the National Register in Boca Raton. The other house is the Fred C. Aiken House , two blocks away from
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