Hotels
Best Western Seaspray Inn - Singer Island
123 Ocean Avenue, Singer Island, FL 33404
Swimming pool - restaurant - lounge
Pet-friendly hotel
Canopy Palms Resort - Singer Island
3800 North Ocean Drive, Singer Island, FL 33404
Swimming pool - fitness center - restaurant - lounge
Crowne Plaza Hotel - Singer Island
3200 North Ocean Drive, Singer Island, FL 3404
Swimming pool - fitness center - restaurant - lounge
Oceanfront hotel
Days Inn Resort - Singer Island -
2700 North Ocean Drive, Singer Island, FL 33404
Hilton Singer Island Resort - Singer Island
3700 North Ocean Drive, Singer Island, FL 33404
Swimming pool - fitness center - restaurant
Rutledge Inn - Singer Island
3730 Ocean Drive, Singer Island, FL 33404
Singer Island
History
Singer Island was named for Paris Singer, the famous developer of Palm
Beach, who was the 23rd and next to last child of Isaac Singer, the sewing
machine millionaire. Paris Singer visited Florida in 1917 and purchased a
home in Palm Beach. With Addison Mizner as his personal architect, he
created Palm Beach as we know it today with its' Spanish architecture,
picturesque streets and exclusive shops. Singer took his friends on picnics
to the beautiful island just north of Palm Beach. In anticipation of the
Florida real estate boom, he and his architect planned to develop the island
with a super luxurious "Paris Singer Hotel" on the south end and a typical
resort hotel, the "Blue Heron", on the north end with a 36 hole golf course
between the two hotels.
However, plans were changed as problems in
financing and clearing titles occurred. So Paris Singer began to build a
luxury hotel only on the south end of the Island and called it the "Blue
Heron". It was where the current Hilton Hotel stands. Singer wanted to link
the island with Palm Beach but Palm Beach and the War Department refused
permission.
In 1925, Palm Beach County built a wooden bridge
from Riviera Beach to Singer Island funded by a bond issue that Singer
purchased himself. In 1927 the real estate boom collapsed and the sale of
lots on Singer Island ceased. So did the work on the hotel. Further hardship
came when a powerful hurricane destroyed the Sherman Point Bridge in 1928.
It was not rebuilt until 1935. The abandoned, incomplete hotel was razed in
1940.
In 1940, the City of Riviera purchased 1,000 feet
of beach on the Island for $40,000. This led to the growth of tourism in
Riviera and eventual incorporation of the island north of Palm Beach Shores.
In 1941 the city of Riviera changed its name to Riviera Beach.
The Town of Palm Beach Shores was developed in 1947
when A. 0. Edwards, a railroad and hotel tycoon, bought 240 acres on Singer
Island for $240,000 and invested aa further $500,000 in improvements. He
laid out a city plan with parks, walkways and roadways. (Originally Palm
Beach Shores' northern boundary extended 300 ft. north of Blue Heron
Boulevard.) In 1948 Edward's built the Inlet Court Hotel, later renamed
Colonnades. In 1949 the wooden Sherman's Point Bridge was replaced with a
steel and concrete 2 lane structure with a drawbridge which permitted
passage through the Intracoastal Waterway. The first Sebring style race was
held on the island in 1950 and ended at the Colonnades. Edward's became the
town's first mayor in 1952 and died in 1960. His estate sold the Colonnades
Hotel to John D. MacArthur in 1963.
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John D. MacArthur, born
in poverty as the son of a preacher, became one of the greatest financiers
of his day through the building of the Banker's Life and Casualty Insurance
Company in Chicago. By purchasing over 100,000 acres in this part of Palm
Beach County, MacArthur became the largest landowner in the area. MacArthur
ran his billion dollar empire from a booth in the Colonnades Hotel's coffee
shop. In 1976 he suffered a stroke and died 14 months later in the hotel.
The hotel was razed in 1990 and the Marriott Corporation began construction
of its' time share resort, Marriott's Ocean Pointe Resort, on the land.
MacArthur also owned many acres on the north end of
Singer Island and he donated a large section of that land for the state park
which bears his name. His foundation provides funds to improve the
facilities. The MacArthur Beach State Park opened in 1989.
In the 1950's this area enjoyed tremendous growth
and Singer Island developed as a resort area of hotels and condominiums for
winter residents. In 1952, Phil Foster Park was opened, named after one of
Riviera Beach's pioneer citizens, the owner of one of the first tourist
courts in the area. In 1976, to accommodate this growth and ease the access
to the island, the 2 lane draw bridge was replaced with the current 4 lane
Blue Heron Bridge. The Ocean Mall and walkway to beach were also opened at
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