816 Park Place, West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Significance

The Flamingo Park subdivision is described as platted on 17 May 1921 by the neighborhood association's own history page, an account that was not independently verified. The Flamingo Park Historic Residential District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 14 July 2000 under reference number 00000785 and covers 458 buildings. The nomination's inventory records this house as site number PB1703, dates it to 1925, gives the style as Mission, and lists it as contributing; the nomination names no architect for this address and carries the architect and builder field as unknown across the district. Marketing copy for the house attributes it to an architect named Hansell Hall and describes it in Mediterranean terms, and neither claim is corroborated by the nomination, which records the style as Mission. A builder named Hansell Hall of Miami is documented in the National Register nomination for the adjacent Grandview Heights Historic District, building speculative houses on Florida Avenue in 1923 and 1924, not on Park Place.

Documented timeline

1. 1921

   Flamingo Park platted

   The Flamingo Park subdivision is described as platted on 17 May 1921 by the neighborhood association's history page. This account was not independently verified.[5]

2. 1925

   House constructed

   The National Register nomination inventory records the house as site number PB1703, dates it to 1925, and gives the style as Mission. The Palm Beach County Property Appraiser also records the year built as 1925.[1][2]

3. 2000

   District listed on the National Register

   The Flamingo Park Historic Residential District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 14 July 2000 under reference number 00000785, covering 458 buildings.[3]

4. 2011

   Quit claim deed into a trust

   A quit claim deed dated 26 January 2011 transferred the property to a trust recorded as Geraghty Margaret Trust at nominal consideration of $10.[1]

5. 2023

   Sold for $620,000 to 816 Park Pl LLC

   The county record shows a sale of $620,000 dated 11 January 2023 to 816 Park Pl LLC.[1]

6. 2023

   Patio recorded as an extra feature

   The county record carries a patio of 429 square feet as an extra feature dated 2023, consistent with the comprehensive restoration described in listing copy.[1][4]

7. 2024

   Sold for $1,265,000

   The county record shows a sale of $1,265,000 to an individual buyer at a recorded deed date of 19 March 2024. A listing page carried by Compass names the brokerage as Kiely Real Estate, LLC; no individual agent is shown on that page.[1][4]

Ownership of record

The county deed chain shows a 2011 quit claim deed to a trust recorded as Geraghty Margaret Trust, a sale in January 2023 to 816 Park Pl LLC, and a sale in March 2024 to an individual buyer, who is the owner of record. Individual owners of record are not named here. Current occupants are not identified; this dossier describes recorded and reported transactions only.

Current status

Sold 19 March 2024 for $1,265,000 (recorded deed date); no public listing found as of September 2026.

Buyer diligence

• Confirm with the City of West Palm Beach Historic Preservation Board whether a certificate of appropriateness is required before any exterior work, and what the review timeline looks like.
• Ask the City of West Palm Beach whether its historic property ad valorem tax exemption for qualifying rehabilitation may apply to planned work, and on what terms.
• Confirm the contributing status and site number PB1703 for this address against the National Register nomination inventory rather than relying on the district boundary alone.
• Confirm the year built of 1925 with the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser, and treat the Hansell Hall architect attribution as unverified unless a permit record, a building card, or a period source supports it.
• Establish the scope and permitting of the work described in listing copy as a comprehensive restoration, including the 429 square foot patio the county record dates to 2023.
• Pull the current FEMA flood zone designation and an elevation certificate for the parcel.

What the record cannot show

• Who designed or built the house. The nomination names no architect for this address, and the Hansell Hall attribution appears only in marketing copy.
• The original owner of the house, who was not identified in any source reviewed.
• The scope and quality of the restoration described in listing copy, or whether all of that work was permitted.
• Whether the $1,265,000 recorded in March 2024 reflects the full consideration, since side agreements and personal property allocations do not appear on a recorded deed.