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Editor s note: Each month this season, we will publish a column from the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach featuring a landmarked property.
With its fish-scale scalloped shingles and pointed finials atop each gable, Duck’s Nest conjures up the Victorian era.
Viewed from Lake Trail, it may appear to be a charming house from the turn of the 20th century. But it also has a fascinating history, which includes weathering hurricanes, architectural styles, and the development of Palm Beach.
The house gets its name from the ducks that roosted on the extensive freshwater marsh, now filled in, which were formerly located east of the building. It’s hard to imagine, but at the time the only way to access this house was by boat via Lake Worth (now referred to as the Intracoastal Waterway).
Palm Beach Daily News
Billionaire real estate investor Jeff Greene’s plan to expand his landmark oceanfront Palm Beach estate received tepid approval Wednesday from the town’s Landmarks Preservation Commission – despite concerns that the historic home was being “swallowed” by additions.
Greene and his wife, Mei Sze, want to build a two-story addition to the Addison Mizner-designed estate, including an exercise room, home office and a casual “ocean room,” architect Mark Marsh told commission members Wednesday.
It would be the second expansion the Greenes have made to the property – known as “La Bellucia” – since purchasing it in 2009 for $24 million. While the first addition added a formal living room to the property, he said, it did not create enough casual space.