112 Seminole Avenue, Palm Beach, FL 33480

Significance

The National Register nomination describes a 2 story U shaped Mediterranean Revival residence designed by Addison Mizner and constructed for the Warden family. The walls used hollow clay tile and cast stone, with handmade floor tiles, pecky cypress ceilings, a clay barrel tile roof, arched openings and sculptural ornament. This is a description of the historic building, not an inspection of what survives today. The nomination directly documents the 1977 division into 6 units, replacing the earlier unsupported account of a possible condominium conversion. It reports substantial changes to private and service areas while principal public rooms were retained. The Town map now identifies the Warden House at 200 N Ocean Boulevard and associates it with 6 parcel identifiers. The historic street address is therefore an archival locator, not a sufficient present unit identifier.

Documented timeline

1. 1922

   Residence constructed

   The nomination dates construction to 1922 and attributes the design to Addison Mizner. Its account describes a U shaped residence arranged around a courtyard, with separate wings and an ocean-facing principal interior.[1]

2. 1977

   Conversion into 6 condominium units

   The nomination explicitly dates conversion to 1977 and describes 6 units, with 3 in each wing. It records changes to service and private areas, glazing and window work, enclosure of loggias and the connecting cloister, and a swimming pool. These are historical alterations, not a statement of present approvals.[1]

3. 1979

   Town designation

   The Town Historic Resources Map gives 11 July 1979 as the Warden House designation date and 200 N Ocean Boulevard as the indexed address. Its parcel field contains 6 identifiers. The map and the nomination agree on a construction year of 1922.[2]

Ownership of record

The current Town map is a historic-resource index, not a unit title report. Its 6 parcel references establish where unit-level research should begin, but the current owners, deeds, assessments, and association obligations were not verified in this review. No individual owner, aggregate unit price, or current transaction is asserted. A buyer must identify the exact legal unit, its parcel control number, and its interest in common elements before a title or financial review can be meaningful.

Current status

The historical condominium conversion and Town landmark record are verified. Current unit ownership, transactions, association finances, and the mapping between the historic and current street addresses remain unverified at unit level.

Buyer diligence

• Match the intended legal unit to its county parcel, recorded declaration and current title commitment. The Town historic layer indexes the building as 200 N Ocean Boulevard, while the National Register nomination uses 112 Seminole Avenue. Preserve both in research and resolve the address relationship before assigning a transaction to this dossier.
• Obtain the recorded declaration, all amendments, bylaws, rules and the current association budget. Identify which parts of the historic exterior, roof, courtyard, cloister and other shared spaces are common elements and who is responsible for repair and insurance. This review did not inspect those association records.
• Compare current plans and physical conditions with the nomination account of the 1977 conversion. It describes alterations to private rooms and service spaces while principal public areas survived. That distinction makes room-level documentation useful when evaluating historic fabric; the old nomination cannot establish what remains today.
• Obtain the Town designation report and later certificates of appropriateness. The Town review page assigns review of designated landmarks to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Confirm the process for proposed exterior and landscape work, and establish whether prior alterations have the required approvals.
• Inspect the building and obtain relevant engineering, insurance and reserve records. This dossier has not determined present structural condition, the adequacy of reserves, pending repair obligations, special assessments, or any unit-specific insurance terms. Historical significance does not answer those financial and physical questions.

What the record cannot show

• Current ownership or the consideration for any specific condominium unit transaction without matching and opening the unit deed.
• The current association budget, reserves, assessments, repair responsibilities or insurance coverage.
• Whether the architectural materials and spaces described in the historic nomination survive or have been altered under later approvals.
• The correspondence between a historic street address and a present legal unit without the declaration, parcel record and survey.