The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1932, the Trout family constructed and moved into the first house built in the area that became Glen Ridge. Twin brothers Kenyon and Karl Riddle purchased land west of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, south of Southern Boulevard, and northeast of the West Palm Beach Canal in 1935. For reasons not entirely certain, the housing development split, with part of it becoming the neighboring town of Cloud Lake, in 1951. Glen Ridge, a 100 acres (40 ha) municipality, was incorporated on December 11, 1947, and received its name by resident Helen Mosler's suggestion, stating that the wooded canal bank resembled the ridge of a glen.
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Nothing in Glen Ridge is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Glen Ridge has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Vedado Historic District in West Palm Beach, 0.8 miles away.
Glen Ridge and the nearest listed places
Closest to Glen Ridge
Vedado Historic DistrictWest Palm Beach · Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals0.8mi
Central Park Historic DistrictWest Palm Beach · Mission Revival1.5mi
Prospect Park-Southland Park Historic DistrictWest Palm Beach · Masonry Vernacular1.6mi
Flamingo Park Historic Residential DistrictWest Palm Beach · Mission Style1.7mi
Clifton Rice HouseWest Palm Beach · Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals1.8miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.