The name Mizner is no stranger to Boca. As you drive around town or shop for a house, you will find that name pop up a lot. Who was Addison Mizner and how did he influence Boca’s development? Originally from California, Addison Cairns Mizner was the best known and most discussed living American architect in the early 1920’s. After spending time designing and developing real estate in Palm Beach, he moved south to Boca Raton in the early 1920’s with his eye on creating an entire city by developing 16,000 [...]

As you drive around town, do you ever wonder where some of the street names originated from? Butts Road may just be a path for you to cut over from Military to Glades, but you are actually driving on a wealth of local history from the early 1900’s. August H. Butts and his wife Natalie Swanson purchased 3,500 acres of land in 1933 in Boca Raton on each side of Glades Road from Florida's Turnpike to Interstate 95. Mr. Butts took advantage of a slow economy at the time to [...]