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1. Palm Beach Fine Art & Antique Fair - Sponsors
www.palmbeachfair.com/DesktopD - [Cached]Published on: 9/20/2007 Last Visited: 6/19/2008
Built in 1922 by Mayor David Dunkle in the heart of Old Northwood - a National Register Historic District in West Palm Beach, Florida. -
2. www.innlodging.com
www.innlodging.com/st/fl/flori - [Cached]Published on: 3/11/2008 Last Visited: 3/11/2008
A virtual tour of the 1922 B & B home built by Mayor David Dunkle in a National Register Historic District. -
3. WPB
www.floridahistorichomes.com/W - [Cached]Published on: 1/3/2007 Last Visited: 2/10/2008
Other principals in the firm were David F. Dunkle and Orrin Randolph.
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David Forrest Dunkle was born in Pennsylvania in 1888.In 1914, after obtaining a law degree at Stetson University, he opened a law office in West Palm Beach.His career was interrupted by military service in 1917, but he returned to West Palm Beach in 1919.The following year he was elected to a two-year term as Mayor of West Palm Beach.His career took a different turn in 1920, when he founded the Palm Beach Guaranty Company, an organization that financed building projects.The company erected the Guaranty Building at 120 South Olive Avenue in 1922.Dunkle was also one of the organizers of the American National Bank and a director of the First American Bank and Trust Company.As secretary- treasurer of the Pinewood Development Company, he became actively involved in real estate development.He did not fare well when the bottom dropped out of the Florida real estate market.In 1928, Dunkle was charged and convicted of embezzlement of Palm Beach Guaranty Company funds.The Florida Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 1929.
The 400 acres for the Northwood subdivision were purchased in early 1921 from a Colorado corporation, the Lake Worth Realty Company, by the Pinewood Development Company. The Lake Worth Realty Company had acquired the land in 1914 at a cost of about $75 per
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reformed as the Northwood Investment Company, with Dunkle as President.As the City
