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During the 1920s Florida land boom, 1055 Hollywood Boulevard was built as the residence of Joseph W. Young, founder of Hollywood, a planned community. Young oversaw every detail in the development of Hollywood.
The Joseph Wesley Young House is a historic home in Hollywood, Florida. It is located at 1055 Hollywood Boulevard. On August 10, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Joseph Wesley Young Jr. (1882–1934) was a founder and developer of Hollywood, Florida. He is listed as a Great Floridian.
After the population rose to over 20,000 in 1925, founder Joseph W. Young had Hollywood incorporated. But Hollywood actually began to exist in 1920, when Young sent the first men to clear the initial site and lay in Hollywood Boulevard.
Where have you gone, Joseph Wesley Young? Our city turns its misguided eyes to you! It’s interesting to note that most people identify Hollywood’s historic architecture as Spanish Mediterranean, when it is in fact Spanish Mission. Young was from California, and he was influenced by the Mission Revival movement there.
"HOLLYWOOD by the Sea" was envisioned and begun in 1920 by one man, Joseph W. Young, Jr. He drew up the city plan with its broad Boulevard intersected by three circles.
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