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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.
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.
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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.
He died at only fifty one, on February 27, 1934 in his home at 1055 Hollywood Boulevard. ALMOST immediately the city commission renamed the former Harding Circle as Joseph W. Young Circle, and on August 1, 1935 Mayor Arthur W. Kellner issued a Proclamation designating Young's birth date (August 4th) as Founder's Day and a public holiday.
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.
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The Joseph Wesley Young House (also known as the Zeller Residence) 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.
