Eugene A. Millette, the manager, has been associated with many resort and city hotels throughout the state in the eight winters he had been in Florida.  Patrons of the Alma are assured of service and a clientele consistent with experience and knowledge of hotel direction.

​

In the hotel are shops, which include an ice cream parlor, barber shop, valet service and a la carte dining room serving special club meals at reasonable prices. The Alma is to be operated on the European Plan and will be open year-round. All furnishings for this hotel were supplied by the Pioneer Hardware Company of Lake Worth and they are modern, attractive and comfortable.

​

************************************************************************************************************

​

The Palm Beach Post

Sun, Aug 9, 1925 

Page 9

​

​ALMA HOTEL 

Datura and Rosemary Sts.

​

148 guest rooms, 114, 114 Rooms with baths, 7 shops, 1 Bank Office.  Running Water in every room, spacious Lobbies. Completely furnished and now doingDetoxify your body clear brain fog and a capacity business hotel has established clientele and is now producing an income of approximately 20% on the investment even in summer rates.

 

hotel is being enlarged and sale price includes all new improvements. It is located on one of the most strategic corners in West Palm Beach's rapidly expanding business section, and property alone will undoubtedly increase 50% in value within the next 6 months. This is offered at this time solely because the owner has other investments which require his entire efforts and the price at which it is offered is really a sacrifice

 

A big advantage to the purchaser is the fact that the hotel is not under lease. Full information in regards to price, terms, income, floor plan,s etc.may be had at our offices and it will be our pleasure to go over the entire proposition in detail with interested parties. The terms are remarkably easy and we recommend this to anyone in the market for a safe, large income producing, rapidly enhancing investment.

 

Offered exclusively by

Dillon, Lane and Morton,Inc. 

118 Narcissus Street

"Reliability Our Greatest Asset"

​

​**************************************************************************************************************

 

The Palm Beach Post                                                                                                                    

Tue, Jan 31, 1933                                                                                                                         

Page 5

Payment Of $364,000 Or Sale Of Hotel Is Order Made By Court

Alma Property Is Affected By Ccourt Decrees, Signed By Judge Thomas

​

The Alma Hotel, located at Datura and Rosemary Avenue, will be sold at court sale unless defendants in the foreclosure of two trust deeds, of which the Central Farmer’s Trust Company is successor trustee, pay into court $364,000 and other sums within three days of the signing of the decree last Saturday at Fort Pierce, according to the decree filed in this circuit court here Monday

​

Circuit Judge Elwyn Thomas signed the decree last Saturday as of January 13 acting in the disqualification of Judge C. E. Chillingworth.

​

Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Meerdink, of this city, and the Alma Hotel Company are defendants together with other parties.

​

In the first of the trust deeds, Mr. Meerdink or any other defendant who may care to make payments, shall pay $137,000 .61 with interest from January 13 and $37.61 per cent of all other costs and expenses of the suit.

​

In the foreclosure of the other deed, which was issued by Alma Hotel Company, payment of $227,397.94 with interest from January 13, is required together with 62.39 per cent of all other costs in the suit.

​

The second deed is a first lien on the south 43 ft of the property, but a second lien is on the north 100 ft of the lot #5 block 23.

The two parcels, all together comprising the site of the hotel, will be offered separately by J.R. Bullock as Special Master in the event the sums are not paid.

​

In addition to the above sums, W.D. Hines, appointed receiver of the property, October 6, 1928, is allowed $3,025 as compensation exclusive of any sum already paid him. The suit is held subject to further orders of the court.

​

No bid will be considered unless accompanied by payment of $5,000 cash or certified check to the master. The sale will be subject to all taxes, assessments, penalties and costs, and also will be subject to confirmation of the court.  Winters, Foskett & Willcox represent the successor trustee.

​

**************************************************************************************************************

 

The Palm Beach Post                                                                                                                   

Sun, Feb 6, 2000                                                                                                                        

Page 133

​

Alma Hotel is Still There                                                                                                           

John Bizub of Wellington wrote History Sunday about his fond memories of the Alma Hotel in West Palm Beach. “I have looked but can’t find the Alma Hotel. Could you please let me know where it is or was?”  Sherry Piland, Historic Preservation Planner for the City of West Palm Beach, saw the letter and wrote to say that Alma still exists at 532 Datura Street, (southeast corner of Datura and Rosemary). Ms. Piland noted that it is one of the few surviving tourist hotels from the 1920s in West Palm Beach.

​

**************************************************************************************************************

 

The Palm Beach Post                                                                                                       

 Sat, Nov 30, 2002                                                                                                                    

Page 39                                                                                                                                          

 by Antigone Barton                                                                                                                 

 Palm Beach Post staff writer

​

Evacuations Caused By Careless Smoker

West Palm Beach -- Careless cigarette smoking caused the fire that set off the sprinklers that displaced as many as 150 residents of Palm Beach Assisted Living Facility on Thanksgiving night, a fire rescue spokesman said.

​

After spending hours huddled outside the center at 534 Datura Street, about 50 of the residents spent the night on floor mats at the Salvation Army Northwest Community Center, about five blocks away. Those in need of more care were sent to the Palm Beach Shores Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and to a Boynton Beach assisted living center owned by the company that owns the West Palm Beach Center, a center social worker said.

​

Two residents who had been taken to the Salvation Army Center were later hospitalized after suffering seizures Friday morning, a facility nurse at the center was trying to find anti-seizure medication.

​

Facility director, Joseph Glucksman, would not comment on the fire or damage to the center Friday morning, except to say the residents would return around noon.

​

“Who said there was damage? I didn’t,” he snapped. But West Palm Beach Fire Rescue spokesman, Phil Kaplan, said water damage was extensive. Fourth-floor sprinklers, set off by a small fire in one of the units, drenched the building from top to bottom, sending water through the ceiling and electrical conduits, Kaplan said. After an all-night cleanup effort, managers were planning to bring residents back in the afternoon, Kaplan said. He could not say who inspected the building before approving it for the residents' return.

​

At noon, residents were still watching movies in the Salvation Army Community room. A couple wandered the streets clutching blankets. One entered the facility alone while another passed the facility saying she had been told residents could not return until after 4 PM. Att 4:30, a facility representative refused to say when or if the residents had returned.

​

The facility opened in 1997 in a building once known as the Alma Hotel that dates to 1924.  Florida Housing Corp. owns the four-story building, according to Palm Beach County Property Appraiser records. It provides housing and support services for low-income elderly and handicapped residents.