Sunlit Arches - Naughton, Janet
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Architecture tells the story of a place. In Florida, where rapid growth often erases old buildings before their stories can be told, much of that history has disappeared. One man who helped shape South Florida's landscape was William Manly King Jr., an architect whose career spanned the land boom of the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the transformations of the postwar years. King designed schools, churches, residences, hospitals, and civic buildings-structures that reflected the needs and ideals of their communities. Though overlooked for decades, his body of work defined the look of South…mehr

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Architecture tells the story of a place. In Florida, where rapid growth often erases old buildings before their stories can be told, much of that history has disappeared. One man who helped shape South Florida's landscape was William Manly King Jr., an architect whose career spanned the land boom of the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the transformations of the postwar years. King designed schools, churches, residences, hospitals, and civic buildings-structures that reflected the needs and ideals of their communities. Though overlooked for decades, his body of work defined the look of South Florida for generations. Historian Janet Naughton brings King's story to light in the first comprehensive study of his career. Blending architectural history with vivid community stories, she reveals the legacy of a man whose designs gave form to modern Florida.
Autorenporträt
JANET NAUGHTON IS A faculty librarian, history professor, and award-winning author ded-icated to uncovering Florida's overlooked stories. A Palm Beach County resident since1987, she has served as archivist for the Boynton Beach City Library, the Delray BeachHistorical Society, and as president of the Boynton Beach Historical Society. She worksas a history consultant and writer for museums, libraries, and historical organizationsthroughout Florida.Passionate about Florida's social, architectural, and environmental history, Naugh-ton has written or co-authored more than a dozen books. Her titles include PioneeringPalm Beach: The Deweys and the South Florida Frontier, Legendary Locals of West Palm Beach,and The Crystal Ball Chronicles, all co-authored with Ginger L. Pedersen, as well as severalvolumes in Arcadia Publishing's Images of America and Vintage Postcard series.Her fascination with Florida's built environment and the stories behind it led herto William Manly King Jr., whose influence on South Florida's architecture had long beenoverlooked. This book grew out of years of research, community history work, and a de-sire to preserve the stories behind the structures we often pass without notice.Known for her meticulous use of primary sources,Naughton approaches research like a detective, cross-check-ing historic records, photographs, and firsthand accounts toseparate fact from myth. Inspired since childhood by NancyDrew's love of clue-hunting, she thrives on tracking downelusive evidence, exploring historic landmarks, and leadingtours such as the Moonlight Cemetery Tours of WoodlawnCemetery. When she's not in the archives, she's often pedal-ing Florida's coastline, chasing stories that drift in with thetide.