Palm Beach
The Brazilian Court
Rosario Candela's courtyard apartment hotel near Worth Avenue, opened on New Year's Day 1926 and now a Palm Beach landmark.
- Built
- 1925original section built 1925 as an apartment hotel; opened New Year's Day 1926; south courtyard added 1936
- Style
- Mediterranean Revival
- Architect
- Rosario Candela (later additions by Treanor & Fatio)
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 80
- Credentials
- Local landmark
The story
New York investors Joseph D’Esterre and Stanley Paschal assembled the site in 1924–25 and hired New York apartment architect Rosario Candela, who designed a Mediterranean-style apartment hotel around inner courtyards; it opened on New Year’s Day 1926. After the Depression it was sold at a 1932 foreclosure auction to the Mulford Realty Company, under which architects Treanor and Fatio made additions; a south courtyard followed in 1936 and a pool and patio in 1979. The hotel closed from 1984 to 1986 for interior renovation. A later renovation removed the kitchenettes and brought in Daniel Boulud’s Café Boulud.
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Address: 301 Australian Avenue, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.