Bethesda-by-the-Sea
Midtown, South County Road
The island's Gothic Revival landmark: an Episcopal congregation born in 1889, in its courtyard church since 1926.
Last verified August 28, 2026
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens
The sculptor's own acre: Ann Weaver Norton's home, studio, monumental brick figures and rare palm collection.
Type
Culture & Landmarks
Area
West Palm Beach, El Cid
Address
253 Barcelona Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Opened
Founded 1977
Website
Last verified
August 28, 2026
Across the water in the El Cid district, the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens preserve the home, studio and life's work of the sculptor Ann Weaver Norton, widow of the museum founder Ralph Norton. She established the foundation in 1977; she died in 1982; the garden has been the quiet counterweight to the big museum ever since.
Nine monumental sculptures, eight in brick and one in granite, stand among more than 250 rare species of palms and cycads, around a 1925 house hung with over 100 of her works. It is the most atmospheric hour of art in the Palm Beaches, and the least hurried.
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