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History · Gulf Stream

Half of Gulf Stream’s homes were built after 1979

Most of Gulf Stream was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: 6 old photos and papers from 1941 on.

0on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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The story

How Gulf Stream came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Gulf Stream.

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Gulf Stream was founded around 1916, and throughout the early 1920s, the planned community centered around the Gulf Stream County Club. The name of the town comes from its location on the Gulf Stream, a warm Atlantic Ocean current. Bessemer Properties, a real estate business venture controlled by the family of Henry Phipps, Jr., was responsible for creating the community that was briefly named after him, Phipps Beach, before it was ultimately renamed the Town of Gulf Stream when it was officially incorporated as a municipality in 1925.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Gulf Stream, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s6 items
Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC gsc.5a068501941Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC …Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC gsc.5a068511941Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC …Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC gsc.5a068511941Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC …Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC gsc.5a068521941Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC …Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC gsc.5a068531941Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC …Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC gsc.5a068551941Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC …
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Harvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC gsc.5a06850
Retake this viewHarvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream, Florida. LOC gsc.5a06850, 1941

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Gulf Stream’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Gulf Stream

Nobody well known was born in Gulf Stream itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Ariana GrandeAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress · b. 1993
Eric AndréAmerican comedian and actor · b. 1983
Bhad BhabieAmerican rapper · b. 2003
Mike WaltzU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations since 2025 · b. 1974
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Sean BerdyAmerican actor and comedian known for his roles… · b. 1993
Troy GentileAmerican actor · b. 1993
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Finish Gulf Stream’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewHarvey Ladew, residence in Gulf Stream,…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Delray Beach6 historic placesB−Boynton Beach2 historic placesC

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.