Pleasant City (West Palm Beach)

During the twenty years of living in the "Styx" these settlers married, started families, established businesses, churches, schools, civic and fraternal organizations that extended to Pleasant City.

The Heritage Gallery aims to serve as a resource center for most of the African American Historic projects in Palm Beach County since 1996.

The Heritage Gallery trains youth and sponsors historic events including The Living Legends of Negro Baseball, The Triple Nickles, Buffalo Soldiers, National Designers, Artists and honoring deserving Achievers.

Heritage Gallery Programs includes: Heritage Gallery Tours, History Study Groups, Jazz Preservation Society, Inter-generational Society, Eleganté International Teen Club, Computer Lab, Camp Heritage Trail, Special Events, Pioneer Days, Ms. Senior Queen Pageant, Father’s Day-Mother’s Day, Youth in Business, Youth Performing Arts, and Community Resource Center While the neighborhood is plentiful by historic means, it has suffered from urban decay.

In 2018, Pulte Homes announced plans to build 36 affordable townhouses adjacent to the Merry Place Apartments in partnership with the WPBHA.

Built in depression stricken 1925 using local day laborers to share the work, it is still operating in the same building owned by the same family.