"BIENESTAR" RESIDENCE FOR MR. FREDERICK S. WHEELER, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

  "Bienestar" (Well Being). Designed by Marion Sims Wyeth in 1924, this forty-room mansion was owned by Frederick Seymour Wheeler of American Can Company. With additions, converted into six condominiums in 1987 winning the Robert Ballinger Award for developer Robert T. Eigelberger. Click THIS LINK to see an aerial view from 1968. Click THIS LINK to see Wheeler's Long Island estate "Delwood". 

GENERAL VIEW
RESIDENCE FOR MR. FREDERICK S. WHEELER, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT

Current view.

DOORWAY(looking past Loggia on to the Sala)
RESIDENCE FOR MR. FREDERICK S. WHEELER, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT

South-side of building, awning sheilded balcony is off the stairway landing(1930).
RESIDENCE FOR MR. FREDERICK S. WHEELER, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT

PATIO
RESIDENCE FOR MR. FREDERICK S. WHEELER, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT

Interior courtyard(1930)
RESIDENCE FOR MR. FREDERICK S. WHEELER, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT

Interior courtyard today.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN
RESIDENCE FOR MR. FREDERICK S. WHEELER, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT

SECOND FLOOR PLAN
RESIDENCE FOR MR. FREDERICK S. WHEELER, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT

LOGGIA(looking from the entrance doorway into the Sala)
RESIDENCE FOR MR. FREDERICK S. WHEELER, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT

SALA (LIVING-DINING ROOM)
RESIDENCE FOR MR. FREDERICK S. WHEELER, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT

In the conversion to condominiums the room was divided in half. Unit 2.

SALA (LIVING-DINING ROOM)
RESIDENCE FOR MR. FREDERICK S. WHEELER, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
MARION SIMS WYETH, ARCHITECT

The original rough hewn wood balcony was removed. Unit 2.

Floor plans Unit 2.

Wikimapia location. Bing.