Its halls have been roamed by everyone from royals to Hollywood stars and social-and-financial elites — right down to July Garland, Dorothy Parker and Arthur Hammerstein.
When it debuted 100 years ago this month, it was Palm Beach’s tallest building: Rising 12 stories with an architectural design bookended by towers, it was reminiscent of what The Breakers looks like today, an iconic 1896-founded Palm Beach property.
But in February 1926, the oceanfront Breakers was temporarily absent — still under construction after an all-consuming 1925 fire…