West Palm Beach leaders are vowing to rebuild after three historic “shotgun” homes slated to be converted into workforce housing were destroyed by a weekend fire.
An early-morning blaze on Feb. 1 in a home at 610 Douglass Ave. north of downtown spread and destroyed three of the six homes on the property, West Palm Beach Fire-Rescue officials said.
The tiny 1920s-era homes, called “shotgun” houses due to their narrow, rectangular layout, were vacant and in poor condition. But the city and a housing nonprofit had big plans to convert them into low-cost housing for six families or individuals…