Marion Sims Wyeth (1889–1982) was born in New York City and studied at Princeton University and the École des Beaux Arts. In 1919, he founded his architectural firm in Palm Beach with partner Frederic Rhinelander King. Wyeth was among a group of architects considered the “Big Five,” along with John Volk, Addison Mizner, Maurice Fatio, and Howard Major, who defined Palm Beach style in the early twentieth century. He was commissioned to design over 700 projects in Palm Beach and beyond during his fifty-four-year practice. Wyeth explored many architectural styles that adhered to his belief of creating “quiet, subdued, and rational buildings.”
