Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts

Monday, June 18, 2012

'Whitehall'

 'Whitehall', the Henry Morrison Flagler estate designed by Carrere & Hastings c. 1900 in Palm Beach, Florida.  Flager, a founder of Standard Oil, would go on to be influential in the development of the Miami and Palm Beach areas building railroads and hotels such as the Ponce de Leon Hotel, the Royal Poinciana Hotel and the Breakers Hotel.  Since 1959 'Whitehall' has been open to the public as a museum, click HERE for more on the museum and HERE for a biography of Flagler.  Click HERE to see 'Whitehall' on google earth and HERE on bing.











Photos from Architectural Record.