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On August 20, 1947 Chicago publisher Otto C. Lightner purchased the building to convert the old hotel into a hobbies museum. He used the space to house several collections, including his own extensive collection of Victorian era art. [3] [4] He then turned it over to the city of St. Augustine and the museum opened to the public in 1948. [5]
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Upon purchasing the hotel, Henry Flagler renamed the Casa Monica the Cordova Hotel. Flagler, a founder, with John D. Rockefeller, of the Standard Oil Company, already owned two hotels in St. Augustine, the Ponce de Leon Hotel (now Flagler College) and the Hotel Alcazar (now City Hall and the Lightner Museum). From 1888 to 1902, the hotel ...
Villa Zorayda (also known as the Zorayda Castle) is a house at 83 King Street in St. Augustine, Florida. [2] Built in 1883 by the eccentric Boston millionaire Franklin W. Smith as his winter home, [ 3 ] it was inspired by the 12th-century Moorish Alhambra Palace in Granada , Spain .
Scarlett O'Hara's, a longtime restaurant and bar on the corner of Hypolita and Cordova streets in downtown St. Augustine, was a major player in the city's nightlife. The business next door, Dos ...
One of Cleveland's best holiday traditions is the Thanksgiving meal service for the needy, provided by the Saint Augustine Hunger Center, and organizers are seeking volunteers to make sure that ...
The St. Regis Chicago is a mixed-use residential and hotel building consisting of the St. Regis Residences, 393 luxury condominium residences, and the St. Regis Hotel, with 191 hotel rooms, including 33 suites. [5] The hotel occupies the first 10 floors of the structure with private residences on floors 11 through 97. [15]
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