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Whitehall is a 75-room, 100,000 square foot (9700 square meter) Gilded Age palace type mansion open to the public in Palm Beach, Florida in the United States.Completed in 1902, it is a major example of neoclassical Beaux Arts architecture designed by Carrère and Hastings for Henry Flagler, a leading captain of industry in the late 19th century, and a leading developer of Florida as a tourist ...
The house was built in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1905 by some of Henry Flagler's hotel construction workers. Originally known as "Gatekeeper's Cottage", the house was home to the groundskeeper of Woodlawn Cemetery. By 1920, the house became privately owned by Karl Riddle, a city manager and superintendent of West Palm Beach. He is the ...
Completed in 1902, Whitehall, Henry Flagler's Gilded Age estate is now the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach July 31, 2024. The Museum is open 10am to 5:00 Tuesday through Saturday, and noon until 5 pm ...
Kristina Webb, Palm Beach Daily News June 1, 2024 at 5:03 AM The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach will have free admission for all visitors Wednesday, June 5, as part of the institution ...
As Flagler's first structure in South Florida, the Royal Poinciana Hotel played a significant role in the region's history, transforming the previously desolate area into a winter tourist destination and accelerating the development of Palm Beach and West Palm Beach. Two months later, Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway reached West Palm Beach ...
Two crews work to restore the original formal dining room at The Flagler Museum on July 23. West Indian satinwood was installed in 1902 but dark stain was applied to the honey-colored wood in the ...
Flagler completed the 1,100-room Royal Poinciana Hotel on the shores of Lake Worth in Palm Beach and extended his railroad to its service town, West Palm Beach, by 1894, founding Palm Beach and West Palm Beach. [1] The Royal Poinciana Hotel was at the time the largest wooden structure in the world.
West Palm Beach: 21: Henry Morrison Flagler House: Whitehall: Henry Morrison Flagler House: Whitehall. December 5, 1972 : Whitehall Way Palm Beach: 22 ...