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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 ...
These homes were often designed with outdoor porches and large windows (with shutters) to help try to cool homes during the long hot season in these low latitude subtropical climates. Southern plantation style borrowed some of their design and concept from the French colonial style homes built in the Caribbean and other tropical areas around ...
In 2011, the company paid $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the company failed to disclose that 118 homes in the Newport subdivision, near Orlando, Florida, were built on or near the former Pinecastle Jeep bombing range. The plaintiffs alleged that their property values declined when live bombs were found on site.
Built for ammunition magnate and lumber heir Edward Steves Jr. as a new home for him and his new wife; remained a private home. [142] Charles F. A. Hummel House 1884 Italianante: James Wahrenberger & Albert Beckman San Antonio: Built for sporting goods merchant and gunsmith Charles Hummel; remained a private home. [143]
Westchester Deluxe 2-bedroom house. Arguably the most popular of the Lustron homes was the two bedroom, 1,021 square feet (94.9 m 2) "Westchester Deluxe" model.In total, there were three "models" of Lustrons: the Westchester, Newport, and Meadowbrook.
There are examples of modern homes built based on the design of Sears Modern Home. In some cases, homeowners used plans from original Sears homes to recreate a modern version of a Sears home. In other cases, the home followed the general design of a Sears house without being an exact duplicate. [51] [52]
Versailles house in 2014. Built on a constructed hill on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of lakefront property, [4] [11] the residence is expected to include nine kitchens, [2] 14 bedrooms, [12] three indoor pools, two outdoor pools, a video arcade, [4] a ballroom with a capacity of 500 to 1,000 people, [3] a two-story movie theater with a balcony inspired by the Palais Garnier, a 20,000-bottle wine cellar ...
In 1905, the state legislature appropriated $25,000 to construct an official residence for the governor, [1] and the home was finished in 1907. [2] George Saxon, a banker from Tallahassee, donated four lots on which to build the residence. Henry John Klutho designed the home, with a Neoclassical exterior and a 14-room Georgian interior. [7]