Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913
Dates
- Existence: Birth - Death
Biography
Henry Flagler was an industrialist known as one of the founders of Standard Oil alongside John D. Rockefeller, and the fouder of the East Coast Railway. A major figure in the American Gilded Age, Flagler developed large parts of Florida, including the creation of the Flagler Hotel Complex, which included the Hotel Ponce De Leon and Hotel Alcazar in St. Augustine, Florida, the Royal Poinciana Hotel and the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, and the Royal Palm Hotel in Miami, Florida. Flagler owned Whitehall, an estate designed by Carrere and Hastings, with his third wife, Mary Lily Kenan, from 1902 until his death in 1913.
Occupations
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
1 Breakers Row
The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.
1 South County Road - The Breakers, 1926, Landmark Designation
The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.
1 Whitehall Way - Flagler Museum, 1900 - 1902, National Register of Historic Places
The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.
58 Cocoanut Row - Sea Gull Cottage , 1886, Landmark Designation, Landmark Designation
The Property File Collection houses over 3,000 property files that document vital information about the built environment of Palm Beach. The collection is arranged by address and contains brochures, photographs, newspaper articles, historic designaton reports, and other relevant property information. All files can be scanned upon request, although a majority are already digitized.