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James Deering (November 12, 1859 – September 21, 1925) was an American executive in the management of his family's Deering Harvester Company and later International Harvester, as well as a socialite and an antiquities collector.
- industrialist, art collector
- September 21, 1925 (aged 65), aboard SS Paris
- November 12, 1859, South Paris, Maine
- building Villa Vizcaya
History of Vizcaya, People and Ideas. Who was James Deering? James Deering, the patron of Vizcaya. James Deering (1859–1925) was a retired millionaire and a bachelor in his early fifties when he undertook the challenge to build an elaborate estate in South Florida.
Photo courtesy of the Vizcaya Archives. James Deering (1859-1925), Vizcaya’s owner, was the vice president of his family’s business, International Harvester, the leading manufacturer of agricultural machinery in the United States around 1900.
Industrialist James Deering (1859-1925) built Vizcaya between 1914 and 1922. Deering arrived for his first winter residency in the Main House on December 25, 1916.
The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida.
- 43 acres (17 ha)
- 1914–23
Vizcaya, the winter residence of James Deering (1859–1925), was built between 1914 and 1922 in the Coconut Grove area of Miami. The estate was entirely surrounded by subtropical forest—the Main House and the formal gardens appeared as a dreamlike vision in the midst of the jungle on the shores of Biscayne Bay.
Oct 4, 2023 · Heather Bailey, Executive Producer Florida Road Trip. • Published on October 4, 2023. Bonus Content: Pit Stop. The Vizcaya Museum & Gardens is where people go to experience a different time period for Miami. It was the winter estate for James Deering and the house was built in 1916 with the gardens completed in 1922.
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