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Famous births, deaths, Popes, politics & culture for all 4 quarters of the 14th century (1300's)0:00 Intro0:30 First quarter, 1301-13251:40 Second quarter, 1...
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Oct 6, 2015 · [1] In another inverse of modern preferences for spring, summer, and fall weddings, many colonial-era marriage celebrations took place in the winter months when there was less to do on the farm or plantation agriculturally. That doesn’t mean there weren’t weddings outside the winter season. Indeed, Fielding and Betty married on May 7, 1750.
- Vizcaya — Miami
- Ponce de Leon Hotel (Flagler College) — St. Augustine
- Henry B Plant Museum (Tampa Bay Hotel) — Tampa
- Edison Ford Winter Estates — Ft. Myers
- Whitehall (The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum) — Palm Beach
- Stetson Mansion — Deland
- Wesley Mansion — Santa Rosa Beach
- CA D’Zan (The Ringling) — Sarasota
- Deering Estate — Cutler Bay
When Midwestern socialite James Deering was diagnosed with pernicious anemia and prescribed sunshine and warm weather, he abandoned his mansion on Chicago’sLakeshore Drive during colder months and built this palace on Biscayne Bay. The Italian-style villa was constructed between 1914 and 1922, and it features 34 rooms, including nine guest suites. ...
After conquering the oil world by co-founding Standard Oil with John D. Rockefeller, Henry Flagler set his sights on conquering Florida. In addition to effectively opening the state to commerce with his railroad, Flagler also opened a succession of grand luxury hotels luring cold northerners south. The first of these was the Ponce Del Leon, set in ...
Before it had a gleaming modern skyline, Tampa’smost iconic building was the minaret-topped Tampa Bay Hotel. The vision of railroad and steamship magnate Henry Plant, the 511-room, quarter-mile-long hotel was designed as a resting point at the junction of his train and ship empires, where guests could relax after their journeys from the north befor...
Imagine, if you will, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates built houses right next to each other on the Seattlewaterfront. That’s effectively what happened on Caloosahatchee River. Thomas Edison, who invented the light bulb, purchased 13 acres along the river in 1886 where he constructed his lavish winter home. The home’s style is more Floridian than other Gi...
It seems only appropriate that the tycoon who had the greatest influence on the development of Florida would also have its grandest home. Henry Flagler — the oil and railroad king who expanded the East Coast Railroad south into Florida — built this Palm Beach mansion as a wedding gift to this third wife Mary Lily. It stands like a grand Roman templ...
Known as “The House that Hats Built,” this 9,000-square foot mansion was Florida’s first grand luxury home in 1886. The home of hat magnate John B. Stetson, it once sat on a 300-acre orange grove, and Henry Flagler even built a special rail spur to it so the product could be transported. The High Victorian, three-story structure occupies nearly two...
Though this two-story Antebellum home nestled in Eden Gardens State Park near Ft. Walton is a masterpiece of restoration, with its original Yellow Heart Pine siding still intact, the interior is far and away its most impressive feature. When Lois Maxon restored the place almost 60 years ago, she filled it with her extensive private collection of Lo...
Circus king John Ringling called this lavish estate home for a brief period from 1926 to1936, which spans 36,000 square feet on a three-million-square-foot bayfront lot, built at a cost of $1.5 million. The Venetian Gothic design was inspired by the Ringlings’ travels through Italy, a tribute to the palazzos and canals of Venice, with the still wat...
Not satisfied with just one home in Dade County, John Deering purchased the old Richmond Inn on a rock ridge where the Everglades met Biscayne Bay about halfway between Miami and the Florida Keys. The inn was effectively a business hotel for those coming to do business with Flagler’s new railroad. But it closed in 1915, and Deering quickly purchase...
- Matthew Meltzer
In 18th-century thought, the institution of marriage was a microcosm of society. The long-held model of all-powerful husband and submissive wife came to be seen—much like the monarch’s oppressive rule over his subjects—as an obstacle to personal happiness.
Oct 15, 2020 · This week, Danièle speaks with Dr. Bridget Wells-Furby about fourteenth-century heiress Lucy de Thweng and what her story can tell us about medieval marriage, adultery, and even annulment. Bridget Wells-Furby did her Ph.D. at St. Andrews University and focuses her research on landed estates in late medieval England, and on the reign of Edward II.
