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Henry Morrison Flagler House; Whitehall
Henry M. Flagler Mansion
LocationPalm Beach, Florida, USA
Built1900-1901[2][3]
ArchitectPottier & Stymus, Carrère and Hastings[2][1]
Architectural styleBeaux Arts[2]
NRHP reference No.72000345[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 5, 1972

Flagler Museum, also known as Whitehall, is a 55-room mansion open to the public in Palm Beach, Florida in the United States. The building is listed[4] on the National Register of Historic Places.

Henry Flagler, one of the founders of Standard Oil, built Whitehall for his wife, Mary Lily Kenan, in 1902. The architects were Carrère and Hastings. It was a winter residence, and Henry gave it to Mary Lily as a wedding present. They would travel to Palm Beach each year in one of their own private railcars, one of which (#91), was restored to its original condition and is sitting in the Flagler Museum's new Beaux Arts style pavilion.[5]

Whitehall was used as a hotel after 1925 and was saved from demolition by one of Henry Flagler's granddaughters Jean Flagler Matthews. Her father, Harry Harkness Flagler, had died in 1952. She established the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum non-profit corporation which purchased the building in 1959, opening it as a museum in 1960.

When it was completed in 1902, Whitehall, hailed by the New York Herald as "more wonderful than any palace in Europe, grander and more magnificent than any other private dwelling in the world." Today, Whitehall is a National Historic Landmark and is open to the public as the Flagler Museum, featuring guided tours, changing exhibits, and special programs. The Museum is located at Cocoanut Row and Whitehall Way, Palm Beach.

Flagler Kenan Pavilion

Officially opened February 4th, 2005, the $4.5 million Flagler Kenan Pavilion is the first addition to the property since 1925.[6] The 8,100-square-foot pavilion is named after the mogul and William R. Kenan Jr., Flagler’s engineer, friend and brother-in-law. It was designed in the Beaux-Arts manner by Jeffery W. Smith of Palm Beach-based Smith Architectural Group, Inc. and took almost four years to build. It also houses the seasonal Pavilion Café.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historical Places - Florida (FL), Palm Beach County". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-09-22.
  2. ^ a b c "Flagler Museum - Whitehall".
  3. ^ a b Whitehall (Henry M. Flagler House) at National Historic Landmarks Program
  4. ^ National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary accessed on June 13, 2006
  5. ^ Whitehall Flagler Museum
  6. ^ Palm Beach Post; January 16, 2005; Sunday ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT; Pg. 6J
  7. ^ Florida Design A Grand Home For Flagler's Railcar


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