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The building, the architecture and the history
of the man make this mansion a spectacular
place to spend the day. Wander among
the mansion, the pavilion and the gardens and
you’ll understand the awesomeness of this
place. When it was completed in 1902, the
New York Herald proclaimed that Whitehall,
Henry Flagler’s home in Palm Beach, was
“more wonderful than any palace in Europe,
private dwelling in the world.” Whitehall is
known as Florida’s “First Museum”, after all, the
6 Palm Beach Visitor Information Guide
word museum literally means “a home for the
Muses of arts and literature and their works.”
And, build a museum is exactly what he did.
First let’s get a little history about the man
himself – Henry Morrison Flagler. Flagler was
an American industrialist and a founder of
coast of Florida and founder of what became
the Florida East Coast Railway. Flagler is, also,
attributed with building the luxury resort The
Breakers in Palm Beach (known as the Palm
The Grandeur of
Whitehall
One of my favorite places to write about
in Palm Beach is Whitehall; otherwise
know as the Henry Morrison Flagler
Museum.