Junius Morgan "Salutation" estate on West Island (Dosoris) The Harkness family has some understated connections to the famous Gold Coast...

Rebekah Semple West married William (Bill) Hale Harkness in 1948. Bill was 46 and his new wife Rebekah was 31 years old. Rebekah had two...

Henry Flagler and Henry Plant were both trying to develop Florida at the same time. Henry Flagler took the east coast and Henry Plant...

Harkness House, Temple Beth El can be glimpsed to the left - from the collection of the New York Public Library Photos and all details...

PLAY ▶ Jennie Louise Flagler Benedict was the daughter of Henry Flagler. On March 25, 1889, Jennie passed away from childbirth...

Flagler's Royal Poinciana, opened February 11, 1894 Henry Flagler developed Florida as a second career after founding Standard Oil with Rockefeller. He saw a problem with transportation and acquired railroads, built a railway system, and large resort hotels to attract tourists. He initially started assembling railroad systems and building hotels in St. Augustine. There he built the Ponce de Leon and Alcazar hotels and bought the Casa Monica. The Cordova(white building on left

Henry was deeply affected by the death of his wife, Mary Harkness Flagler, in 1881. Mary had always been sickly, and Henry's work...

Edward and Mary Harkness had a number of homes in addition to Harkness House in New York. Mary's sister and brother-in-law built Eolia. In 1907, Jessie Stillman and William Taylor sold Eolia to them. This property was one of their seven homes and was said to be their favorite. They spent summers, May through September, here at Eolia mansion on Long Island Sound in Waterford, Connecticut , near where Mary had visited her grandparents in the summers. The home and 230 acres (93

The Ponce de Leon Hotel, also known as The Ponce, was an exclusive luxury hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, built by millionaire developer...

In 1906 Kingsley Macomber and Myrtle Harkness Macomber and partner George Sykes bought the 8,917.52-acre Rancho Cienega de los Paicines...

The Arcade in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is a Victorian-era structure of two nine-story buildings, joined by a five-story arcade with a...

Taylor Swift's Holiday House today..formerly the home of Bill and Rebekah Harkness What on earth does the Harkness family have to do with Taylor Swift you ask? William (Bill) H. Harkness and his new wife Rebekah Well, in 1948 at the age of 46, William (Bill) Hale Harkness and his new wife Rebekah aged 31, bought the property named High Watch, located in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. They renamed it Holiday House . Bill was the grandson of Daniel M. Harkness, half-brother of Henr

Stephen V. Harkness acquired his summer/country lake house at Willoughby outside of Cleveland, Ohio in 1879. Located in the 222 acre property was the inlet for the Chagrin River, so it was likely his yacht Peerless, which he took delivery on in 1885, was docked there. Peerless Yacht delivered in 1885 The Peerless The Peerless In the 1890's, after Stephen had passed away in 1888, Anna Harkness built a new home there. It was last occupied by the Harkness family in 1902. It wa

Whitehall in Palm Beach, Florida Henry Flagler married his third wife, Mary Lily Kenan in 1901. She was 34 and Henry was 72, a 38 year...