The architecture of leisure : the Florida resort hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant /
Braden, Susan R., 1946-
The architecture of leisure : the Florida resort hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant / Susan R. Braden ; foreword by Gary R. Mormino and Raymond Arsenault. - xxiii, 394 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm. - The Florida history and culture series . - Florida history and culture series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-378) and index.
Friendly Rivals -- Conspicuous Consumption and Conspicuous Leisure -- Gilded Age Resort Hotels and Their Styles -- Florida's Gilded Age Resort Hotels: Conspicuous Luxury -- Florida's Gilded Age Resort Hotels: The Guests and the Hotel Staff -- Flagler's Resort Hotels in St. Augustine, 1885-1888: the Hotel Ponce de Leon, the Hotel Alcazar, and the Casa Monica/Hotel Cordova -- Flagler's Resort Hotels, 1890-1913: The Hotel Ormond, the Hotel Royal Poinciana, the Palm Beach Inn and the Breakers, the Hotel Royal Palm, the Royal Victoria Hotel, the Hotel Colonial, the Hotel Continental, and the Long Key Fishing Camp -- Plant's Resort Hotels in Tampa and Belleair: The Tampa Bay Hotel and the Hotel Belleview -- Hotels Operated by the Plant System in the 1890s: The Hotel Kissimmee, the Ocala House, the Seminole Hotel, the Hotel Punta Gorda, and the Fort Myers Hotel -- Flagler System Resort Hotels in the 1920s: The Casa Marina and the Breakers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"As railroad barons Henry Flagler and Henry Plant pushed their lines southward, they also created a string of resort hotels to attract wealthy northerners with an appetite for balmy climates and luxurious accommodations." "Braden traces the development of the enterprises that brought Flagler and Plant to Florida and then examines each of their hotels, describing the architecture, how they physically functioned, and what they offered their guests in the way of recreation and leisure. From the Spanish Renaissance of St. Augustine's Ponce de Leon, to Georgian Revival in Palm Beach's Royal Poinciana, to the Islamic Revival of the Tampa Bay Hotel and the Alpine ambience of the nearby Belleview, her individual profiles of each hotel detail how the builders mixed recognizable style with physical and functional independence, and then capped both with an aura of blatant luxury on a scale previously unknown in Florida."--BOOK JACKET.
0813025567 9780813025568
2002072736
Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913
Plant, Henry Bradley, 1819-1899
Hotels--Florida
Resort architecture--Florida
Architecture--Florida--19th century.
Architecture--Florida--20th century.
NA7820 / .B73 2002
728.50975909034
The architecture of leisure : the Florida resort hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant / Susan R. Braden ; foreword by Gary R. Mormino and Raymond Arsenault. - xxiii, 394 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cm. - The Florida history and culture series . - Florida history and culture series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-378) and index.
Friendly Rivals -- Conspicuous Consumption and Conspicuous Leisure -- Gilded Age Resort Hotels and Their Styles -- Florida's Gilded Age Resort Hotels: Conspicuous Luxury -- Florida's Gilded Age Resort Hotels: The Guests and the Hotel Staff -- Flagler's Resort Hotels in St. Augustine, 1885-1888: the Hotel Ponce de Leon, the Hotel Alcazar, and the Casa Monica/Hotel Cordova -- Flagler's Resort Hotels, 1890-1913: The Hotel Ormond, the Hotel Royal Poinciana, the Palm Beach Inn and the Breakers, the Hotel Royal Palm, the Royal Victoria Hotel, the Hotel Colonial, the Hotel Continental, and the Long Key Fishing Camp -- Plant's Resort Hotels in Tampa and Belleair: The Tampa Bay Hotel and the Hotel Belleview -- Hotels Operated by the Plant System in the 1890s: The Hotel Kissimmee, the Ocala House, the Seminole Hotel, the Hotel Punta Gorda, and the Fort Myers Hotel -- Flagler System Resort Hotels in the 1920s: The Casa Marina and the Breakers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"As railroad barons Henry Flagler and Henry Plant pushed their lines southward, they also created a string of resort hotels to attract wealthy northerners with an appetite for balmy climates and luxurious accommodations." "Braden traces the development of the enterprises that brought Flagler and Plant to Florida and then examines each of their hotels, describing the architecture, how they physically functioned, and what they offered their guests in the way of recreation and leisure. From the Spanish Renaissance of St. Augustine's Ponce de Leon, to Georgian Revival in Palm Beach's Royal Poinciana, to the Islamic Revival of the Tampa Bay Hotel and the Alpine ambience of the nearby Belleview, her individual profiles of each hotel detail how the builders mixed recognizable style with physical and functional independence, and then capped both with an aura of blatant luxury on a scale previously unknown in Florida."--BOOK JACKET.
0813025567 9780813025568
2002072736
Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913
Plant, Henry Bradley, 1819-1899
Hotels--Florida
Resort architecture--Florida
Architecture--Florida--19th century.
Architecture--Florida--20th century.
NA7820 / .B73 2002
728.50975909034