TY  - BOOK
AU  - Braden,Susan R.
TI  - The architecture of leisure: the Florida resort hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant 
T2  - The Florida history and culture series
SN  - 0813025567
AV  - NA7820 .B73 2002
U1  - 728.50975909034 21
PY  - 2002///]
CY  - Gainesville
PB  - University Press of Florida
KW  - Flagler, Henry Morrison,
KW  - Plant, Henry Bradley,
KW  - Hotels
KW  - Florida
KW  - Resort architecture
KW  - Architecture
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-378) and index; 1; Friendly Rivals --; 2; Conspicuous Consumption and Conspicuous Leisure --; 3; Gilded Age Resort Hotels and Their Styles --; 4; Florida's Gilded Age Resort Hotels: Conspicuous Luxury --; 5; Florida's Gilded Age Resort Hotels: The Guests and the Hotel Staff --; 6; Flagler's Resort Hotels in St. Augustine, 1885-1888: the Hotel Ponce de Leon, the Hotel Alcazar, and the Casa Monica/Hotel Cordova --; 7; 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 --; 8; Plant's Resort Hotels in Tampa and Belleair: The Tampa Bay Hotel and the Hotel Belleview --; 9; 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 --; 10; Flagler System Resort Hotels in the 1920s: The Casa Marina and the Breakers
N2  - "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
ER  -