Casa Monica Hotel St. Augustine Florida
by Dawna Moore Photography
Title
Casa Monica Hotel St. Augustine Florida
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Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature Photography
Description
In May 1887, Henry Flagler�railroad pioneer, hotel magnate and co-founder of Standard Oil�sold a parcel of land in St. Augustine, Florida to Bostonian amateur architect, Franklin W. Smith. On New Year�s Day 1888, Smith opened the historic Casa Monica Hotel. Four months later, Henry Flagler purchased Casa Monica and "all fixtures, furnishings, silver, hardware, linen, bedding, parlor, hall, dining room, and kitchen furnishings and all other chattels," for $325,000 and changed the name of the hotel to Cordova. The hotel flourished under Flagler�s management. In 1902 a bridge was built between Cordova and the nearby Alcazar (which is now the Lightner Museum) and the historic hotel changed its name to Alcazar Annex. One year later, the two became one hotel, advertised as the �enlarged and redecorated� Alcazar. Henry Flagler abandoned the property when the stock market fell. It officially closed in 1932, and in 1945 the bridge was torn down. (historichotels.org)
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December 10th, 2013
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