The Fall of America's Most Beautiful Mansion · Whitehall

#whitehall #henryflagler #documentary He built the most beautiful mansion in America… while his wife was locked away in an asylum. He never visited her again. Not once. And the woman he built it for? She died with morphine in her blood… and a rewritten will no one could explain. This wasn’t a love story. It was a system of control. He wrote that it was a home for all that is highest and best in literature and the arts. And when Carnegie said it, people paid attention. This is Whitehall. Seventy-five rooms. Italian marble. Gold ceilings. Built as a wedding gift. By a man who was still legally married to someone else when construction began. His name is Henry Morrison Flagler. Co-founder of Standard Oil. Builder of modern Florida. Standard Oil No. 1 Refinery, Cleveland, 1889. Courtesy: Western Reserve Historical Society - Public Domain Probably F. Vizetelly, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Railroad work camp on Windley Key, 1906. Courtesy: Florida Keys History and Discovery Center - Public Domain Florida East Coast Railway, Key West Extension. Courtesy: Florida Keys History Center - Monroe County Public Library - Public Domain For business inquiries: [email protected]