The Harkness family has some understated connections to the famous Gold Coast of Long Island, NY. Edward S. and Mary Harkness kept their...

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...

Photos and all details below courtesy of Tom Miller, Daytonian in Manhattan Note: I would like to recognize the late Paul Engel, formerly...

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

Henry Flagler developed Florida as a second career after founding Standard Oil with Rockefeller. He saw a problem with transportation and...

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....

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...

Stephen V. Harkness acquired his summer/country lake house at Willoughby outside of Cleveland, Ohio in 1879. Located in the 222 acre...

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