The Gold Coast of Long Island and Harkness
The Harkness family has some understated connections to the famous Gold Coast of Long Island, NY. Edward S. and Mary Harkness kept their...
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Don Schueler
Aug 26, 202312 min read
Oh Rebekah! Burning through the money!
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...
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Don Schueler
Aug 26, 20233 min read
The Two Henrys in Florida
Henry Flagler and Henry Plant were both trying to develop Florida at the same time. Henry Flagler took the east coast and Henry Plant...
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Don Schueler
Jun 26, 20235 min read
Harkness House, New York, NY
Photos and all details below courtesy of Tom Miller, Daytonian in Manhattan Note: I would like to recognize the late Paul Engel, formerly...
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Don Schueler
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Flagler Mausoleum - St. Augustine, FL
Jennie Louise Flagler Benedict was the daughter of Henry Flagler. On March 25, 1889, Jennie passed away from childbirth complications...
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Don Schueler
Jun 23, 20232 min read
Palm Beach, Florida - Flagler's Vision
Henry Flagler developed Florida as a second career after founding Standard Oil with Rockefeller. He saw a problem with transportation and...
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Don Schueler
May 31, 20232 min read
Flaglers Satanstoe aka "Lawn Beach" Retreat
Henry was deeply affected by the death of his wife, Mary Harkness Flagler, in 1881. Mary had always been sickly, and Henry's work...
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Don Schueler
May 9, 20232 min read
Eolia Mansion - Edward Harkness
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....
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Don Schueler
May 8, 20237 min read
Ponce de León Hotel - Henry Flagler
The Ponce de Leon Hotel, also known as The Ponce, was an exclusive luxury hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, built by millionaire developer...
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Don Schueler
May 7, 20233 min read
Pasadena, Paicines, Poissy and Pebble Beach - L.V. Harknesses and family
In 1906 Kingsley Macomber and Myrtle Harkness Macomber and partner George Sykes bought the 8,917.52-acre Rancho Cienega de los Paicines...
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Don Schueler
May 3, 20232 min read
The Cleveland Arcade built by Harkness
The Arcade in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is a Victorian-era structure of two nine-story buildings, joined by a five-story arcade with a...
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Don Schueler
Apr 30, 20233 min read
Taylor Swift sings about Bill and Rebekah Harkness in "American Dynasty"
What on earth does the Harkness family have to do with Taylor Swift you ask? Well, in 1948 at the age of 46, William (Bill) Hale Harkness...
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Don Schueler
Apr 28, 20231 min read
Willoughby / Eastlake Lake House - Stephen V. Harkness
Stephen V. Harkness acquired his summer/country lake house at Willoughby outside of Cleveland, Ohio in 1879. Located in the 222 acre...
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Don Schueler
Mar 30, 20232 min read
Whitehall - Flagler's Palm Beach Cottage
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...
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