HENRY FLAGLER'S HOTELS BUILT AND BOUGHT IN FLORIDA
Hotels in St. Augustine
Hotel Ponce de Leon
This was the first hotel that Henry Flagler built and it opened in 1888. Now this hotel is the Flagler Collage.
Hotel Alcazar
This was a hotel as well as well as a casino, a place for recreation and amusement inaugural season in 1889. Hotel Alcazar had a 120ft long pool that was fed by an artesian well. This were the same architects who designed the Hotel Ponce de Leon and the Whitehall.
Hotel Cordova
This is the smallest of all three hotels in St. Augustine, and is located in the same square as the other two hotels. Henry Flagler bought this hotel in 1888 and changed its name from Hotel Casa Monica to Hotel Cordova. The great depression forced this hotel to close in 1932. Now this hotel is called the Hotel Casa Monica and is active.
Hotels in Jacksonville
Hotel Continental
This hotel was completed in 1901. The hotel opened in late March and closed in August each year, serving the summer visitors.
Hotels in Ormond Beach
Hotel Ormond
After Henry Flagler finished building railroads and hotels in St. Augustine he went South to Ormond Beach. He took this hotel over in 1890. this hotel attracted enthusiasts of the worlds first automobile races near by. JOhn D. Rockefeller built a house the Casements just across the street.
Hotels in Palm Beach
Hotel Royal Poinciana
This hotel opened in 1894 with all the amenities of todays modern resorts, including indoor plumbing, electricity and a telephone system. The first guests were American most prominent citizens. It was the Worlds largest hotel and wooden structure in 1905. The hotel was torn down in 1936.
Breakers Hotel
This was the second hotel of Mr. Flagler's in Palm Beach. It was called the Palm Beach Inn and got changed to The Breakers when Mr. Flagler bought and enlarged it in 1901. It was to be a overflow hotel ,but since it was on the beach it was a very popular hotel. In 1903 and 1925 fires completely destroyed the hotel. The hotel took 11 months to rebuild and was opened to public in 1926.
Hotels in Miami
Hotel Royal Palm
Henry Flagler extended his railroads farther south to Fort Dallas after the devastating freeze in Palm Beach. The residence wanted to rename the town after Henry Flagler but he said no and named it after an Indian name for the local river- Miami. The hotel is similar to the Royal Poinciana and opened in 1897 and became the leading resort in Miami.