Whitehall Palm Beach Fl Chafing Dish Henry Flagler Fec Florida East Coast Rr For Sale

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A RARE VINTAGE CHAFING DISH MADE FOR THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RR FOUNDER, HENRY FLAGLER'S (see INFO below) MANSION “WHITEHALL” IN PALM BEACH FLORIDA. AFTER FLAGER’S DEATH, WHITEHALL, WITH THE ADDITION OF A TOWER, SERVED AS A LUXURY HOTEL DURING THE YEARS 1925-1959. IT IS NOW ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS THE HENRY MORRISON FLAGLER MUSEUM. PLEAS SEE ALL PICTURES. THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS PAGES 398-399 IN THE BOOK DINING ON RAILS BY RICHARD LUCKIN IN WHICH HE DESCRIBES THE WHITE HALL CHINA PATTERN AND WHITEHALL AND SHOWS AN AD DESCRIBING WHITEHALL IN PALM BEACH AND PITCHING THE MIAMI-JACKSONVILLE ROUTE ON "THE STREAMLINER" PLEASE NOTE THE WHITEHALL AND OTHER FEC ITEMS I AM SELLING WERE ORIGINALLY PART OF THE DONNY FRANCIS COLLECTION (CREDIT GIVEN ON PAGE 399 IN THE BOOK).

About Flagler and establishment of Florida East Coast Railway system and gilded-age hotels in Florida

HENRY FLAGLER, who had partnered with Rockefeller to co-found Standard Oil, was a wealthy entrepenuer who traveled in Florida in the late 1800’s. Henry felt Florida had great potential as a well-heeled tourist destination but felt the state was lacking in transportation infrastructure and luxury hotels. He gradually bought up numerous small railroads throughout the state's east coast and established THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILROAD. By 1894, Flagler’s railroad system reached what is today known as West Palm Beach. Flagler constructed the Hotel Royal Poinciana on the Eastern shore of Lake Worth in what is now known as Palm Beach. He also built The Breakers Hotel on the ocean side of Palm Beach, and WhitehalL, his private 75-room, 100,000 square foot winter home WHICH AFTER HIS DEATH BECOME A HOTEL. He also built the Spanish Renaissance Hotel Alcazar (now the Lightner Museum) in St. Augustine and several other “ritzy hotels” in the 1890s. The building of the hotels, coupled with railroad access to them, established Palm Beach and Florida as the winter get-away for the wealthy members of America’s Gilded Age.

re: the chafing dish:

The chafing dish is approx 11" tall and 7 1"4" in diameter. It is marked on the bottom of the handled bowl, which lifts out, with "Reed & Barton Silver Soldered 5272-S WHITEHALL" It is also marked on the bottom of the burner holder with the exact same thing.

The handled bowl shows heavyusage, the lid, stand and burner holder are in better condition.

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