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Whitehall Flagler Museum
A mansion built to make a statement
Whitehall stands beside Lake Worth in Palm Beach, Florida, a short distance from the Atlantic shore. Henry Morrison Flagler commissioned the residence as a winter home for himself and his third wife, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler. Completed in 1902, it was designed by the New York architectural firm Carrère and Hastings, whose work gave the house a formal...