Palm Beach may feel deja vu, especially since President-elect John F. Kennedy delivered his inaugural address at his father's estate at the north end of town. Marjorie Merriweather Post is a woman who founded Mar-a-Lago in the 1920s and presided over it for nearly half a century. She spared no effort to turn this mansion into a formal winter presidential resort.
The Marjory meriwether Post said that she wanted "a villa by the sea" and "Look what we got! Said her angry husband. Post (1935) said about her accumulated wealth: "I put it into my work. ".(Getty Images) 1942 Marjorie Merriweather Post shown here allows World War II veterans who need occupational therapy to use the manor. (Library of Congress)1Main entrance in April 1967 (Library of Congress)1A detail of Spanish room fireplace in April 1967 (Library of Congress) But as my visit to La Familia showed, even extreme wealth has its limitations. They occupy 57 rare linear feet in the Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan, and record the life of one of the most famous and important women in the 20th century. These files provide an unusual picture: a girl puts a label on a bag of Boston coffee, which is a substitute for her family to get rich; Another girl founded General Foods. Her four husbands, her generosity and charity, her super yacht, her big ball and her jaw-dropping jewels are all recorded in the archives.
There is also a book bound in beautiful red leather. Derby, Chief Curator of Palm Beach County Historical Society? Peter Murray said that there was a yellow document card dated "1February/March, 976" on the cover: "Original Disposal Plan of Mar-A-Lago".
This mansion can be traced back to the 1920s, when the richest tourists in Palm Beach gave up luxury hotels for their own excavation. Post explored her future home alone, in the 17 acre bush between Lake Worth and the Atlantic Ocean. (Mar-a-Lago means "sea to lake" in Spanish. 1923 construction began, and about 600 workers were busy working, although as Murray said, "Florida entered the Great Depression earlier than other parts of the country." The hostess promised that her workers would not go hungry.
Life is very smart: at home with Marjory meriwether Post. This is a beautiful and illustrated description. The three main residences of Marjory meriwether Post (1887- 1973) in 1950s and 1970s.
Yes, even by the standards of Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago is magnificent: 58 bedrooms, 33 bathrooms with gold-plated equipment (Post thinks it is easier to clean), a living room with 65,438+0,800 square feet and a ceiling with 42 feet. Its 1 10000 square feet sparkle with gold leaves, Spanish tiles, Italian marble and Venetian silk. Anyway, Post spent $7 million to $90 million today.
Completed on 1927. In March of that year, Post and her second husband, Edward F Hutton, invited dozens of guests to dinner before the annual Everglades masquerade. The host wore a costume reminiscent of the rule of Louis XVI. However, there are also aristocratic obligations: 1929, when she hired Linlin Brothers and barnum Bailey Circus to perform for charity fundraisers, she invited poor children to participate. 1944, she provided her reasons for World War II veterans who needed occupational therapy. 1957, she opened the door to Malalago for the ball of the International Red Cross. Since then, many celebrations have been held there, but not this year. This is one of more than 20 charitable activities. In August, after the President gave a speech on violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, these activities were transferred or cancelled from Malag Island. However, with the coming and passing of the social season,
The tastes of palm beach tasters have changed. Murray said that the mansion they built in the 1920s was regarded as a "white elephant" and was razed to the ground in the 1950s and 1960s.
It's just that Mar-a-Lago- or Hillwood in Washington, D.C., or Camp Top-ridge in Adirondack doesn't look like this. She arranged to donate all three properties to * * * institutions. New York will be among the best? Part of Richie has been expanded into a forest reserve, but most of its 68 buildings have been sold to private owners. The Smithsonian Institution returned the dogwood to the Postal Foundation on the grounds of maintenance costs, and the Foundation now operates the dogwood as a museum.
The original Mar-a-Lago proposal, that is, the proposal of binding with red leather, was to donate Cornus officinalis to a center for advanced scholars in Florida, but state officials were also hesitant about the maintenance cost.
At 1968, according to other documents in the archives, Post turned to Plan B: Mar-arago was regarded as the Winter White House and owned by the United States. 1973, after her death at the age of 86, the post-foundation continued to implement this concept. But in 198 1, the Federation refused, and for the same reason, Florida and the Smithsonian also refused.
So Mar-a-Lago is listed on 1985 Donald? Before Donald Trump bought it, there were three potential sales slumps. It is reported that the price of the property and its furniture is 8 million dollars, which is only a small part of the initial cost no matter how you calculate it. After the most chaotic presidential election in people's memory for 30 years, Marjory meriwether Post's dream of a mansion has finally come true.
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