National Historic Landmark · historic house museum · Palm Beach, Florida

Flagler, Henry Morrison, House; Whitehall

Historic house in Florida, United States in Palm Beach, Florida. Added to the National Register in 1972, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1972Beaux-Arts
American estates and gardens (1904) (14778262181)Ballroom at Whitehall (Henry Morrison Flagler Museum)Chandelier inside ballroom of Whitehall (Henry M. Flagler Museum)Drawing Room Ceiling Flagler Museum
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Whitehall (Henry M. Flagler House)

Whitehall is a 75-room, 60,000 square foot Gilded Age palace type mansion open to the public in Palm Beach, Florida in the United States. Completed in 1902, it is a major example of neoclassical Beaux Arts architecture designed by Carrère and Hastings for Henry Flagler, a leading captain of industry in the late 19th century, and a leading developer of Florida as a tourist destination. The building is listed a National Historic Landmark. It now houses the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, named after its builder.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressWhitehall Way, Palm Beach, FL
CountyPalm Beach County
ListedDec 5, 1972
Reference number72000345
Type of placehistoric house museum, mansion
StyleBeaux-Arts
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressWhitehall Way, Palm Beach, FL
Websiteflaglermuseum.us ↗
Coordinates26.71390, -80.04370 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitBig Cypress National Preserve · 82 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbySt Lucie South 31 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 72000345. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.