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EL MIRASOL Palm Beach, Florida1919 - 1959
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Royal Palms at North Ocean Boulevard entrance to El Mirasol, circa 1925 |
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| In 1919, Eva Stotesbury saw how architect Addison Mizner had created the Everglades Club in Palm Beach, and she asked him to create the same sort of effect for their mansion in Palm Beach. The result was El Mirasol (Spanish for "the sunflower"), which was one of Mizner's greatest and largest creations. El Mirasol reflected a Spanish and Italian mediterranean influence that became the architectural rage in Palm Beach. The parties hosted there by the Stotesburys became legendary, and even during the Depression, Mr. Stotesbury's birthday party celebration in February at El Mirasol was always THE social event of the season. It is all too unfortunate that nothing from the original house remains, and the Australian pine trees along Wells Road are among the few reminders of a world that has largely disappeared. | |
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Watch a video about El Mirasol (Be sure to turn on your audio to hear the music)
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