28/01: Flagler College
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
In 1888, Henry Flagler built the exclusive hotel the Ponce de Leon. Rooms were only available for the winter season (January through March) and in todays dollars, a season would run between $100,000 and $250,000. In 1968 the hotel became the centerpiece of the newly established Flagler College. Today, students eat in what was the hotel's dining room, co-ed students live in the hotel rooms and many classes are held in historic buildings. Tours are offered to the public twice a day and today we took one of them. This is a tour that I would highly recommend to anyone visiting the St. Augustine area.
The main entrance of the Flagler College. The fountain in the front is also a sun dial.
In the rotunda, you can stare up into an 80-foot domed ceiling. The gold leafed murals in the ceiling were painted by George W. Maynard.
One of the two round Tiffany windows in the Ponce de Leon. The dining room has 79 of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s stained glass windows on display.
Stained glass windows on the stair well.
The center portion of the dining room. This part of the dining room was used as a ballroom. The ceiling was also painted by George W. Maynard. The chairs and tables are replicas of the original dining room furniture.
One of the sides of the dining room. You can see some of the 79 stained glass windows and more murals by George W. Maynard.
The chandelier was designed by Tiffany.
One side of the rotunda had rooms for the gentlemen while the other side was a woman's parlor. The tour took us into the parlor which consisted on three rooms. Two of the fireplaces in the woman's parlor. The fireplace on the left has a clock created by Edison.
Another chandelier that was designed by Tiffany. Notice the blue paint above the chandelier and around the plaster. That is known as Tiffany Blue .... the color of Tiffany boxes.
One of the rooms in the parlor.
We walked around the streets surrounding the college.
After Henry Flagler's daughter died in childbirth, Flagler commissioned a church to be built in her memory. In 1889 the Memorial Presbyterian Church was built. It is a example of Venetian Renaissance architecture with a dome that is more than 100 feet in height. Henry, his first wife, daughter and her child are buried in the mausoleum.
The inside of the church.
The Ancient City Baptist Church was built in 1895 with help from Henry Flagler. The style of architecture is Romanesque Revival with a cone shaped turret on top of a three story tower.
The inside of the Baptist church.
The photo on the left is the Grace Methodist Church that was built by Henry Flagler in 1887 by the same architects and builders of the Ponce de Leon. This church replaced the Oliver Methodist church, a wooden building that stood on the site where Flagler wanted to build the hotel Alcazar. The photo on right is of the artist studio that Flagler built to attract artists to the Ponce de Leon.
The main entrance of the Flagler College. The fountain in the front is also a sun dial.
In the rotunda, you can stare up into an 80-foot domed ceiling. The gold leafed murals in the ceiling were painted by George W. Maynard.
One of the two round Tiffany windows in the Ponce de Leon. The dining room has 79 of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s stained glass windows on display.
Stained glass windows on the stair well.
The center portion of the dining room. This part of the dining room was used as a ballroom. The ceiling was also painted by George W. Maynard. The chairs and tables are replicas of the original dining room furniture.
One of the sides of the dining room. You can see some of the 79 stained glass windows and more murals by George W. Maynard.
The chandelier was designed by Tiffany.
One side of the rotunda had rooms for the gentlemen while the other side was a woman's parlor. The tour took us into the parlor which consisted on three rooms. Two of the fireplaces in the woman's parlor. The fireplace on the left has a clock created by Edison.
Another chandelier that was designed by Tiffany. Notice the blue paint above the chandelier and around the plaster. That is known as Tiffany Blue .... the color of Tiffany boxes.
One of the rooms in the parlor.
We walked around the streets surrounding the college.
After Henry Flagler's daughter died in childbirth, Flagler commissioned a church to be built in her memory. In 1889 the Memorial Presbyterian Church was built. It is a example of Venetian Renaissance architecture with a dome that is more than 100 feet in height. Henry, his first wife, daughter and her child are buried in the mausoleum.
The inside of the church.
The Ancient City Baptist Church was built in 1895 with help from Henry Flagler. The style of architecture is Romanesque Revival with a cone shaped turret on top of a three story tower.
The inside of the Baptist church.
The photo on the left is the Grace Methodist Church that was built by Henry Flagler in 1887 by the same architects and builders of the Ponce de Leon. This church replaced the Oliver Methodist church, a wooden building that stood on the site where Flagler wanted to build the hotel Alcazar. The photo on right is of the artist studio that Flagler built to attract artists to the Ponce de Leon.