The architecture of leisure : the Florida resort hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant / Susan R. Braden ; foreword by Gary R. Mormino and Raymond Arsenault.

Main entry:

Braden, Susan R., 1946-

Title & Author:

The architecture of leisure : the Florida resort hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant / Susan R. Braden ; foreword by Gary R. Mormino and Raymond Arsenault.

Publication:

Description:

xxiii, 394 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

The Florida history and culture series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-378) and index.
1. Friendly Rivals -- 2. Conspicuous Consumption and Conspicuous Leisure -- 3. Gilded Age Resort Hotels and Their Styles -- 4. Florida's Gilded Age Resort Hotels: Conspicuous Luxury -- 5. Florida's Gilded Age Resort Hotels: The Guests and the Hotel Staff -- 6. Flagler's Resort Hotels in St. Augustine, 1885-1888: the Hotel Ponce de Leon, the Hotel Alcazar, and the Casa Monica/Hotel Cordova.

Summary:

"Braden traces the enterprises that brought Plant and Flagler to Florida and then examines each of their hotels, describing the architecture, how they physically functioned, and what they offered their guests in the way of recreation and leisure. From the Spanish Renaissance of St. Augustine's Ponce de Leon, to Georgian Revival in Palm Beach's Royal Poinciana, to the Islamic Revival of the Tampa Bay Hotel and the Alpine ambience of the nearby Belleview, her individual profiles of each hotel show how the builders mixed recognizable style with physical and functional independence, and then capped both with an aura of blatant luxury on a scale previously unknown in Florida."--Publisher's marketing.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0813025567 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780813025568 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913.
Plant, Henry Bradley, 1819-1899.
Hotels Florida.
Resort architecture Florida.
Architecture Florida History.
Architecture des lieux de villégiature Floride.
Architecture Floride Histoire.
Architecture.
Hotels.
Resort architecture.
Florida.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Florida history and culture series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224896
Call No.: NA7820 .B7 2002
Status: Available

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