El Mirasol (mansion)
El Mirasol was a 37-room Spanish Colonial Revival mansion at 348 N. Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach, Florida. Designed by architect Addison Mizner for financier Edward T. Stotesbury, it was completed in 1920.
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El Mirasol, Palm Beach, Florida (1919, demolished 1950s) Photo: c.1920.
Stotesbury's second wife Lucretia (Eva) Stotesbury was the one who convinced her husband to hire Mizner. She added on to the mansion several times.[1]:xxiv It extended from the Intracoastal to the ocean, two blocks.[1]:23 At the end it included a 40-car garage, a tea house, an auditorium, and a private zoo.
El Mirasol was demolished in 1959.[2]
References
- Silvin, Richard René (2014). Villa Mizner: The House that Changed Palm Beach. Star Group Books. ISBN 1884886744.
- Van de Water, Ava (December 16, 1990). "Palaces of the Past". The Palm Beach Post.
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