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.
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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