Royal Palm Hotel (Miami)

Royal Palm Hotel (Miami)

The Royal Palm Hotel was a large resort hotel built by well-known railroad magnate, Henry Flagler, in Miami, Florida. Opening its doors in 1897, the Royal Palm Hotel was one of the first area hotels in Miami. Five stories tall with a sixth-floor salon, the Royal Palm Hotel featured the city's first electric lights, elevators and swimming pool. Almost thirty years later, The Royal Palm Hotel was grievously damaged by the 1926 hurricane, and infested with termites. In 1930, it was condemned and torn down. [Muir. P. 187]

The hotel was built on the site of a Tequesta village. A large mound was removed to make way for the hotel veranda. Between 50 and 60 skulls were found in the mound, and tossed into barrels. Some were later given away as souvenirs. [Muir. P. 65]

The hotel stretched convert|680|ft|m along the Miami River's north bank. A verandah surrounded the hotel, about one-sixth of a mile in length. The hotel was described as "modern Colonial", with an air of "decorous opulence". There were 450 guest rooms and suites. The average guest room was twelve feet by eighteen feet, and 100 of the rooms had private baths. The main dining room would seat 500 guests. A second dining room was for maids and children. There were also private dining rooms. There were parlors, a billiards room, other game rooms, a convert|45|ft|m|sing=on by convert|50|ft|m|sing=on ballroom, and 100 dressing rooms at the swimming pool. The boiler room, electric plant, kitchens, laundry and ice-makers were in a separate building. The hotel had a staff of 300, including sixteen cooks. Although, at the insistence of Julia Tuttle, a clause prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages had been included in all land deeds for the new city of Miami, the Royal Palm Hotel had an exemption to serve alcohol to its guests during the three months of the tourist season. [Muir. Pp. 60, 70, 154] [Rinhart. Pp.180-185.]

ee also

* DuPont Plaza Hotel (Miami), built on the site in 1957.
* EPIC Miami Residences and Hotel, built on the site in 2008.

Notes

References

* [http://www.aarf.com/flhotelws07.htm Florida's Grand Hotels from the Gilded Age]
* Muir, Helen. (1953) "Miami, U.S.A." Hurricane House Publishers, Inc. LCCN 53-8981
* Rinhart, Floyd and Marion. (1986) "Victorian Florida". Peachtree Publishers, Ltd. ISBN 0-934601-02-X
* [http://www.mnemotrix.com/geo/1miami/herald04.html $100 buys you a brick of hotel built by Flagler] - Retrieved July 6, 2007
* [http://www.mnemotrix.com/geo/1miami/sentinel.html Archaeologists hurry to excavate remains of Henry Flagler hotel in Miami] - Retrieved July 6, 2007


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