Royal Poinciana Hotel

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The Royal Poinciana Hotel was a grand Gilded Age luxury resort in Palm Beach, Florida, that became one of America’s most famous winter destinations for the wealthy elite.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gilded Age resort ⓘ
hotel ⓘ
luxury resort ⓘ
architect Carrère and Hastings ⓘ
architecturalStyle Colonial Revival architecture ⓘ
Wood-frame resort architecture ⓘ
builtFor winter tourism ⓘ
category Demolished hotels in Florida ⓘ
Historic hotels in Florida ⓘ
city Palm Beach ⓘ
clientele Gilded Age elite ⓘ
socialites ⓘ
wealthy industrialists ⓘ
completionDate 1894 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1893 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
declineCause changing travel patterns ⓘ
competition from oceanfront hotels ⓘ
rise of automobile tourism ⓘ
demolitionDate 1935 ⓘ
1936 ⓘ
developer Henry Flagler ⓘ
era Gilded Age ⓘ
hasAmenity ballrooms ⓘ
dining rooms ⓘ
recreational facilities ⓘ
hasFeature long colonnaded verandas ⓘ
private railway siding ⓘ
tropical gardens ⓘ
locatedOn Lake Worth Lagoon ⓘ
location Palm Beach, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Palm Beach
material wood ⓘ
namedAfter royal poinciana tree ⓘ
nearbyStructure Royal Poinciana Chapel ⓘ
The Breakers (hotel) ⓘ
linked to: The Breakers Hotel
notableFor being a major winter resort for wealthy American elite ⓘ
being one of the largest wooden hotels ever built ⓘ
numberOfRooms more than 1,000 ⓘ
numberOfStories 6 ⓘ
openingDate 1894 ⓘ
ownedBy Flagler System Hotels ⓘ
Henry Flagler ⓘ
peakPopularity early 20th century ⓘ
region Southeastern United States ⓘ
seasonalOperation winter ⓘ
servedBy Florida East Coast Railway ⓘ
state Florida ⓘ
status demolished ⓘ

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Henry Flagler → built → Royal Poinciana Hotel ⓘ
Flagler System of railroads and hotels → hasPart → Royal Poinciana Hotel ⓘ