Posted Dec 7, 2007, 7:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Via Chicago
And come on, naming this one of the most "beautiful" campuses?
Its like a Disneyland version of what a campus should look like. I guess some people just crave gaudiness. |
It may not be your definition of beauty, but Mickey Mouse it certainly isn't. But from your ivory tower looking down on everyone else, I guess that's the same thing.
http://www.flagler.edu/page2.aspx?id=260
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The college is named after Henry Morrison Flagler, a Gilded Age industrialist, railroad pioneer and oil magnate. In 1888, he built the luxury resort Hotel Ponce de Leon, which now serves as a residence hall and centerpiece for the college. A masterpiece of Spanish Renaissance architecture, Ponce de Leon Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The grand hotel launched the careers of famous architects John Carrere and Thomas Hastings. Thomas Edison personally helped make Ponce the first building in Florida wired with electricity, and Louis Comfort Tiffany decorated the building’s interior with stained glass, mosaics and several commissioned murals.
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Last edited by brickell; Dec 7, 2007 at 8:11 PM.
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