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Kelly.R
March 8, 2017

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During our trip to St. Augustine, FL, we went to the Lightner Museum.

The Lightner Museum is housed in the former Alcazar Hotel built in 1888 by Henry Morrison Flagler (1830-1913).

The hotel was at the peak of its popularity during the 1890's. More than 25,000 guests visited the Alcazar during those early winter seasons and countless more used the recreational facilities of the casino. For the pleasure of the guests, there was the world's largest indoor swimming pool at the time, the grand ballroom, sulfur baths, a steam room, massage parlor, a gymnasium, a bowling alley, archery ranges, tennis courts and a bicycle academy.

The hotel has since been turned into The Lightner Museum. The story that we were told is that during the Great Depression Otto C. Lightner went all over the Country and bought items that people were selling in order to obtain money just to survive including furniture, paintings, dishware, music boxes, etc. He was still a very rich man and the Great Depression didn't effect him. He had all these stored in a warehouse. When the Alcazar Hotel closed, he purchased the property, refurbished it and it was opened as a museum. It' like walking through an Antique Mall and not being able to buy anything.

In the basement, were the pool used to be, is now a restaurant and Antique Mall. I have been looking literally for years for a blue and white tea cup that matched my décor and when I saw this I couldn't not believe it. It's a 1922 Royal Copenhagen. I used floral foam and wire so there is no glue touching the tea cup, I did not want to ruin it.

Blue Roses and Butterfly is from Renee's Boutique on Etsy.


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