Flagler Museum
2011 Annual Report
President’s Letter June 2012 Dear Members, Contributors, Sponsors, and Grantors: My fellow Trustees and I very much appreciate your support in 2011. We hope this Annual Report inspires pride in all that was accomplished at the Museum during the year, as a result of your generous support. General attendance continued to grow in 2011 and throughout the year the Museum’s programs and exhibitions were very well attended. As you read this Annual Report you will find there were so many things and accomplishments throughout the year that were particularly noteworthy, but the Trustees and Staff of the Museum were especially honored by the Town of Palm Beach’s choice of the Museum as the location for Palm Beach’s All-Town Centennial Celebration. The Trustees and Staff of the Museum are committed to making the Flagler Museum better each year and insuring that it continues to be one of the best house museums in America. Your support has been, and will always be essential to that effort. We simply couldn’t do all that we do at the Museum each year without you. Thank you. Sincerely,
George G. Matthews, President Flagler Museum Board of Trustees
Museum Mission The Mission of the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum is to restore and preserve Whitehall and its collections, and to research and interpret materials related to the life of Henry Flagler, as unique and important elements of Florida’s history and America’s Gilded Age.
Board of Trustees President Vice President Treasurer Secretary
George G. Matthews G. F. Robert Hanke William M. Matthews Thomas S. Kenan, III
Trustee
Alexander W. Dreyfoos
Trustee
Kelly M. Hopkins
Trustee
John B. Rogers
Executive Director
John M. Blades
Cover, left to right: George G. Matthews, President of the Flagler Museum Board of Trustees, Florida Governor Rick Scott, Palm Beach Mayor Gail Coniglio and Congressman Allen West during the All-Town Centennial Celebration at the Flagler Museum on April 17, 2011.
Exhibitions The Museum’s 2011 winter exhibition, titled The Extraordinary Joseph Urban, was developed exclusively by the Museum staff and seen only at the Flagler Museum. As the architect of three of Palm Beach’s iconic buildings and a frequent winter visitor to Palm Beach, Joseph Urban holds a special place in the history of Palm Beach. Born in Vienna in 1872, Joseph Urban’s extraordinary career as an artist, designer, and
architect began when he was just 19 years old, leading him ultimately to Boston, New York, and Palm Beach. The Extraordinary Joseph Urban featured more than 150 objects, from set models to illustrations to furniture to building designs, all illustrating Urban’s diverse talents and long career. The Exhibition was awarded a gold medal by the Southeastern Museums Conference.
The Extraordinary Joseph Urban exhibition
Guests view the First Train to Paradise exhibition during the Opening Reception on December 9, 2011.
In honor of the centennial of the Over-Sea Railroad, the Museum’s Curatorial staff drew on the Museum’s vast collections of documents, drawings, photographs, and objects related to the Over-Sea Railroad to tell the amazing story of the most ambitious engineering feat ever undertaken by an individual
through the Museum’s fall exhibition, First Train to Paradise: The Railroad That Went to Sea. Following the exhibition of First Train to Paradise at the Museum, the exhibit was restructured for presentation at the South Florida Fair, which was attended by nearly 600,000 people.
First Train to Paradise: The Railroad That Went to Sea exhibition at the South Florida Fair.
In conjunction with the Museum’s exhibition on the Over-Sea Railroad, the Museum published a special Centennial Edition of Last Train to Paradise, which was awarded a gold medal from the Independent Publishers Association.
Programs and Member Events In keeping with the Town of Palm Beach’s Centennial Year the Museum’s 2011 Whitehall Lecture Series focused on The Architects Who Designed Palm Beach’s Iconic Buildings with lectures on Joseph Urban, Schultze & Weaver, Addison Mizner, and Carrère and Hastings. Each lecture was webcast live and available worldwide via the Internet. In addition to the fully subscribed on-site lectures, about 10% of the audience for each lecture joined the lecture via the Internet, where they heard live audio, saw the same images the on-site audience saw, and were able to ask questions following the lecture. All Museum lectures are archived on the Museum’s website and available on-demand by anyone browsing the Internet. John Loring lectures on architect Joseph Urban. In its twelfth year, the Flagler Museum Music Series featured concerts by the Enso String Quartet, Ying Quartet, Alianza String Quartet, Storioni Trio, and Lincoln Trio. The Series continued to garner high praise and was again recognized for its quality when select performances were broadcast nationally on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.” As they have for more than half a century, visitors from around the world came to Whitehall to learn more about Florida, Palm Beach, and Henry Flagler’s amazing life. A grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services made the introduction of a new Spanish Language Audio Tour possible at the beginning of the year and a German Audio Tour at the end of the year.
The Alianza String Quartet performs in the West Room.
The Museum’s programming throughout the year included something for every age and interest, from: Valentine’s Day Tea to Mother’s Day Tea, Grandparents Day activities to mentoring
programs for creative writing, Crime Investigation summer camp to the Easter Egg Hunt, Independence Day Celebrations to the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting, Children’s Exhibit Activities to a special Whitehall Society Reception highlighting one of America’s most popular traditions, School Tours to Founder’s Day, a Bluegrass Concert to Holiday Evening Tours, and much more. In 2011, tickets for all of the Museum’s programs were made available for purchase on-line and almost immediately on-line purchases accounted for about a third of all program ticket sales. The First Train to Paradise exhibition Children’s Exhibit Activity.
The Annual Christmas Tree Lighting in the Grand Hall.
In conjunction with the Centennial of the OverSea Railroad, the Museum
A bartender mixes a Blue Blazer, one of the cocktails at the Whitehall Society’s Mixing It Up Cocktail Party.
developed many new store products, including: an HO Scale FEC Train Set, an HO Scale reproduction of Railcar No. 91, a hand-painted glass ornament illustrating the most iconic image associated with the Over-Sea Railroad, a 1,000-piece puzzle featuring the FEC Map and postcards of prominent landmarks along the way, and a new heavily illustrated centennial edition of Last Train to Paradise published by the Museum. The FEC Map 1,000-piece puzzle. Available in the Museum Store, or online at www.flaglermuseum.us/museum-store.
HO Scale model of Engine No. 12, part of the FEC Train Set. Available in the Museum Store, or online at www.flaglermuseum.us/museum-store.
The 2011 Easter Egg Hunt begins!
Summer camp students participate in Crime Investigation During The Gilded Age.
Dailey & Vincent perform during the Annual Bluegrass in the Pavilion concert.
Conservation and Restoration Caring for 125,000 square feet of building and tens of thousands of objects, while remaining open to the public year ‘round, is a monumental endeavor. The major projects undertaken in 2011 included a four-month long restoration of the Courtyard, including the restoration of two iron sconces made by Mizner Industries and installed in the Courtyard in 1924, when Whitehall was operated for a single year as the Whitehall Club. When the large Drawing Room torchieres were disassembled for conservation treatment and pieces sent out to test the metal we had assumed all these years was silver, we were surprised to learn that in fact the metal was an amalgam of several metals that included aluminum. Apparently, the goal of coating the brass pieces of the torchieres with the very unusual amalgam was to produce the appearance of silver without the normal oxidation associated with silver. However, surprisingly, polishing the amalgam with silver polish would be exactly the wrong thing to do, as it degrades the
Conservator Scott Nolley works on the Drawing Room torchieres.
amalgam. Instead, left alone, the amalgam actually resists oxidation quite well, as it was designed to do. To date, no records have been found of any other fixtures of any place or period produced in this way. Other Curatorial projects for 2011
The Drawing Room torchieres; before and after conservation.
included: the construction of custom-made bookcases for the Museum’s Henry Flagler Harris Research Library, providing the Research Library with plenty of room for growth, and the restoration of a beautiful eighteenth century French clock made by Ridel
Torchiere after conservation.
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of Paris, given to the Museum a few years ago by Mr. and Mrs. Leon Amar. The clock now sits atop the Library mantel.
Conservator F. Carey Howlett evaluates the condition of the Museum’s furniture collection.
Thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a Survey of the Museum’s extensive furniture collection was begun in 2011. The survey results will help the Curatorial staff set furniture conservation priorities for years to come.
The clock by Ridel of Paris is now on display in Whitehall’s Library.
New custom bookcases in the Henry Flagler Harris Research Library.
Physical Plant Projects By 2011 the Museum’s climate control system had been in service for more than 12 years and as a consequence the Museum invested a great deal of time and resources during the year in carefully checking every aspect of the system and replacing or maintaining parts as needed. By year-end, the climate control system was again in excellent working order and ready to continue reliable service for at least another decade. Aside from the work on the climate control system, work continued on development of an extensive preventative and routine maintenance program that will help to insure that Whitehall’s physical plant remains in excellent condition. However, there is always a surprise or two during the course of a year. In 2011 the Museum managed and recovered
Climate control system maintenance.
from two such surprises. First, a massive 50-foot Ficus, located on adjacent property, fell into the Employee Parking Lot. Fortunately, while there was extensive damage to some cars and equipment, no one was injured. But, it took days to cut up and remove the massive tree. Second, a power surge cut through three one-inch cables at the Museum’s main electrical boxes, blowing off the door of the breaker box and shutting down the Museum for a few hours at the end of the day. However, by the next morning the breaker box had been replaced and the Museum was open to the public during normal hours.
Three one-inch cables in the main electrical box blew the doors off the breaker box.
The electric system breaker being replaced.
1. Fifty-foot tall Ficus tree, located on adjacent property, fell into the Employee Parking Lot. 2. Museum facade maintenance. 3. Roof-top chiller equipment being serviced. 4. Crane lowers a man-lift into the courtyard for maintenance.
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Collections Gifts and Acquisitions The Museum is constantly seeking to repatriate objects original to Whitehall and to add to its collections important objects related to the Flagler story or indicative of the Gilded Age. Among the most notable objects added to the Museum’s collections in 2011 were three small paintings by William Aiken Walker given to the Museum by Jean S. Tailer and a suite of furniture original to the Blue Room, which was a gift from Frances Fielding Lewis Beatty and William Henry Anthony Beatty in memory of Anne Kidder Beatty. In addition to these wonderful gifts to the collection, the Museum was able to add a number of other important objects to the collection, including: nearly 100 illustrations and photographs of Carrère and Hastings buildings originally published in The American Architect during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a trunk made by Bigot of Paris in the late nineteenth century and owned by Mrs. H. M. Flagler (most probably Ida Alice Flagler), a perfectly restored brass marine clock engraved FEC, ordered by Henry Flagler in 1911 from the Chelsea Clock Co., and
Cabin Washday by William Aiken Walker, gift of Jean S. Tailer.
a mahogany and enameled silver humidor made by Tiffany & Co. and presented to Flagler by the Commodore of the New York Yacht Club probably in recognition of the role of Flagler’s yacht, the Alicia, in the 1895 America’s Cup races when Defender (campaigned by William
K. Vanderbilt) won over Valkyrie III (campaigned by the Royal Yacht Squadron).
A presentation print of the east (front) elevation of Mar-a-Lago by Joseph Urban, 1925, gift of Alan Moss.
1. French steamer trunk inscribed Mrs. H.M. Flagler. 2. Restored brass marine clock engraved FEC, ordered by Henry Flagler in 1911 from the Chelsea Clock Co. 3. Color rendering of the West and East elevations of Whitehall. 4. Mahogany, silver, and enamel humidor made by Tiffany and Co. in 1896 and presented to Henry Flagler in recognition of the role of Flagler’s yacht, the Alicia, in the 1895 America’s Cup race. 5. English Egyptian Revival inkwell, gift of Dr. and Mrs. James T. Duncan. 1
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Leadership and Recognition The Trustees and staff take great pride in the important role that the Museum has played, and continues to play, in the Town of Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, the Great State of Florida, and the United States. The Museum was particularly honored in 2011 to host Palm Beach’s All-Town Centennial Celebration (on April 17 - one hundred years to the day since Palm Beach was incorporated), attended by thousands of Palm Beach residents and the Governor of Florida. The Museum was also privileged to assist the Town Building and Zoning Department during the Town’s centennial year with the preservation of a number of letters and documents from early in the Building Department’s history. The Museum produced framed facsimiles (in some cases digitally enhancing faded signatures), which
Cover of the pop-up book Our Town, An In-Depth Pictorial History of Palm Beach, published by the Flagler Museum.
now hang in Town Hall, returning the originals to the Town in archival folders and containers that will help
to prevent further deterioration to those important documents.
Museum President George G. Matthews, Florida Governor Rick Scott, and State Representative Allen West, among others beside the giant birthday cake celebrating 100 years since the incorporation of the Town of Palm Beach.
Whitehall pages of the pop-up book Our Town, An In-Depth Pictorial History of Palm Beach, published by the Flagler Museum.
In honor of Palm Beach’s Centennial, the Museum published Our Town, An In-Depth Pictorial History of Palm Beach in the form of a pop-up book. The Museum was also honored to receive three awards from the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC). The Extraordinary Joseph Urban exhibition was recognized as the best exhibition in the Southeast in 2011, in the most competitive budget category. The promotional materials related to the Urban exhibition received a silver award. And, the pop-up book, Our Town received an honorable mention because, as the emcee of the awards ceremony explained, though the book did not fit neatly into any of the book award categories, it was so exceptional the SEMC wanted to draw attention to it with an honorable mention.
the Palm Beach Civic Association’s Annual Meeting and the Mayor’s Annual State of the Town Address. In addition, the Museum and Civic Association co-hosted a presentation by Jeff Atwater, President of the Florida Senate.
For years it has been the Museum’s privilege to host
Over the years the Museum has enjoyed extensive media coverage and such was the case in 2011. A partial list of the media coverage during the year includes articles and features in: Courier Magazine, Florida International Magazine, Florida Travel + Life, History: The Magazine for the History Channel, Florida Travel and Lifestyles, Palm Beach Arts Paper, Palm Beach Illustrated, The Coastal Star, The Lace Bulletin, The Miami Herald, Undiscovered Florida (a special insert in National Geographic Traveler), Ocean Drive Magazine, Florida Weekly Arts and Entertainment, Luxe Magazine, The Seniors Advocate, Elle Décor, Wealth TV, TV Asahi (Japan), and WLIS/WMDR Radio.
Candles are lit on the birthday cake at the Flagler Museum celebrating 100 years since the incorporation of the Town of Palm Beach.
Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater addresses the audience in the West Room of Whitehall.
2011 Operating Income & Expense Report
$387,000 (8%) Museum Store & Café
$92,000 (2%) Sponsorships
$648,000 (14%) Membership Dues & Fees $1,994,000 (42%) Endowment Draw
Income $4,743,000
$884,000 (19%) Admissions & Programs $737,000 (16%) Contributions & Grants
$381,000 (8%) Physical Plant
$213,000 (4%) Marketing
$1,103,000 (23%) Programs
$310,000 (7%) Security
Expenses $4,743,000
$366,000 (8%) Museum Store & Café
$332,000 (7%) Membership $439,000 (9%) Debt Service
$781,000 (16%) Exhibitions & Collections Care
$662,000 (14%) Administration
$155,000 (3%) Development
Though the last few years have been financially challenging, the Flagler Museum is particularly pleased that, due to the support provided by the Museum’s many Members and Contributors, it is the only house museum of its kind that has avoided layoffs, pay cuts, or a combination of both during the current economic downturn.
Contributors, Sponsors, & Grantors $50,000 and above
$5,000 and above, continued
Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council Relgalf Charitable Foundation
Mrs. John C. LaMonte Mr. & Mrs. H. Irwin Levy Mr. John Loring † Mrs. Betsy K. Matthews National Endowment for the Humanities PNC Bank & Palm Beach County Cultural Council PNC Foundation Ralph B. Rogers Foundation Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation Mr. Jack C. Taylor
$25,000 and above Fortin Foundation of Florida Col. & Mrs. G.F. Robert Hanke Institute of Museum & Library Services Museums for America Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III Mr. George G. Matthews Mr. & Mrs. William M. Matthews Northern Trust Mrs. Jean S. Tailer † The Palm Beach Post † William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust Wise Foundation
$10,000 and above Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Charitable Foundation Dr. & Mrs. James T. Duncan † Flagler System Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs Institute of Museum & Library Services Conservation Project Support Mr. & Mrs. Berton E. Korman Margaret Dorrance Strawbridge Foundation of Pennsylvania II Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Mosaic Foundation (of R. & P. Heydon) Ms. Paige Rense Noland Palm Beach Daily News † PNC Bank Mr. & Mrs. John B. Rogers Sir Thomas R. Moore and the Laurence Levine Charitable Fund Mrs. Lesly S. Smith Tourism Cares Mr. & Mrs. William R. Wister, Jr.
$5,000 and above Abraham & Beverly Sommer Foundation Bank of America Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John M. Blades Community Foundation for Palm Beach & Martin Counties Mrs. Cecile M. Draime Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Henry Mr. & Mrs. Frederick E. Hopkins, III Mrs. Sterling Kenan
$2,500 and above Mr. & Mrs. John W. Annan Atwater Kent Foundation Boston Foundation Frankino Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Herbert S. Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Douglas M. Kinney Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Foundation Richard S. Johnson Family Foundation Mr. David B. Rinker Mr. & Mrs. John J. Rinker Rodman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Frederic A. Sharf Mr. Jay Sweet
$1,000 and above Ashton Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John K. Castle Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation Donald M. Ephraim Family Foundation Graham-Eckes Palm Beach Academy Foundation Harris Private Bank Ms. Elizabeth P. Kenan Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Mr. Eugene Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Howard Lester Marvin H. Davidson Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Sam Michaels Mr. George G. Moffett, II Mr. Alan Moss † Ms. Helen K. Persson Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation Mr. Stefan B. Richter Robert Andrew Kriser and Anka Kriser Palitz Family Foundation Mr. Harold Byron Smith Mr. & Mrs. Leo A. Vecellio, Jr. Whitehall Foundation Wrightson-Ramsing Foundation
Contributors, Sponsors, & Grantors Continued
$500 and above Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Abrams Mrs. Ann Appleman Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Dean, Jr. Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr. Herndon Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John H. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Ambrose K. Monell Rochelle and David A. Hirsch Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr. Mr. David P. Silverman (in memory of Ms. Ethel K. Bob) Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Slocum Mr. & Rev. Mrs. E. Rodman Titcomb, Jr. Ms. Isabelle Haskell de Tomaso
$250 and above Rev. & Mrs. Richard M. Cromie, D. D. ExxonMobil Foundation Mrs. Hope Haskell Jones Kanders Foundation Mrs. Jefferson R. Kirkpatrick Merriman Foundation Mrs. Joe Jack Merriman Mrs. Kathleen R. Pacetti Mr. & Mrs. Eliot I. Snider Taubman Endowment for the Arts Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Theis, Sr. Mr. William A. Torrey Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Vander Plaat, Jr.
Corporate Members
Chairman - $10,000 Anonymous Ford Brazil GCK Partners Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Executive - $3,000 Anonymous Graff Diamonds
Charter Members Mr. John W. Anderson, II Mrs. Henry Barkhausen Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Burck Mrs. Harry V. Fox Mr. & Mrs. Gordon P. Getty Mrs. Robert G. Gordon Mrs. Eileen Zantzinger Holberg Ms. Rosemarie Leonhardt Miss Kenan Lewis Dr. & Mrs. Michael Longo Mrs. Christina Matthews Macfarland Mr. Paul L. Maddock, Jr. Mrs. Richard C. Pietrafesa Madame Athanase Politis Mr. Roy A. Povell Mrs. Robert Salisbury Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Schlang Ms. Jane L. Swing Mr. Richard T. Taylor Mr. Charles Turner Ms. Muriel Wolinsky Ms. Fortunata Yannacone
Names in bold denote an additional contribution to the Annual Fund. Guests view The Extraordinary Joseph Urban exhibition during the Opening Reception on February 3, 2011.
†Denotes a full or partial in-kind contribution
Annual Members Flagler Associate Members ($5,000)
Patron Members ($1,000)
Mr. & Mrs. S. Daniel Abraham Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Ahern American Health Care Association Mrs. Nadia Bohlman Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Ms. Pamela Budzinsky Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Butler Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Carden Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Carron Dr. & Mrs. Steven Chaney Mr. & Mrs. William Chong Mr. & Mrs. Thomas DeVries Mr. & Mrs. Hugo D. Du Preez Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ehrlich Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Gross Mr. & Mrs. Rhett Gurian Mr. Chris Hendon & Miss Christina Goode Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Heymann Mr. & Mrs. Dan A. Klinger Mrs. John C. LaMonte Mr. Leonard A. Lauder Ms. Lisa Leder & Mr. Andy Levine Mr. Robert P. Leidy Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Lim Dr. & Mrs. Earl Lysaker Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert C. Maurer Dr. & Mrs. Wayne Maxson Miami City Ballet Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Morgan The Paradise Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ellis J. Parker Mr. & Mrs. Michael Rouse Mr. & Mrs. Louis Ruscilli Dr. & Mrs. Michel Charles Samson Mr. & Mrs. David M. Saunders Miss Kim Seager & Mr. Tom O’Donnell Mr. Harold Byron Smith Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Talcott Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Tawil Mr. Matthew S. Traina & Miss Brittany Swota Villanova University Mr. & Mrs. Paul Watterworth Mr. Daniel Wolgin & Miss Andrea Duque
Mr. & Mrs. George Banks Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Buch Mr. & Mrs. John K. Castle Mr. & Mrs. Boykin Curry Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Day Mr. Robert G. Donnelley Mr. & Mrs. Timothy A. Eaton Mrs. George E. Ford Mr. & Mrs. Albert Hallac Mr. & Mrs. Shepard Harris Mr. & Mrs. Peter I. C. Knowles, II Ms. Denise LeClair-Robbins Mr. & Mrs. J. Steven Manolis Mr. & Mrs. George J. Michel, Jr. Ms. Jo Anne Rioli Moeller Mr. & Mrs. Dudley L. Moore, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Nicklaus Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Pagliari Mr. & Mrs. John J. Rinker Mr. Charles S. Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Royce Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Shaughnessy Mr. Peter C. Steingraber Mr. & Mrs. Dominick A. Telesco Mr. & Mrs. Leo A. Vecellio, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George T. Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Wright Ms. Isabelle Haskell de Tomaso
Benefactor Members ($2,500) Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Gendelman Mr. & Mrs. Avram Glazer Mr. & Mrs. Jack Kay Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Lehrman Mr. & Mrs. William G. Pannill Mrs. Alexander R. Raywood Mr. & Mrs. Frederic A. Sharf Mrs. Lesly S. Smith
Sponsor Members ($500) Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Ammarell Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Jim Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Rand V. Araskog Mr. & Mrs. E. William Aylward Mr. Ettore Barbatelli Ms. Ann Fay Barry Ms. Josephine L. duPont Bayard Ms. Anne Bedinger Mr. & Mrs. Eugene L. Bernard Ms. Sarah Blazek Mr. Frederick T. A. Bollaci & Ms. Marianne B. Siegal Ms. Holly Peterson Breeden Mr. & Mrs. F. Ted Brown, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. E. Fulton Brylawski Mr. & Mrs. Alerio A. Cardinale Mr. & Mrs. David O. Charland Mrs. H. Grant Clark, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James M. Clark Mr. & Mrs. David Click Ms. Melinda Colchico Ms. Catherine Crane Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. DeValle Mr. Wayne W. Diller & Ms. Firenza Andertan
Annual Members Continued Sponsor Members ($500), continued
Sustaining Members ($225)
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Eigen Mr. & Mrs. Mark B. Elhilow Mr. George T. Elmore Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fennell Mr. & Mrs. Keith Frankel Dr. & Mrs. Ralph I. Freudenthal Mr. & Mrs. John Galiardo Mr. & Mrs. Peter N. Geisler Mr. & Mrs. William Grabkowski Dr. Heinz L. Gundlach Mr. & Mrs. Dana A. Hamel Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Harper Ms. Nancy Hart Mrs. Lewis Hay, III Ms. Patricia E. Herbert Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. James H. Howe, III Ms. Rebecca Hsu Ms. Patricia Jehle & Mr. James Reidy Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Kassatly Mr. & Mrs. John Kessler Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Kirchhoff Mr. & Mrs. William Lane Mr. Charles F. Lanigan Ms. Suzanne R. Leach Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Levy Mr. Raymond F. Lucchetti Mrs. Lally R. Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Randolph A. Marks Ms. Olivera N. Mazza Mr. & Mrs. Ambrose K. Monell Mrs. Mary Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. John H. Morris, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Christopher D. Orthwein Dr. Jeffrey H. Phillips, MD Mr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Poppel Mr. David V. Reese Mr. & Mrs. Bernard E. Reisman Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth P. Richter Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Schochet Mr. & Mrs. Shouky Shaheen Mr. & Mrs. Patrick H. Shearin Ms. Selma Terner Slater Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Slocum Mr. & Mrs. Bailey B. Sory, III Mr. & Mrs. Perry J. Spencer Ms. Louise H. Stephaich Mr. & Mrs. Hervey S. Stockman, Jr. Ms. Melissa H. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Henry W. Vander Plaat, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James E. Weber
Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Abrams Mr. G. Clifford Abromats & Ms. Janice Worobec Mr. Donald Alducin & Dr. Sharada Shankar-Alducin Mr. & Mrs. Guy Ashley, II Rev. Msgr. L. F. Badia, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. James M. Ballentine, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Walter Ballinger Ms. Josephine Bayard Mr. & Mrs. Keith D. Beaty Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Berman Dr. Matteo Bertoni Mr. & Mrs. A. Max Beverly Mr. Jackson L. Blanton Mr. & Mrs. William C. Blind Mr. Erik R. Borgen-Larssen, Jr. Dr. Miguel A. Brito Ms. Sarah J. Brutschy Ms. Fredda Butowsky Mrs. Trowbridge Callaway Ms. Sandra Carnohan Mr. & Mrs Bernard H. Cherry Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Christman Mr. & Mrs. Eric C. Christu Mrs. Bradley Collins Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Cone Mr. & Mrs. J. Patterson Cooper Dr. & Mrs. Edgar Covarrubias Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Cowell Mr. Robert B. Crowe Mr. Anthony Cuseo Mr. & Mrs. John Dance Mrs. Judith David & Mr. Scott Goodman Mr. & Mrs. John W. Davis, III Ms. Diana B. Denholm & Mr. Wade Jackson Mr. Robert G. Donnelley Mr. & Mrs. Larry Dorman Mr. & Mrs. David C. Drysdale Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Ehrlich Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Flucke Friends of the Florida Coasts Ms. Marianne L. Fultz Mr. & Mrs. Bruce N. Gimmy Mr. & Mrs. William Grabkowski Mrs. W. P. Gwinn Mr. & Mrs. Stuart J. Haft Ms. Doris Haigh Ms. Maryann L. Hajduk Mr. Stanley A. Hamel Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Harper Mrs. Rita Dee Hassenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Heck Names in bold indicate continuous Membership for five years or more
Annual Members Continued Sustaining Members ($225), continued Ms. Heather T. Henry Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Henry Ms. Patricia E. Herbert Mrs. Judith M. Hodge Dr. Sharon Rife Hoffer Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. Hal B. Howard Mrs. Lisa L. Huertas Mr. & Mrs. John S. Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Jerry A. Hyman Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Imbrogno Mr. Danis Inesedy Mr. & Mrs. C. Morgan Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Eric M. Javits Mr. Dennis L. Johnson & Mrs. Ann Logsdon Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Joyce Mrs. Jeanne Kanders Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Kean Mr. Kermit R. Kimball, Jr. Mr. William P. King The Honorable & Mrs. Richard M. Kleid Ms. Joanne B. Knoetgen Mr. & Mrs. Dana Koch Mr. & Mrs. John M. Kubeck Dr. & Mrs. Richard Lazzara Mr. Eric Levine & Ms. Millie Dayton Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Levy Mr. Robert Alan Lewis Mrs. Judith S. Lippman Mr. & Mrs. John F. Long, Jr. Ms. Louise Collins Lord Mr. Dennis Loring & Mrs. Donna Levin Mr. & Mrs. Jerome E. Luecke Ms. Fran B. Luckoff Mrs. Lally R. Lynch Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin S. Macfarland, III Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Manaker Mr. & Mrs. Randolph A. Marks Mrs. Kathleen Marsico Mr. & Mrs. Bertram Martin Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. McConnell Mr. Lucius B. McKelvey Mr. & Mrs. T. Bragg McLeod Mr. & Mrs. Leigh A. McMakin Mr. & Mrs. J. William Metzger Mr. & Mrs. Alan H. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Millhiser Mr. & Mrs. John H. Morris, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Hosmer Morse Mrs. Agnes C. Musch Mr. & Mrs. Ronald N. Napoli Mr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Neri Mrs. Sharon E. Owens Palm Beach Daily News
Mr. & Mrs. William Peterson Mr. Dale E. Pflum & Mr. Javier Yanes Ms. Joanna S. Plafsky Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Price Dr. & Mrs. G. David Raymond Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Raymond Ms. Jane Reilley Mr. & Mrs. Bernard E. Reisman Mr. & Mrs. Rob Reveley Ms. Susan V. Reynolds Mr. Allan E. Ridall Mrs. Ruby S. Rinker & Mr. Andrew Bytnar Mr. & Mrs. Jay Roberts Dr. Vincent T. Rudan & Mr. Brendan G. Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Sigurd Sandzen Mr. & Mrs. David H. Scaff Dr. & Mrs. Frank Schmalleger Mr. & Mrs. John Schultz Ms. Barbara A. Selecman Ms. Robin Sexton Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Shea Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Small Mr. & Mrs. Charles Smith Mr. & Mrs. Eliot I. Snider Mr. & Mrs. Raymond W. Snow Ms. Cynthia Steele Mr. Moses Sternlieb Mrs. Lynn Stockford & Mr. Keith Lang Ms. Patti W. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Szalay Mr. & Mrs. Armando A. Tabernilla Mr. & Mrs. William H. Told, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John T. Tuttle Ms. Bettie Vogel Mr. Robert G. Walker, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Wallshein Ms. Julie B. Wang Dr. & Mrs. Donald E. Warren Mrs. William S. Watchman, Jr. Ms. Bernadette Weber Mr. & Mrs. Herb Weissman Mr. Raymond R. Wells Mr. & Mrs. Scott Wood Mr. & Mrs. Donald Woodruff Mr. Samuel J. Wornom, III Mr. & Mrs. Clinton R. Wyckoff, III Marquesa de San Damian
Names in bold indicate continuous Membership for five years or more.
Life Members Ms. Rosalie Altman Mr. & Mrs. Leon Amar Ms. Margaret J. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. John W. Annan Mr. & Mrs. Carl Apfel Ms. Marsha Baker Mr. Robert B. Baker Mrs. Nelle Ball Mr. & Mrs. Louis F. Bantle Mr. & Mrs. William Barfknecht Ms. Anne K. Beatty Ms. Anita Beck Mrs. Elise Bedle Ms. Diane Belfer Ms. Betty Bench Ms. Betsy Berkshire Mrs. Harold Bernstein Mrs. John H. Birdsall Ms. Grace P. Blackwell Ms. Edith G.H. Bliss Mrs. Concey Bonfanti Ms. Janice Branyan Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Braun Mrs. J. Porter Brinton, Jr. Ms. Mary Brockman Ms. Gale Sorensen Brophy Mr. & Mrs. William A. Bryan Ms. Jean R. Bryde Mr. & Mrs. William E. Buckley Mr. & Mrs. Edwin O. Bussey, Jr. Mr. Frank O. Butler, II Mrs. Theresa Callahan Mrs. Dorothy M. Campbell Mr. Thomas M. Chastain Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Coffman Mr. & Mrs. R. J. Comerford Mr. Lawrence H. Connelly Ms. Wynne Cook Mr. & Mrs. William W. Crawford Ms. Dolores G. DeArmas Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Dean, Jr. Mrs. F. Eugene Dixon, Jr. Mrs. John R. Donnell Mr. & Mrs. Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Ms. Betsy Dyals Mrs. Harriett M. Eckstein Mr. Jim Edward Ms. Ellen Ellis Mr. George T. Elmore Mr. Jose P. Fanjul Mr. & Mrs. William J. Farnbauch Mrs. Claire Finnefrock Mr. & Mrs. Max M. Fisher Mrs. Miles Q. Fiterman Mr. & Mrs. William E. Flaherty Mrs. Jerre Foley Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Forst Mr. & Mrs. John N. Foster, Jr.
Mrs. Frank Fritz Mrs. Christine Fryer Mrs. Melvin Gelman Mrs. John Gerretsen Mr. & Mrs. Charles Gilbert Ms. Ruth Girardi Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Glennon Mr. & Mrs. Murray H. Goodman Miss Jane-Fenwick Goodwin Mrs. Norman J. Gorringe, Jr. Mr. Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. George H. Gough Mrs. Harriet R. Gould Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Grant, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Griffith, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Louis Gross, II Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Gross Miss Phyllis K. Guy Col. & Mrs. G.F. Robert Hanke Mr. Matthew S. Hannon Mrs. Henry F. Harris Ms. Charlotte Hennessey Mr. & Mrs. Raford W. Herbert Mr. John D. Herrick Mrs. Nell Hight Mr. Roland Hill Countess Henrietta de Hoernle Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Hoey Ms. Jane B. Holzer Mrs. Kelly M. Hopkins Mr. Cass S. Hough Mrs. Philip Hulitar Mr. Gerhard M. Hutter Mrs. Howard E. Imhof Ms. Mary V. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Judson Mrs. Marie Kagan Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Kalen Mrs. Simone Karoff Ms. Annette Karp Ms. Lorraine Kasper Mr. & Mrs. Arch A. Katcher Mrs. B.J. Kemp, Jr. Mrs. Frank H. Kenan Mr. & Mrs. James G. Kenan, III Mrs. Holt DeBose Kenan-Hemingway Ms. Roberta Sterling Kenan Mrs. Sterling H. Kenan Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III Mrs. Joseph Kerbel Mr. & Mrs. Bernard L. Koff Mrs. John C. LaMonte Ms. Sharon Labovitz Mrs. Robert Lahey Mr. Edwin L. Lamont Ms. Elsa Lansdowne Names in bold denote an additional contribution to the Annual Fund.
Life Members Continued Ms. Grace G. Leabu Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Albert Lippert Mr. & Mrs. George Lindemann Mr. Joseph Livingston Mrs. William C. Longstreet, Jr. Mrs. Judith Maddock Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Magill Mr. & Mrs. Egidio Majorana Ms. Eugenie E. Marron Ms. Virginia S. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Masek Mr. Alexander W. Matthews Mrs. Betsy K. Matthews Ms. Elizabeth Matthews Mr. George G. Matthews Mr. George G. Matthews, Jr. Miss Natalie N. Matthews Ms. Renee Matthews Mr. & Mrs. William M. Matthews Mr. & Mrs. Henry P. McIntosh, IV Mr. & Mrs. Milton Meador Miss Amelia B. Michaels Miss Donna Michaels Mrs. Harry Milchin Mr. & Mrs. J. Craig Misselhorn Ms. Deborah B. Moncrief Mr. & Mrs. John Mongelli Mrs. George E. Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Munson Mr. & Mrs. James L. Myers Mrs. Helene Newman Mrs. Charles Noell Mrs. Juanita Nowlen Miss Mary Obradovich Mr. W. James Oelsner Ms. Gloria S. Osborn Mr. Howard F. Ostrout, Jr. Ms. Kathleen R. Pacetti Mr. Oscar Patoka Mr. & Mrs. Charles Phillips Mr. Stephen Pierce Mr. Lewis B. Pollard Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Porter Ms. Bettina Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Edwin V. Pugh Mr. & Mrs. Thor H. Ramsing Mr. & Mrs. Donald T. Randall Ms. Audrey Rauterkus Mrs. Alexander R. Raywood Mr. & Mrs. George Rebholz Mr. Warren Resen Mr. & Mrs. Wiley Reynolds Ms. Mildred Rich Mr. & Mrs John B. Rogers Mr. & Mrs. William Rokos Mr. & Mrs. Albert Roth Ms. Trudy Ruddy Mrs. Alberta Rugh
Mr. Donald E. Runge Mrs. Joan Runkel Ms. Jane S. Russell Mrs. Kathryn J. Rybovich Ms. Rose Sachs Mrs. Floyd Samer Mr. Marc Sanders Mr. & Mrs. George Saxtan Ms. Armenia B. Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Ernst R. Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Scott Mrs. Elizabeth Scripps-Harvey Mrs. Barbara Buchanan Seed Dr. & Mrs. William T. Seed Ms. Denise Selz Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shoemaker Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Shore Ms. Mary M. Shriner Mr. Charles B. Simmons Mrs. Garnet M. Sliker Dr. Margaret D. Smith Ms. Roberta G. Smith Mrs. William D. Sohier, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Soleliac, Jr. Ms. Beverly Sommer Mr. & Mrs. Alan Sprung Ms. Betty Stern Mrs. Arnold Stichman Dr. Marilyn E. Stone Miss Lorraine Strauss Dr. Ronald Strickman Mr. Harry A. Striebel Mrs. Ty Szczepanski Mrs. Jean Tailer Ms. Dorothy Tanzman Mr. Scott Targer & Mr. Frank L. Kitchen Mr. & Mrs. A. Alfred Taubman Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Tower Ms. Helen Louise Tracy Mr. & Mrs. Newton L. Tunis Mrs. Milton Turner Mrs. Edgar Ulsamer Ms. Eleanor D. Unger Mr. Malcolm W. Vallance Mr. & Mrs. William L. Van Alen Mr. Paul Vicari Mrs. Anne C. Washburn Mrs. R. J. Wean, Jr. Ms. Mary Lou Whitney Ms. Joyce Williams Mr. & Mrs. William R. Wister, Jr. Ms. Eva Wolff Ms. Charlotte Wolpert Bishop & Mrs. Thomas H. Wright Mr. F. Richard York
Names in bold denote an additional contribution to the Annual Fund.
Professional Staff
Docent Staff
Director’s Office Emily Imbrogno - Director’s Secretary Laura MacDermeid - Grants & Sponsorships Manager
Chris Raywood Chyna LaMonte Lisa Jensen Sue Comerford Cindy Steele Mary Magill Mary Alice Pugh Hella Buch Andie Lindeman Linda Sellers Ellen Ellis Cathy Burger Ann Logsdon Lynn Yeldell Don Russell Pat Hillgardner Marvin Gross Mindy Gross Beverly Frasure Don Bottaro Ed Lamont Marjorie Smith Dee Nygren Ron Vaughan
Business Department Kay Anderson - Business Manager Beverly Basist - Assistant to the Business Manager Curatorial Department Tracy Kamerer - Chief Curator Mary Agnes Beach - Collections Care Manager Rachel Bradshaw - Registrar Susan Swiatosz - Archivist & Research Librarian Rylie Osmer - Exhibit Technician Eugene Garner - Custodian Jo Ann Jackson - Custodian Robert Mayner - Custodian Tazmarrie Ridgeway - Custodian Education Department Allison Goff - Education Director Allie Scherzinger - Education Assistant Heather Rogerson - Reservation Coordinator Facilities Department William Fallacaro - Facilities Manager Charles Evans - Maintenance Idan Lopez - Maintenance Gabriel Ruiz - Maintenance
Hours Contributed in 2011
440 419 345 304 222 209 189 160 158 157 151 149 148 147 144 131 125 121 113 111 104 100 96 87
Member Services Department Sarah Brutschy - Member Services Director Lauren Clyman - Member Services Assistant Museum Store & Café Kristen Cahill - Store and Café Manager Public Affairs Department David Carson - Public Affairs Director Steven Eirikis - Public Affairs Assistant Security Department Kevin Blanchet - Security Guard Nick Celentano - Security Guard George Dunbar - Security Guard Robert Kennedy - Security Guard Steve Kobialka - Security Guard Wisly Monelus - Security Guard Larry Morris - Security Guard Ted Smith - Security Guard Jimmie Wrisper - Security Guard
A Docent leads a guided tour through the Music Room at Whitehall.
2011 Year in Review January 2 Fall Exhibition Closed - Mizner Mediterranean: The Origins of Palm Beach Style 11
Music Series Concert - Enso Quartet
25
Music Series Concert - Ying Quartet
February 1 Winter Exhibition Opened - The Extraordinary Joseph Urban 3
Exhibition Opening Reception, The Extraordinary Joseph Urban
5
Children’s Exhibit Activity - The Extraordinary Joseph Urban
8
Music Series Concert - Alianza String Quartet
12 - 13 Valentine’s Day Tea 13
Whitehall Lecture Series - Carrère and Hastings by Dr. Laurie Ossman
20
Whitehall Lecture Series - Joseph Urban by John Loring
27
Whitehall Lecture Series - Schultze & Weaver by Jon Mogul
22
Music Series Concert - Storioni Trio
22
Gallery Talk with biographer John Loring for The Extraordinary Joseph Urban
March 3 Movie in the Grand Ballroom Little Old New York 6
Whitehall Lecture Series - Addison Mizner by Caroline Seebohm
8
Music Series Concert - Lincoln Trio
28
Director’s Annual Luncheon
April 4
Mayor’s Annual State of the Town Address in Conjunction with the Town of Palm Beach Civic Association’s Annual Meeting
9
Bluegrass in the Pavilion Concert
17
Winter Exhibition Closed - The Extraordinary Joseph Urban
23
Café des Beaux-Arts Closed for the Season
23
Easter Egg Hunt
May 7 - 8
Mother’s Day Tea
June 5
Founder’s Day
13 - 17 Summer Camp - Crime Investigation During the Gilded Age July 4
Independence Day Celebration
September 11 Grandparents Day Activity October 18 Fall Exhibition opened - First Train to Paradise: The Railroad That Went to Sea November 12 Children’s Fall Exhibit Activity for First Train to Paradise: The Railroad That Went to Sea 25
Café des Beaux-Arts opened for Season
25
Member Appreciation Days Begin
December 5 Annual Christmas Tree Lighting 5
Christmas Lecture - ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: The Story of a Poem That Dramatically Changed the American Christmas Tradition by Nancy H. Marshall
6
Gallery Talk with best-selling author Les Standiford for the exhibition First Train to Paradise: The Railroad That Went to Sea
9
Trustees’ Annual Reception and Fall Exhibition Reception
17 - 23 Holiday Evening Tours
Visitor Feedback An amazing and beautiful day. Every time I come here it’s a wonderful experience. Thank you for this day. - Marco Nashiami
Love the exhibit and the home is inspiring, I am so glad it has so painstakingly been restored. - Fred Schimdt & Sherry Wood
This beautiful home rivals the palaces of Europe – Wonderful! - Charles & Elaine Seupe Winchester, VA
The (Joseph Urban) exhibit is remarkable – it is amazing how there are many works created today that are similar to the ones here. They’re absolutely beautiful. - Charissa F.
Very beautiful experience. Thank you! - Adriana and Ruben Argentina I loved the dream like quality in Urban’s work! He was truly ahead of his time. I felt transported to his magical world. Thank you. - Tiffany The whole place is a well preserved part of American culture and history. Awesome! - Morican Vude Philippines The most wonderful experience! Loved every minute I spend here. - Alizo Marion New Hartford, NY Thank you for exhibiting work by this unique and under-appreciated genius (Joseph Urban). - Thomas F Buwouglis West Palm Beach
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Amazing use of color and detail. A gifted human being (Joseph Urban). Thanks Whitehall. - Jeff Luft The whole house, (Joseph Urban) exhibit – innovative, absolutely gorgeous – and what a great man! - Philip & Julie Conn Lexington, KY Beautiful art and sculpture, fascinating history. This is way more interesting than so many other period museums! - Tripadvisor.com Reviewed July 20, 2011 This museum is one of the most tastefully furnished and decorated mansions we visited during our road trip through Florida. This museum is a history chapter by itself. The audio-guide is excellent. - Tripadvisor.com Visited December 2011
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