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Whitehall was a 55-room mansion built by Henry Flagler in 1901 as a wedding present for his wife Mary Lily Kenan Flagler and later sold by her heirs to investors in 1925. The building served as a luxury hotel from 1925-1959. Later acquired in 1959 by Mrs. Flagler Matthews (President of the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum), it was restored and opened to the public in 1960. Whitehall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and later to the National Historic Landmarks Program on February 16, 2000.

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Photography studio owner Richard Emile Resler was born in Austria in March 1865. Immigrated with parents and two brothers to Baltimore, USA in 1867. Moved to Brooklyn, NY in 1884 and worked in photography studio with Henry Preston Brooks. Joined the Socialist Party in 1891, moved to Mexico in 1892 and opened a photography studio in Mexico City but moved back to Brooklyn in 1894. Married Mary Webber Brooks, daughter of Henry Preston Brooks, in 1896. Separated and moved to West Palm Beach in 1897. Divorced in 1909, he married his brother Arthur's widow Johanna. Mr. Resler ran for the office of Commissioner of Education for Florida on the Socialist ticket in 1914. Died 1946 in West Palm Beach.