Charles Deering Estate was the Florida home of Charles Deering until 1927 when he died at the estate.
The Richmond Cottage as it looks today.
The Richmond Cottage a year after it was purchased by Charles Deering in 1916.
Portrait of Charles Deering, c. 1914 by Ramon Casas i Carbó
Buildings on the Deering Estate with still-water marks from storm surge measured at 16.5 feet (5.0 m)
Charles Deering was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. He was an executive of the agricultural machinery company founded by his father that became International Harvester. Charles's successful stewardship of the family firm left him with the means and leisure to indulge his interests in the arts and natural sciences. His activities and benefactions in the US were centered on Chicago and Miami; he also aspired to found an art museum in Spain.
Ramon Casas i Carbó portrait of Charles Deering, c. 1914. Maricel Museum Sitges, Barcelona
Mrs. Charles Deering, John Singer Sargent
Charles Deering, at Brickell Point, Miami, 1917, by John Singer Sargent
Deering's grave at Graceland Cemetery