Occupation Architect Name Marion Wyeth | Role Architect Parents John Allan Wyeth | |
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Born 1889 New York City, U.S. Alma mater Princeton UniversityEcole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts Structures Mar‑A‑Lago, Norton Museum of Art, Florida Governor's Mansion, Norton House, Mar‑A‑Lago National Historic L | ||
$10 million, Lemon Hill - 1200 N Ocean Blvd., Gulf Stream, Florida
Marion Sims Wyeth (1889–1982) was an American architect. He designed mansions including Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and Shangri La in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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- 10 million Lemon Hill 1200 N Ocean Blvd Gulf Stream Florida
- 4 Golfview Road Palm Beach FL
- Biography
- Projects
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4 Golfview Road, Palm Beach, FL
Biography
Wyeth was born in New York City to Florence Nightingale Sims and Dr. John Allan Wyeth, who founded the New York Polyclinic Hospital in 1882. (which became Cabrini Medical Center) His grandfather J. Marion Sims founded the first Women's Hospital in the U.S. in 1855 (it is now part of St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital.
Wyeth attended Princeton University and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he was awarded the Prix Jean LeClerc in 1913 and the Deuxième Prix Rougevin in 1914.
Wyeth worked at Carrère & Hastings. He moved to Palm Beach, Florida in 1919 where he founded the firm of Wyeth and King with his business partner Frederic Rhinelander King. He was the first Palm Beach architect to be elected a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Wyeth would design numerous mansions in Palm Beach during its gilded age.