The school was built by Henry Flagler as a hotel - where big-wigs like presidents & Thomas Edison stayed. It was the 1st hotel with electric lights - but that's another story. The fountain (payin' attention?) is surrounded by 12 frogs & the part in the middle represents a sword plunged into the earth. It works like a fountain & a sun dial.
This is part of the courtyard - there's a blend of architectural design throughout. Moorish, Roman, Spanish - all tied together.
This view is from a courtyard across the street - trying to show the roof & the dramatic towers from a short distance.
Ho-Hum, just the ceiling art. Every school should have domes & gold painted ceilings.
If you turned right, from the courtyard where the overall shot of the main building was taken, & walked 50 yards - this is where you would end up. One of many cool shopping & dining locations. It's a pretty clean town dontcha think?
If you said this looked like Tiffany Glass - You would be right - 30 million dollars worth - & this is in the dining room that the students use.
See - Toldja. Imagine kids eating pizza & corndogs surrounded by such expensive art. The chairs in the picture are mostly reproductions of the originals - though there are some 100+ year old chairs (valued at $22K each) mixed in with the fake $2k chairs. There's a secret about how to figure out the difference between the two types. Visit St A & I'll let you in on the mystery of which ones are "the cheap seats".
