| Joseph Pearson Greaves Alcazar Hotel Manager St. Augustine Florida |
| Joseph P. Greaves born in Brooklyn, New York and was eight years old when his parents removed
West and four years later returned with them to New York. He attended
public schools. He began his career as a clerk in a broker's office on Wall Street, and afterward engaged for several years as a traveling salesman for a New York house. He then became associated with the Manhattan Beach Hotel Company of Long Island, controlling the Manhattan Beach and the Oriental Hotels, and thus gained his first experience in a line of business in which he has since won distinction. After two years he was made general auditor of the company. Obit Joseph Pearson Greaves - Joseph Pearson Greaves was killed in an accident on Lexington Avenue subway train in New York in July of 1928. The doors of the train had closed when Mr. Greaves toppled from this seat. Passengers pulled the emergency cord and the conductor, Edward Vaugh, reopened the doors. The motorman, John Fredericks, and the station master, Edward Durian carried Mr. Greaves to the platform. At the time of his death he was the manager of the Royal Palm Hotel in Miami. He had been connected with the Flagler Hotel System since 1892. From 1897 to 1902 he was the manager of the Alcazar Hotel. . In 1907 he was appointed manager of the Royal Palm. During the summer he also managed the Oriental and Manhattan Beach Hotels, at Manhatten Beach, until they were demolished. Lately he had managed the Hotel Champlain, Buff Point, N. Y. during the summer. Mr. Greaves was an enthusiastic yachtsman and sailed his own sloop, the Osana (a 25 foot yacht), with the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club. He was also a golfer winning a silver cup in 1900 in St. Augustine at a "Links" tournment. He had a country home at Spring Valley N. Y., bought with a legacy from Henry Flagler. Joseph Greaves got his start at the Ponce de Leon hotel as an assistant cashier. |