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Old Kirkside Columns from Henry Flagler's House
St. Augustine Florida
It's a good thing we don't throw away everything from old houses.  Unfortunately Kirkland was tore
down in the 1950s. The home was designed by Carerre and Hastings and built by McGuire and
McDonald. The home was built for Henry Flagler and his second wife Ida Alice. The columns in the
picture are part of the Kirkside Apartments today in St. Augustine. However the name "Kirkside" lost
its importance with the placement of the columns.

Next to a scottish church ---- the house was beside Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Kirkside  â€“ Carrere and Hastings designed and McGuire and MacDonald built the English
Renaissance Colonial home started in July 1892 and completed in March 1893 as a home for Flagler
and his second wife Ida Alice. It was a fifteen-bedroom home. Rooms were well furnished and the
salon was modeled after Versailles. The house was two stories painted white with green blinds. The
east wing of the house served as offices. The house was equipped with electric lighting.  Today the
Corinthian Columns grace Kirkside Apartments.
Kirkside
from Florida Memory Project