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The Fort Harrison Hotel serves as the flagship building of Flag Land Base, the Church of Scientology's spiritual headquarters in Clearwater, Florida. First opened in 1926, the hotel served for many years as Clearwater's most luxurious hotel. It was a focal point of the community during the great depression and World War II.

The hotel began to fall into disrepair by the 1970s. In 1975, the Church of Scientology purchased the building under the cover name United Churches of Florida and began its restoration. In the 1980s, the building was brought back into a state of good repair including restoration of its marble floors and art deco details and craftmanship.

It provides luxurious accommodations and course and auditing rooms for parishioners studying at high levels of Scientology.

The Fort Harrison Hotel is joined by a walkway to the Super Power Building across the street.

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[edit] Lisa McPherson

In 1995, the Fort Harrison Hotel and the Church of Scientology were embroiled in a controversy regarding the death of a young Scientologist named Lisa McPherson. McPherson had had a minor car accident, after which she behaved strangely, taking off her clothes in public; against medical advice, Church staffers got her out of the hospital and took her to the Fort Harrison Hotel for "rest and relaxation". Seventeen days later, she was taken to a different hospital and pronounced dead on arrival due to malnutrition and dehydration; the subsequent investigation revealed that she had been receiving unlicensed medical treatment at the hotel, including force-feeding and the administration of drugs prescribed by a doctor who never saw her.

[edit] Other Scientologist deaths

More Scientologists have died in incidents involving the Fort Harrison Hotel.[1]

These deaths include:

  • Margarit Winkelmann, 51, who drowned herself in January 1980 in Clearwater Bay after she quit taking medication for bipolar disorder and switched to vitamins and minerals as recommended by the Church.
  • Josephus A. Havenith, 45, who died in February 1980 at the Fort Harrison Hotel in a bathtub filled with water so hot it burned his skin off.
  • Peter E. Frei, 37, who was found floating in a Dunedin waterway in June 1988 several days before the Church of Scientology reported him missing from his room at the Fort Harrison Hotel.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Lucy, Morgan. "For some Scientologists, pilgrimage has been fatal", St.Petersburg Times, 1997-12-07. Retrieved on 2006-12-04.

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