Breakers Hotel

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Breakers Hotel Complex
(U.S. National Register of Historic Places)
Main entrance to Breakers Hotel
Location:	Palm Beach, Florida
Built/Founded:	1925^[1]
Architect:	Schultze and Weaver^[1]
Architectural style(s):	Classical Revival^[1]
Added to NRHP:	August 14, 1973
Reference #:	73000598^[2]
Governing body:	Private

This article is about The Breakers (a hotel in Palm Beach, Florida). For other uses, see Breakers (disambiguation).

The Breakers Hotel Complex is a historic hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, United States. Originally built in the 1890s as the Royal Poinciana Hotel or Old Royal Poinciana Hotel, it was a 2,000 room wooden hotel (1,100 guest rooms), in Palm Beach, Florida in the United States. It was built by Henry Flagler, a real estate and railroad tycoon as a winter retreat for the very rich. At the time, it was reportedly the largest wooden structure in the world. It burned down in 1903 and again in 1925; each time it was quickly rebuilt.

Ground was broken May 1, 1893 and the hotel opened on February 11, 1894, welcoming 17 guests. The six-story, Georgian-style hotel became the largest hotel in the world at the time, with hallways totaling more than three miles in length—bellhops delivered messages to guests by bicycle.

The hotel is located at South County Road. On August 14, 1973, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

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^ ^a ^b ^c The Breakers. Florida Heritage Tourism Interactive Catalog. Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs (2007-02-28).
^ Beach/state.html National Register of Historical Places - Florida (FL), Palm Beach County. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-02-28).