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PRINCESS PLACE PRESERVE
alm Coast and the Flagler Beaches
is one of Florida’s most picturesque
destinations with its combination
of beaches and natural parks and
attractions. These top historic insta-
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T OP L OCATIONS
Princess Place Preserve
Featuring local materials including tabby
block cladding, cedar and palm tree trunk
posts and pink coquina, the Adirondack
camp-style lodge was constructed in 1887
by Henry Cutting. The complex includes
servant’s quarters, a caretaker’s house,
tennis courts, stables, bathhouse, pool
house and the first in-ground concrete
swimming pool in Florida. The Lodge
became an entertainment center for many
socially prominent Americans, New York
families and European royalty. Cutting
died in 1892, leaving a widow, Angela Mills
Cutting and two small children. Angela
later married an exiled Russian prince,
Boris Scherbatoff. When Prince
Scherbatow died in 1949, the Princess
used the lodge as her primary residence.
For this reason it became known as the
Princess Estate. Flagler County purchased
the property in 1993 as a preserve.
Bulow Ruins Plantation State Park
The Bulow Plantation Ruins stand as a
monument to the rise and fall of one of the
largest sugar plantations in east Florida.
Bulow’s Sugar Mill was constructed of
local coquina rock, which was used to
build most large structures in the 19th
century. 1836 brought a volatile time in the
Florida frontier as the Second Seminole
War swept away the prosperous Bulow
Plantation, the spring house, wells and
slave cabins of the former plantation. A
scenic walking trail and state park were
created amongst the ruins to magnify the
historic significance of the area to educate
locals, tourists and history buffs alike
about the plantation’s history.
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Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
Part of a Spanish land grant to Bautista
Don Juan Ferreira in 1815, this now state
park was developed as a plantation by
General Joseph Hernandez, an early
Florida planter. George Lawrence
Washington, related to our first president,
married Hernandez’ daughter, Louisa in
1844 . The couple was given the land and
developed the plantation, started an
orange until 1856. When Louisa died in
1859, George left, but returned in 1886 to
live out the remainder of his years.
Purchased in 1936 by Mr. and Mrs. Owen
D. Young, the gardens, groves and
plantings were expanded. After Mr.
Young’s death in 1964, Mrs. Young gave
the property to the state of Florida.
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