Deering (GC:a2z) Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/15/2014
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1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

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Charles Deering (1914)

Charles Deering was born on July 31, 1852 in Paris, Maine.  He was the son of William Deering, founder of Deering Harvester Company, and brother of millionaire industrialist James Deering.  Deering is remembered as an American businessman and philanthropist.

In 1873 Deering graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served as an officer in the Navy until 1881. Deering then became secretary of his father's company, which merged with McCormick Harvesting Machine Company and became International Harvester in 1902.  After the merger, Deering became the chairman of the board for International Harvester.

Charles's successful stewardship of the family firm left him with the means and leisure to indulge his interests in the arts and natural sciences.  His activities and benefactions in the US were centered on Chicago and Miami and he also aspired to found an art museum in Spain.

Deering lived on the Deering Estate in Cutler, Florida which was about 444 acres (1.80 km2) property for five years, from 1922 to 1927. 

The Richmond Cottage as it looks today.

The property consists of a three floor wooden house built in 1900, known as the Richmond Cottage, and a three floor stone mansion.  Other buildings were also built on the property to serve as axillary buildings to the estate.

Charles Deering died at the age of 75 at his estate at 11.30pm on February 5, 1927.  After Charles' death, the estate was left to his wife and children.  Many years later in 1985,  the estate was acquired by the state of Florida and the house and grounds were used as a filming location for at least two television-shows between the 1980's and the 2000's.

The 1980s TV series Miami Vice (NBC) featured the property many times and it was the starting line for The Amazing Race All-Stars (CBS) in 2007.

Charles Deering Estate is located in the incorporated village of Palmetto Bay, Florida and the grounds include what is thought to be the largest virgin coastal tropical hardwood hammock in the continental United States.

The Estate is also on the National Register of Historic Places.

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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