James Deering

James Deering (November 12, 1859 – September 21, 1925) was an industrial executive in the family Deering Harvester Company and subsequent International Harvester, a socialite, and an antiquities collector. He is known for his landmark Vizcaya estate, where he was an early 20th-century resident on Biscayne Bay in the present day Coconut Grove district of Miami, Florida. Begun in 1910, with architecture and gardens in a Mediterranean Revival style, Vizcaya was his passionate endeavor with artist Paul Chalfin, and his winter home from 1916 to his death in 1925.

Personal facts

James Deering
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1859
Birth place
South Paris Maine
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1925
Place of death
SS City of Paris (1922)
Known for
Villa Vizcaya

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  1. http://www.vizcayamuseum.org/home.asp