| 1859/11/12 |
James Deering is born in 1859 in South Paris, Maine, the son of William Deering and his second wife, Clara Hammond Deering. |
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| 1880/00/00 |
James Deering joins his father, William and half-brother, Charles, in Evanston Illinois to establish the Deering Harvester Company. |
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| 1900/05/00 |
James Deering presents Deering Harvester Company products at the Paris Exposition of 1900 and is inducted into the French Legion of Honor. |
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1900 Exposition Universelle |
| 1902/00/00 |
JP Morgan orchestrates the merger of Deering Harvester Company with McCormick Reaper Company and others to form the International Harvester Company. James Deering becomes Vice President of the new firm. |
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| 1910/00/00 |
Deering is introduced to Paul Chalfin, Vizcaya's artistic director, by interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe. Deering and Chalfin begin plans to create a residence in Florida. They make their first visit to Italy to buy antiquities and tour villas for inspira |
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Vizcaya |
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens |
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| 1912/00/00 |
Deering buys the first 130 acres of Vizcayas 180 acres of bay front land from Mary Brickell to build his winter estate. |
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Vizcaya Museum and Gardens |
Miami, Fl |
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| 1914/00/00 |
During a visit to Villa la Pietra in Florence, James Deering and Chalfin meet Colombian landscape architect Diego Suarez. |
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Villa La Pietra |
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| 1914/01/05 |
Mary sells 180 acres at the south end of Millionaires Row on Brickell Ave to James Deering. Deering built a 34-room Italian Renaissance mansion with Italian gardens and fountains on the grounds. |
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Vizcaya Museum and Gardens |
Miami, Fl |
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| 1916/00/00 |
Vizcaya is built as the winter residence of James Deering. The estate is entirely surrounded by subtropical forest - the Main House and the formal gardens appear as a dreamlike vision in the midst of the jungle on Biscayne Bay. |
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Vizcaya |
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens |
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| 1916/12/25 |
With guests dress as Italian peasants, James Deering hosts a party to celebrate the completion of Vizcaya's Main House. |
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Vizcaya |
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens |
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| 1917/00/00 |
John Singer Sargent visits Vizcaya, where he creates watercolors of the estate. |
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Vizcaya |
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| 1921/00/00 |
Construction of the Vizcaya gardens are completed. |
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Vizcaya Museum and Gardens |
Miami, Fl |
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| 1925/09/21 |
James Deering dies aboard the SS CITY OF PARIS ocean liner (Scrapped 1956) returning from France. |
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Vizcaya Museum and Gardens |
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