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[stephenfries]

A visit to Belleair is a food-lover’s fantasy

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[sfarticles]

A visit to Belleair is a food-lover’s fantasy

A visit to the iconic Belleview Inn takes you on a trip back in time to a hotel once known as the White Queen of the Gulf, a vacation haven to athletes, celebrities and presidents until it closed in 2009.

Steeped in its gilded age grandeur, the historic, 35-room Belleview Inn in Belleair, Fla., has been meticulously restored and recently reopened. The inn is a section of the original Henry Plant hotel, the Hotel Belleview, erected in 1897. And who was Henry Plant? What caught my attention and piqued my interest was the Connecticut connection. Born to a modest farming family in Branford  in 1819, Plant first went to work at the age of 18 as a captain’s boy for the New Haven Steamboat Co. that ran between New York and New Haven. He’s the little-known individual responsible for kick-starting the development of Florida. Henry Plant was founder of the Plant System of railroads and steamship lines. Known for connecting the previously isolated Tampa Bay area and southwest Florida to the nation’s railroad through his network of southern railroads and acquisitions, he saw the potential in opening up this part of the state.

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https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Stephen-Fries-A-visit-to-Belleair-is-a-13763401.php#photo-17217714

[livewherethewildthingsare]

boujie

[meldee9]

But I suppose I’ll take this......39 days til vacation!