Name: The Birth Of Mar-a-Lago
Uploaded: 2020-01-01
Duration: 11 min 26 s
Description: Marjorie Merriweather Post, the woman who built Mar-a-Lago in the 1920s, had a grand vision for the estate to one day become a “Winter White House”. She may have never imagined in her wildest dreams the ironic twists and turns the Palm Beach property would take in accomplishing the mission.

Marjorie Merriweather Post, the woman who built Mar-a-Lago in the 1920s, had a grand vision for the estate to one day become a “Winter White House”. She may have never imagined in her wildest dreams the ironic twists and turns the Palm Beach property would take in accomplishing the mission.

Explore how Marjorie Merriweather Post built Mar-a-Lago in the 1920s, shaping a lavish estate with a bold vision to become a Winter White House. This episode traces the property's striking transformation through decades of wealth, politics, and reinvention, revealing why its story reaches far beyond its walls.

Inside Palm Beach's gilded estate, ambition, power, and legacy collide.

In the 1920s, Marjorie Merriweather Post, envisioned Mar-a-Lago as a “Winter White House”. She may have never imagined the ironic twists and turns the Palm Beach property would take.

Inside Palm Beach's gilded estate, ambition, power, and legacy collide.

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