Charles Deering

industrialist who built the Cutler estate · Palmetto Bay

First documented act

1916

Role class

founder or core figure of one node

Community

Palmetto Bay · municipality

Status as of 11 September 2026

historical

Historical state

pre Andrew

Connections

3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.007 (rank 49 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.000 (rank 61)

Confidence

Medium · sources: [A53], [A54], [A24], [T34], [T32], [T4] (register)

Charles Deering (1852 to 1927), chairman of International Harvester, buys the Richmond Cottage at Cutler in 1916 and builds the Stone House in 1922, where he keeps an art collection valued at 60 million dollars in 1922. He also donates 25 acres at Buena Vista to the USDA plant garden in 1914.

Connections

Moves, founders, developers

• foundedDeering EstateBuys the inn in 1916 and completes the Stone House in 19221916 to 1922

Influence

• shapedCutler (pioneer town)Buys most of the declining town into his estate1914 to 1917
• shapedUSDA Subtropical Horticulture Research Station (Chapman Field)Deering's Buena Vista donation hosts the USDA garden before the move to Chapman Field1914 to 1923

Located

• located inPalmetto BaySits in Palmetto Bay by address or centroid1916