| 词条 | William Curry (millionaire) |
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Curry was born in 1821 on Green Turtle Key. He arrived in Key West from the Bahamas in 1837. Like many Conchs, he was a poor white Bahamian who immigrated to Key West for economic opportunity. When he arrived in Key West, it was the wealthiest town in the state.[2] He started in Key West as a clerk in the office of Weever & Baldwin. After fighting in the Seminole War for several years, he returned to Key West and climbed the corporate ladder. Over the next forty years, he built an empire of merchandising, wrecking, and shipbuilding.[2] Curry had eight children with his wife Euphemia, whom he married in 1844.[2] When he died in 1896, Curry's estate was worth $1.5 million.[2] He was Florida's first self-made millionaire and the richest man in the state.[3] The Curry MansionWilliam Curry built the Curry home in 1855.[3] Urban legend holds that the Curry kitchen was the birthplace of the original key lime pie, created by a cook known as Aunt Sally.[3][4] In 1905, Curry's son Milton demolished and rebuilt the home as a Victorian mansion that still stands today.[5] The wood used in the home is Dade County Pine, like other homes of wealthy Conchs at that time.[3] In 1920, the house passed from the Curry family to a cousin. In 1975, Edith and Al Amsterdam bought and renovated the Curry Mansion and turned it into a bed and breakfast.[2][6] Other homes built by the Curry children include the Woman's Club, the Southernmost Mansion, and the Fogarty Mansion.[2] The Fogarty mansion is directly adjacent to the Curry Mansion and is currently the home of Fogarty's Restaurant and Flying Monkeys bar.[2] References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7432694/william-curry|title=William Curry|last=Barry|first=John|date=December 4, 2018|website=Find A Grave Memorial|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Curry, William}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Cite web|url=https://keywest.floridaweekly.com/articles/tales-from-curry-mansion/|title=Tales from CURRY MANSION {{!}} Key West Florida Weekly {{!}} Key West News|last=January 11|first=Florida Weekly Staff {{!}} on|last2=2018|date=2018-01-11|website=Key West Florida Weekly|access-date=2018-12-05}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web|url=http://www.keywesthistoricmarkertour.org/Markers_Detail.php?ProductID=443|title=Marker Details - Key West Historic Markers Project|website=www.keywesthistoricmarkertour.org|access-date=2018-12-05}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/living/food-drink/article215758680.html|title=We all know Key lime pie was invented in the Keys, right? Seems not everyone agrees|website=miamiherald|access-date=2018-12-05}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMZ6RF_Milton_W_Curry_House_William_Curry_Homestead|title=Milton W. Curry House-William Curry Homestead - Florida Historical Markers on Waymarking.com|website=www.waymarking.com|access-date=2018-12-05}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.currymansion.com/history.html|title=History {{!}} Amsterdam's Curry Mansion Inn {{!}} Bed and Breakfast {{!}} Key West, Florida|website=www.currymansion.com|access-date=2018-12-05}} 8 : 1821 births|People from Key West, Florida|Businesspeople from Florida|Bahamian people of European descent|Bahamian emigrants to the United States|American people of the Seminole Wars|Place of death missing|1896 deaths |
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