A photograph of the Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine, Florida. This hotel was built by railroad and oil baron Henry M. Flagler. The Ponce de Leon Hotel was Flagler's first hotel in Florida, completed in 1887. This photograph, taken just a few years after the hotel opened, first appeared in St. Augustine; Views of the Old Florida City from Recent Negatives by the Albertype Company. Published 1891 by A. Wittemann in New York.