Marion Sims Wyeth icon (1889–1982) was an American architect who designed numerous mansions in Florida.

He was born in New York City. Wyeth's father John Allan Wyeth founded in 1882 the New York Polyclinic Hospital (which became Cabrini Medical Center

Cabrini Medical Center

Cabrini Medical Center of New York City was created in the late 20th century by a merger of two Manhattan hospitals. It closed in 2008 due to financial difficulties....

). His grandfather J. Marion Sims founded the country's first Women's Hospital in 1855 (which is now part of St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital.

He attended Princeton University

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

 and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts

École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...

 in Paris

Paris

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. There he was awarded the Prix Jean LeClerc in 1913 and the Deuxième Prix Rougevin in 1914.

Wyeth worked at Carrère & Hastings and moved to Palm Beach, Florida

Palm Beach, Florida

The Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth...

 in 1919 where he founded the firm of Wyeth and King with his business partner Frederic Rhinelander King. He was the first Palm Beach architect to be elected a fellow of the American Institute of Architects

American Institute of Architects

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.

Wyeth would design numerous mansions in Palm Beach during its gilded age.

Projects

• Mar-A-Lago
  Mar-A-Lago
  Mar-A-Lago , built 1924-1927, is the name of the Marjorie Merriweather Post estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Post built the house with her husband, Edward F. Hutton. The house was designed by Joseph Urban. Upon her death in 1973 Marjorie Post willed the estate to the U.S. Government as a retreat...
  
  , Palm Beach
• Norton Museum of Art
  Norton Museum of Art
  The Norton Museum of Art is an art museum located in West Palm Beach, Florida. Its collection includes over 5,000 works, with a concentration in European, American, and Chinese art as well as in contemporary art and photography.-History:...
  
  , West Palm Beach
• High Point, New Jersey, Monument and associated Grey Rock Inn
• Florida Governor's Mansion
  Florida Governor's Mansion
  The Florida Governor's Mansion is a historic U.S. residence in Tallahassee, Florida. On July 20, 2006, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The mansion, which was designed to resemble Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, was designed by Marion Sims Wyeth, who also designed...
  
  
• Shangri La
  Shangri La (Doris Duke)
  Shangri La is the name of an Islamic-style mansion built by heiress Doris Duke near Diamond Head just outside Honolulu, Hawaii. It is now owned by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art in cooperation with the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and open to the public for tours; an admission fee is...
  
   - Doris Duke
  Doris Duke
  Doris Duke was an American heiress, horticulturalist, art collector, and philanthropist.-Family and early life:...
  
   home in Honolulu