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- He lived with his mother in her castle-like residence on Bird Key—the only house there—but most of his time was spent at Ca’ d’Zan.
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John Nicholas Ringling (May 31, 1866 – December 2, 1936) was an American entrepreneur who is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows to create a virtual monopoly of traveling circuses and helped shape the modern circus.
May 25, 2016 · Living in Sarasota, John Ringling can easily fall into the former category. His name adorns just about everything in town — bridges, streets, museums, colleges. Locals and visitors alike take...
Jul 26, 2018 · She married Henry North, who worked for the railroad, although he came from an aristocratic Irish background. John was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, then home of the Ringling circus, in 1903. His...
• The Ringlings began spending winters in Sarasota in 1912. They became involved in the community, bought real estate, and at one time, owned approximately 25 percent of Sarasota’s total area. • In 1927 John Ringling moved the winter quarters of the circus from Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Sarasota.
In Sarasota, John became a formidable force in the Florida land boom of the 1920s, buying and developing land on the Sarasota Keys, where he hoped to create a fashionable winter resort that would rival the popularity of the state’s East Coast resorts.
Feb 9, 2019 · John and his wife Mabel bought 20 bay-front acres and — inspired by the Venetian Gothic palaces they’d admired on their annual trips to Europe — they built a 32-room mansion. They named it Cà d’Zan, meaning “the House of John” in Venetian dialect.
In just over four years, he purchased over 500 paintings intended from the very beginning to form the bulk of a great museum. Today, that museum exists next to his fabulous $1.5 million Venetian-style mansion near the winter home of the Ringling Brothers Circus in Sarasota, Florida overlooking Tampa Bay.
