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Morton Freeman Plant (August 18, 1852, Branford, Connecticut – November 4, 1918, New York City) was an American financier.
19 de set. de 2016 · The original owner of the house was an American businessman named Morton F. Plant, who had been born with a pretty big silver spoon in his mouth. Morton was the son of Henry Bradley Plant, who had built an enormous railroad and steamship network across the South that came to be known as the Plant System.
One year after Morton Plant traded his New York home for Cartier pearls and moved into an even larger spread at 1051 Fifth Avenue, he passed away at 66 years old due to complications from a pneumonia.
Morton Freeman Plant was vice-president of the Plant Investment Company from 1884 to 1902 and attained distinction as a yachtsman. He was part owner of the Philadelphia baseball club in the National League, and sole owner of the New London club in the Eastern League.
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- August 18, 1851
- Nellie (Capron) Plant
- November 4, 1918
Branford House was built in 1902 for Morton Freeman Plant, a local financier and philanthropist, as his summer home; he named it after his hometown of Branford, Connecticut. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 23, 1984.
1 de jun. de 2017 · In 1917, Morton Freeman Plant made a deal with jeweller Pierre Cartier: Plant would give Cartier his Fifth Avenue mansion in exchange for $100 and a necklace of 128 natural pearls, valued...
Freeman’s maple is a hybrid of red maple and silver maple; the cross yields both the strong branch attachment of the red maple and the fast growth rate of the silver maple. Freeman’s maple is also less susceptible to chlorosis symptoms than the red or silver maples.
