11 Facts About Paris Singer

Paris Eugene Singer was an early resident of Palm Beach, Florida.

Paris Singer has been described as a "man of luxury".

Paris Singer was 22nd of the 24 children of inventor and industrialist Isaac Singer of Singer Sewing Machine Company fame, from whom he inherited money; and the fourth child of Isabella Eugenie Boyer's six.

Paris Singer was the finest-looking man I ever saw; six feet, three or four, straight as a die, with a fine figure.

Paris Singer was a strange, silent man, who loved to look on but hard to talk to unless you got him on his own subjects.

Paris Singer had built a string of hospitals in England and France "for the war-wounded".

Paris Singer hired Mizner to build it, and Mizner moved to Palm Beach.

Paris Singer was the president of the Everglades Club, as the convalescent home soon became, and lived there in an apartment constructed for him.

Paris Singer planned on what became Singer Island a hotel, the Blue Heron, designed by Mizner, to be the most luxurious ever built, as part of a large new resort.

The real estate collapse forced the Everglades Club into receivership, as Paris Singer was unable to service the loans for which the club was collateral.

Paris Singer was arrested in April 1928 at the club, on charges of real estate fraud.