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College Hall formerly the Home of Charles and Edith Ringling
Charles and Edith Ringling built their marble mansion in 1925 after brother John Ringling, the great circus leader and entrepreneur erected his palace (Ca d‘Zan) immediately to the south.
The Charles Ringling House was completed in 1926, at a cost of $880,000, following the designs and under the supervision of the Milwaukee architectural firm of Clas, Shepherd, and Clas. Although Charles died in 1926 shortly after the house was completed, the mansion was to serve for many years as the Charles Ringling family center.
Daughter, Hester Ringling Sanford occupied the house immediately to the South. Son, Robert had a cottage, since expanded considerably and now occupied by his widow, Mrs. Robert C. Bon Seigneur, a short distance to the north of the main house.
The marble mansion, which is constructed along a North-South axis fronting on Sarasota Bay, measures 208 feet along its eastern front, has a