In 1960, Huntington Hartford, the A&P supermarket heir, purchased Hog Island from Axel Wenner-Gren. In 1962, Hog Island was opened as Paradise Island.
Hartford hired the Palm Beach architect John Volk and built the Ocean Club, Cafe Martinique, Hurricane Hole, the Golf Course, among other island landmarks. He also acquired and installed the Cloisters, a 14th-century French Augustinian monastery originally purchased in Montréjeau and dismantled by William Randolph Hearst in the 1920s.
Gary Player was hired as the golf pro, Pancho Gonzales as the tennis pro, and staff from Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc to work off season at the Ocean Club.
In 1966, Resorts International constructed a bridge across Nassau Harbour, connecting Paradise Island with New Providence island.
Events
Hotels, Clubs & Accommodation
- Beach Inn, The
- Britannia Beach Hotel
- Club Mediterranee
- Flagler Inn
- Holiday Inn (Paradise Island)
- Lowes Paradise Island Hotel & Villas
- Ocean Club
Things To Do
Postcards
1969 – Paradise Island (Type I)
1971 – Dexter Press Inc (DT-74800-C Series – Type D)
References
- Sports Illustrated 1962-04-09
- Wikipedia: Paradise Island