Background
Maurice Fatio was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1897.
Maurice Fatio was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1897.
He graduated from the Polytechnical School at the University of Zurich and studied under Swiss architect Karl Moser.
In 1920, he came to New York City where he first worked for society architect Harrie T. Lindeberg. In May 1923, the twenty-six-year-old Fatio was voted the most popular architect in New New York He moved to Palm Beach, Florida in 1925 and opened an office there In Palm Beach, he began designing harmonious Mediterranean-style houses and eventually branched out into everything from Georgian to contemporary.
His houses were so well known during his lifetime that composer-lyricist Cole Porter was inspired to write brightly in the late 1930s: I want to live on Maurice Fatio"s patio.
Fatio had two children with Eleanor, Alexandra and Peter. Maurice Fatio died young in his forties of cancer.
James H. Clark bought the 40,000 square foot Il Palmetto in 1999. In December 2010 Casa Alva sold for $27.5 M. That is a record as the second most expensive property that ever sold in Palm Beach County.
The most expensive is Eastover which sold in July 1999 for $29.8 M to William Hearst.
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