Charles Ringling's home

Many of you know that the Ringlings slowly left Baraboo, WI. and eventually ended up in Sarasota, Florida. John Ringling built a huge mansion along Sarasota Bay and his brother Charles followed suit by building right beside him.

These pictures show the building of the Charles and Edith Ringling Mansion. The home was built by George Isenberg Construction using mules and wagons to move all the supplies around.

These photos are all from the University of South Florida Libraries digital collection. According to the picture's references, his name was Karl Ringling ( 1868-1926 ) and was called Charles Ringling. I don't remember ever hearing that before.