William Randolph Hurst purchased the building in 1925 and subsequently had the building dismantled brick by brick and shipped to Brooklyn, NY in 11,000 crates. His plan was to rebuild the structure at his San Simeon estate in California. His plans were never completed due to financial difficulties.
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In 1964, the property was sold to Bishop Henry I. outtit for the Episcopal Diocese of South Florida, later selling the property to Colonel Robert Pentland, Jr., who gifted it to the Episcopal parish of St. Bernard de Clairvaux..