of the New London club in the Eastern League. Of the younger Plant's many gifts to hospitals and other institutions the most notable were the three dormitories and the unrestricted gift of $1,000,000 to the Connecticut College for Women. His former 1905 mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York City is now the home of Cartier. Honors Henry B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida and Plant City, Florida are named after him. The Henry B. Plant Museum is located in the main building of the former Tampa Bay Hotel on the campus of the University of Tampa. The building is now called Plant Hall in his honor. Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Florida is named after Henry Plant's son, whose donation helped to build the hospital. Henry Avenue in Tampa, Florida is in his namesake. The World War II Liberty Ships and was named in his honor. References Brown, C. (1999). Henry Bradley Plant: The nineteenth century “King of Florida.” Tampa, FL: Henry Plant Museum. Ford, R. C. & Peterson, P. (2011). "Henry P. Plant: Florida’s West Coast Entrepreneur," Journal of Management History, 17(3): 254–269. Johnson, D.S. (1966). "Henry Plant and Florida," Florida Historical Society. 45(October): 118–131. Martin, S.W. (1958). "Henry Bradley Plant." In H. Montgomery (Ed). Georgians in profile: 261–276. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. Reynolds, K. (2003). Henry Plant: Pioneer empire builder. Cocoa, FL: Florida Historical Society. Smyth, G.H. (1898). The life of Henry Bradley Plant. New York: Putnam. Turner, G.M., & Bramson, S.H. (2004). The Plant system of railroads, steamships and hotels. Laurys Station, PA: Garrigues House. Turkel, S. (2000). "Henry B. Plant: Developer of Florida’s sun coast," Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, 58–61. External links Henry B. Plant Museum at the University of Tampa Glover, F. H. "Henry B. Plant - Genius of the West Coast", originally published in Sunland: The Magazine of Florida, February 1925. 1819 births 1899 deaths Plant, Henry Bradley Businesspeople from Tampa, Florida People from Branford, Connecticut People from Martinsburg, New York