History Whitfield Estates was formerly a wooded area that had been homesteaded by General John Riggin, aide-de-camp to Ulysses S. Grant. The property included the bayfront estate of Alfred Ringling. In 1924, the property was purchased from Richard T. Ringling, son of Alfred, by a corporation called Whitfield Estates, Inc., held by Louis Broughton Whitfield, D. G. Haley, E. H. Price, and E. S. Delaplane, Jr., all residents of Alabama.
History Whitfield Estates was formerly a wooded area that had been homesteaded by General John Riggin, aide-de-camp to Ulysses S. Grant. The property included the bay.front estate of Alfred Ringling. In 1924, the property was purchased from Richard T. Ringling, son of Alfred, by a corporation called Whitfield Estates, Inc., held by Louis Broughton Whitfield, D. G. Haley, E. H. Price, and E. S Delaplane, Jr., all residents of Alabama.