Came to the US at age 2 with his family on the Polydora. His father, Christian Christopher Denckla, died when William Paul was 13.
In 1953, when WPD was 31, he was a store owner in Ft. Gibson, OK. He married twice, first at age 28 on March 1, 1951 in Arkansas to 19-year-old Johnanna Perry Drennen. But Johnanna died a year later in March 1852. She left an infant daughter, Mary Caroline Denckla. On July 27, 1852 the baby died when the SS Golden Gate caught fire off Mexico and sank, killing 213 people. The baby was travelling with her uncle Christian Henry Denckla who also perished. (Account & pictures at http://www.aquaticsportsadventures.com/Articles/Misc/SSGoldenGate/SSGoldenGate.html)
On February 22, 1955, WPD took his second wife, Julia Estelle Thompson in Van Buren, Arkansas. They had four children: William Paul Denckla Jr, Fannie Scott Denckla, Henry Julius Denckla, and Julia Estelle Denckla.
On February 18, 1863, he incorporated the Nightingill Gold and Silver Mining Co. in Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. In the 1870 Census, the Denckla family is back in New York City living on Madison Avenue. His occupation is contractor.
In 1872, he builds The Denckla Block in Little Rock, Arkansas. A manuscript known as The Capital Hotel Materials says, "The building which would become the Capital Hotel was built in 1872 on the corner of Markham and Louisiana Streets in Little Rock. It began life as a shop, office, and apartment complex. It has a prefabricated cast-iron façade, which was the first in the state. The building was known as the Denckla Block - after its owner and builder, William P. Denckla, a wealthy financier and real estate speculator. The building was converted to a hotel in 1877, after the nearby Metropolitan Hotel burned. It was in continuous use as a hotel until 1977, when it was closed. Edwin B. Cromwell, a Little Rock architect and president of Historic Venures, Inc., had long been interested in restoring the building. In 1978 Historic Ventures formed a partnership with Charles Bland, Jr. of Grand Junction, Tennessee and Lawrence E. Walters of Little Rock to purchase the Capital Hotel from Elizabeth Cassinelli. They then brought in Lincoln Properties, Inc. of Dallas, Texas. At the time of the hotel’s re-opening in 1983, it was owned by the partnership, Lincoln Properties, and the Stephens Corporation. (http://www.cals.lib.ar.us/butlercenter/manuscripts/collectio
n/mss99-27.html)
He died at age 59 of Bright's Disease (a kidney disease now known as chronic nephritis) in New York City.
In 1953, when WPD was 31, he was a store owner in Ft. Gibson, OK. He married twice, first at age 28 on March 1, 1951 in Arkansas to 19-year-old Johnanna Perry Drennen. But Johnanna died a year later in March 1852. She left an infant daughter, Mary Caroline Denckla. On July 27, 1852 the baby died when the SS Golden Gate caught fire off Mexico and sank, killing 213 people. The baby was travelling with her uncle Christian Henry Denckla who also perished. (Account & pictures at http://www.aquaticsportsadventures.com/Articles/Misc/SSGoldenGate/SSGoldenGate.html)
On February 22, 1955, WPD took his second wife, Julia Estelle Thompson in Van Buren, Arkansas. They had four children: William Paul Denckla Jr, Fannie Scott Denckla, Henry Julius Denckla, and Julia Estelle Denckla.
On February 18, 1863, he incorporated the Nightingill Gold and Silver Mining Co. in Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. In the 1870 Census, the Denckla family is back in New York City living on Madison Avenue. His occupation is contractor.
In 1872, he builds The Denckla Block in Little Rock, Arkansas. A manuscript known as The Capital Hotel Materials says, "The building which would become the Capital Hotel was built in 1872 on the corner of Markham and Louisiana Streets in Little Rock. It began life as a shop, office, and apartment complex. It has a prefabricated cast-iron façade, which was the first in the state. The building was known as the Denckla Block - after its owner and builder, William P. Denckla, a wealthy financier and real estate speculator. The building was converted to a hotel in 1877, after the nearby Metropolitan Hotel burned. It was in continuous use as a hotel until 1977, when it was closed. Edwin B. Cromwell, a Little Rock architect and president of Historic Venures, Inc., had long been interested in restoring the building. In 1978 Historic Ventures formed a partnership with Charles Bland, Jr. of Grand Junction, Tennessee and Lawrence E. Walters of Little Rock to purchase the Capital Hotel from Elizabeth Cassinelli. They then brought in Lincoln Properties, Inc. of Dallas, Texas. At the time of the hotel’s re-opening in 1983, it was owned by the partnership, Lincoln Properties, and the Stephens Corporation. (http://www.cals.lib.ar.us/butlercenter/manuscripts/collectio
n/mss99-27.html)
He died at age 59 of Bright's Disease (a kidney disease now known as chronic nephritis) in New York City.
Came to the US at age 2 with his family on the Polydora. His father, Christian Christopher Denckla, died when William Paul was 13.
In 1953, when WPD was 31, he was a store owner in Ft. Gibson, OK. He married twice, first at age 28 on March 1, 1951 in Arkansas to 19-year-old Johnanna Perry Drennen. But Johnanna died a year later in March 1852. She left an infant daughter, Mary Caroline Denckla. On July 27, 1852 the baby died when the SS Golden Gate caught fire off Mexico and sank, killing 213 people. The baby was travelling with her uncle Christian Henry Denckla who also perished. (Account & pictures at http://www.aquaticsportsadventures.com/Articles/Misc/SSGoldenGate/SSGoldenGate.html)
On February 22, 1955, WPD took his second wife, Julia Estelle Thompson in Van Buren, Arkansas. They had four children: William Paul Denckla Jr, Fannie Scott Denckla, Henry Julius Denckla, and Julia Estelle Denckla.
On February 18, 1863, he incorporated the Nightingill Gold and Silver Mining Co. in Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. In the 1870 Census, the Denckla family is back in New York City living on Madison Avenue. His occupation is contractor.
In 1872, he builds The Denckla Block in Little Rock, Arkansas. A manuscript known as The Capital Hotel Materials says, "The building which would become the Capital Hotel was built in 1872 on the corner of Markham and Louisiana Streets in Little Rock. It began life as a shop, office, and apartment complex. It has a prefabricated cast-iron façade, which was the first in the state. The building was known as the Denckla Block - after its owner and builder, William P. Denckla, a wealthy financier and real estate speculator. The building was converted to a hotel in 1877, after the nearby Metropolitan Hotel burned. It was in continuous use as a hotel until 1977, when it was closed. Edwin B. Cromwell, a Little Rock architect and president of Historic Venures, Inc., had long been interested in restoring the building. In 1978 Historic Ventures formed a partnership with Charles Bland, Jr. of Grand Junction, Tennessee and Lawrence E. Walters of Little Rock to purchase the Capital Hotel from Elizabeth Cassinelli. They then brought in Lincoln Properties, Inc. of Dallas, Texas. At the time of the hotel’s re-opening in 1983, it was owned by the partnership, Lincoln Properties, and the Stephens Corporation. (http://www.cals.lib.ar.us/butlercenter/manuscripts/collectio
n/mss99-27.html)
He died at age 59 of Bright's Disease (a kidney disease now known as chronic nephritis) in New York City.
In 1953, when WPD was 31, he was a store owner in Ft. Gibson, OK. He married twice, first at age 28 on March 1, 1951 in Arkansas to 19-year-old Johnanna Perry Drennen. But Johnanna died a year later in March 1852. She left an infant daughter, Mary Caroline Denckla. On July 27, 1852 the baby died when the SS Golden Gate caught fire off Mexico and sank, killing 213 people. The baby was travelling with her uncle Christian Henry Denckla who also perished. (Account & pictures at http://www.aquaticsportsadventures.com/Articles/Misc/SSGoldenGate/SSGoldenGate.html)
On February 22, 1955, WPD took his second wife, Julia Estelle Thompson in Van Buren, Arkansas. They had four children: William Paul Denckla Jr, Fannie Scott Denckla, Henry Julius Denckla, and Julia Estelle Denckla.
On February 18, 1863, he incorporated the Nightingill Gold and Silver Mining Co. in Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. In the 1870 Census, the Denckla family is back in New York City living on Madison Avenue. His occupation is contractor.
In 1872, he builds The Denckla Block in Little Rock, Arkansas. A manuscript known as The Capital Hotel Materials says, "The building which would become the Capital Hotel was built in 1872 on the corner of Markham and Louisiana Streets in Little Rock. It began life as a shop, office, and apartment complex. It has a prefabricated cast-iron façade, which was the first in the state. The building was known as the Denckla Block - after its owner and builder, William P. Denckla, a wealthy financier and real estate speculator. The building was converted to a hotel in 1877, after the nearby Metropolitan Hotel burned. It was in continuous use as a hotel until 1977, when it was closed. Edwin B. Cromwell, a Little Rock architect and president of Historic Venures, Inc., had long been interested in restoring the building. In 1978 Historic Ventures formed a partnership with Charles Bland, Jr. of Grand Junction, Tennessee and Lawrence E. Walters of Little Rock to purchase the Capital Hotel from Elizabeth Cassinelli. They then brought in Lincoln Properties, Inc. of Dallas, Texas. At the time of the hotel’s re-opening in 1983, it was owned by the partnership, Lincoln Properties, and the Stephens Corporation. (http://www.cals.lib.ar.us/butlercenter/manuscripts/collectio
n/mss99-27.html)
He died at age 59 of Bright's Disease (a kidney disease now known as chronic nephritis) in New York City.
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