paul chalfin once said "vizcaya had not to wait for the passage of centuries to invest her with memories and legends." soon after her debut, the estate was already making history as notables of the day were invited to pay a visit. lillian gish, the hollywood movie star supposedly came and there's stories she loved one little room she would dust the whole room and fill the room and there's just too many things to put her powder on all over. the fact that the house had 24 sets of china, i love it because it is a bit of attitude. if you were to stay seven days, the full stay, you never had to eat off of the same set of dishes twice while you're at vizcaya. it's wonderful. >> one legendary guest would leave a lasting impression or impressions of vizcaya which now hang on the walls of famous museums. >> one day, one of the nieces, i believe, comes running in and says to the woman who is basically the housekeeper, "there's a hobo in the garden" and everybody's upset and excited and they go out and see and it turns out to be john singer sargent, the painter who was a houseguest. sargent had fal