The building was built on the initiative of the Ingham-Whitaker family in 1874 and used as a private residence.

The house was connected by a secret passage to the adjacent Anglican church.

Initially, the building consisted of a two-story low body with an exotic winter garden that reached the sea.

At the end of the 19th century, the house was sold to the knight Enrico Ragusa, who in 1907 commissioned the transformation of Palazzo Ingham in the Grande Albergo delle Palme to the architect Ernesto Basile.

[1] Notable people who have resided in the hotel include: