Gasparilla Inn & Club
Gasparilla Inn Historic District | |
Francis Kennard | |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
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NRHP reference No. | 08000205[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 18, 2008 |
The Gasparilla Inn & Club is a historic hotel at 500 Palm Avenue on Gasparilla Island in Boca Grande, Florida.[2]
The Gasparilla Inn is one of the largest surviving resort hotels in Florida, constructed originally for wealthy northerners in the early 20th century, during the time when the state became a travel and vacation destination.[3]
The inn is a two-and-a-half-story hotel building. Its first section was built in 1911; it was expanded in 1912 and in 1915. Its
The Gasparilla Inn Historic District is a 25 acres (10 ha)
It includes, as non-contributing resources, the Mallet Club Croquet House and croquet courts to the northeast of the Inn and north of holes five and six of the golf course. The Croquet House incorporates a section of what was originally the Fletcher House, moved in the 1980s from Gilchrist Avenue in Boca Grande.[2]
The hotel is a member of the Historic Hotels of America.[5]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Mikki Hartig; Carl Shiver (February 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Gasparilla Inn Historic District / Gasparilla Inn & Club". National Park Service. Retrieved April 28, 2020. With accompanying pictures
- ^ a b "History of Gaspirilla Inn". Retrieved April 28, 2020. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 4, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Gasparilla Inn & Club: History". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ "The Gasparilla Inn & Club". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
External links
- Media related to Gasparilla Inn Historic District at Wikimedia Commons