Simply over a century in the past, sunshine and acres of citrus groves lured among the titans of business, together with Baltimore businessman Frederick S. Ruth and Edward W. Bok, writer of The Saturday Night Publish and The Girls House Journal, to one among Florida’s highest elevations.
The brainchild of Ruth, Mountain Lake was established in 1916 as a secluded, luxurious hideaway and the trio of Ruth, Frederick Regulation Olmsted, Jr., and Seth Raynor later went on to develop the unique Fishers Island on Lengthy Island and Yeamans Corridor in Charleston, SC. Bok was an early resident, who, together with Frederick Regulation Olmstead, Jr., performed an integral function in making a timeless vacation spot that’s listed on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations. When the Orange Blossom Categorical added a cease on the neighborhood in 1919 Mountain Lake’s glory days blossomed together with the tons of of acres of citrus groves that buffer the Park from the skin world.
Over 100 years later, regardless of the expansion in Florida’s I-4 hall, passing by means of Mountain Lake’s gates into the 1,100-acre enclave of hills, lakes, and groves nonetheless looks like time slows down. The artfully designed grounds, historic Colony Home, and iconic Seth Raynor golf course stay true to the neighborhood’s unique imaginative and prescient. With easy accessibility to a number of FBOs inside 30 miles, escaping the skin world is only a fast journey away.
Raynor’s magnificent course, set on a few of Florida’s uncommon rolling terrain, has greater than stood the take a look at of time. Included on Golfweek’s High 100 Basic Programs, it’s the highest-rated Florida course within the High 200 Residential Golf Programs within the U.S. and continues to thrill generations of members.
Buoyed by its wealthy historical past, this tight-knit neighborhood is vibrant and energetic, its members desirous to return every season. From championship croquet and tennis to lure and skeet, from spa and health to swimming and kayaking, Mountain Lake has all of it for all who’re sport. Members additionally respect the safety and privateness afforded in a neighborhood with 24/7 armed safety patrol and a totally secured perimeter. Two-plus-acre homesites make sure the privateness members want.
The understated class of Mountain Lake’s properties, from the eccentric attraction of a historic house to the improvements of contemporary new building, continues to attract new members. And with plans so as to add restricted new homesites within the close to future, there’s a distinctive alternative to construct your legacy on this historic neighborhood.
For extra info:
Mountain Lake
2300 N. Scenic Freeway
Lake Wales FL 33898
MountainLakeFlorida.com
Jeremy Brown, Director of Membership & Advertising
863-679-2433
