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 Women Residence Journal, to one in every of 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 position in making a timeless vacation spot that’s listed on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations. When the Orange Blossom Specific added a cease on the group in 1919 Mountain Lake’s glory days blossomed together with the a whole lot 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 seems like time slows down. The artfully designed grounds, historic Colony Home, and iconic Seth Raynor golf course stay true to the group’s authentic 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 check of time. Included on Golfweek’s High 100 Traditional 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 group is vibrant and energetic, its members wanting to return every season. From championship croquet and tennis to entice and skeet, from spa and health to swimming and kayaking, Mountain Lake has all of it for all who’re sport. Members additionally recognize the safety and privateness afforded in a group with 24/7 armed safety patrol and a completely secured perimeter. Two-plus-acre homesites make sure the privateness members need.
The understated magnificence of Mountain Lake’s houses, from the eccentric attraction of a historic residence to the improvements of recent 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 group.
For extra data:
Mountain Lake
2300 N. Scenic Freeway
Lake Wales FL 33898
MountainLakeFlorida.com
Jeremy Brown, Director of Membership & Advertising
863-679-2433
