| The Boca Raton Resort & Club: Mizner's Inn Contributor(s): Curl, Donald (Author), The Boca Raton Historical Society (Author) |
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ISBN: 1596295279 ISBN-13: 9781596295278 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: Visit the lovely landmark that grew from a small inn on Lake Boca Raton in 1926 into the city's most exclusive destination. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 917.593 |
| LCCN: 2008033430 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.9" W x 9.8" (0.80 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Locality - West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Boca Raton Resort & Club, originally known as the Cloister Inn, was designed by famed Palm Beach architect Addison Mizner to house prospective investors in his planned Boca Raton development. His dream, however, dissolved with the end of the Florida land boom and the 1926 Miami hurricane, as his Cloister Inn was acquired by utilities magnate Clarence Geist. Geist hired hotel architects Schultze and Weaver to design a major addition to the hostelry. Reopened as the Boca Raton Club in 1930, it became a principal employer and the primary tourist attraction in Boca Raton in ensuing years, its revival linked in many ways with that of the small community. Join architectural historian Donald Curl as he chronicles the lovely landmark that opened in 1926 as a small inn on Lake Boca Raton and has since become the city's most exclusive destination. |