Whitney-Wolcott House

Whitney-Wolcott House

Wolcott House

Oviedo (Fla.)

Housing--Florida

The Whitney-Wolcott House, located at 6297 Lake Charm Circle, near Lake Charm in Oviedo, Florida. After buying property from Dr. Henry Foster in 1886, Calvin Whitney built his Victorian Revival-style, two-story winter home near Lake Charm. Whitney, who was the president of the A.B. Chase Piano Company, partnered with Dr. Foster in 1889-1890 to form the Lake Charm Improvement Company, which built a bulkhead, drained from the lake, and removed muck from the bottom. Whitney and Dr. Foster hired a Philadelphia-based mason to construct a sidewalk around the lake. The home was later owned by O. Gus Wolcott. Another well-known inhabitant of the house was Wyatt Wyatt, author of Catching Fire and Deep in the Heart, in the 1990s.

Original black and white photograph: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.

ca.1886-1919

Reagan, Bettye Jean Aulin

"Wolcott Home by Bettye Reagan." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6938.

Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.

Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Whitney-Wolcott House, Oviedo, Florida

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History Teacher

Geography Teacher

Copyright to this resource is held by Bettye Reagan and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

Private Collection of Bettye Reagan

Rajtar, Steve. "Oviedo Historical Trail". Steve Rajtar. http://www.geocities.ws/krdvry/hikeplans/oviedo/planoviedo.html.

McCarthy, Kevin. The Book Lover's Guide to Florida. Sarasota, Fla: Pineapple Press, 1992.

1 black and white photograph