Portrait of Forrest Lake

Portrait of Forrest Lake

Forrest Lake

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Portrait of businessman and politician, Forrest Lake. He first arrived in Sanford in the 1880s. Lake was known as a local politician and later a member of state government. One of his most well known successes in politics was the passing of the bill that created Seminole County in 1913. Throughout the early- to mid-1920s, Lake owned an icehouse, founded Seminole County Bank, and established the Hotel Forrest Lake. By the end of the Florida real estate boom, Lake suffered many financial loses when the hotel went bankrupt and he was accused of bank fraud. In 1928, Lake went through a series of trials related to the bank fraud scandal and was later sent to state prison for fourteen years. Lake only served six years and lived the rest of his life in Sanford. He died in 1939.

Original black and white photograph: Sanford Historical Society, Inc., Sanford, Florida.

1920-01-01/1929-12-31

Print reproduction of original black and white photograph: Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). Sanford. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.

Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.

Sanford Historical Society, Inc., Sanford, Florida.

Hotel Forrest Lake Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

"Politics, Tourism, Education, Non-Profits...Oh My!." RICHES of Central Florida.

Sanford, page 75.

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1920-01-01/1929-12-31

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Copyright to this resource is held by the Sanford Historical Society, Inc. and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

Gilmartin, Daniel O. "Mayor Forrest Lake of Sanford." The Florida Historical Quarterly 74, no. 4 (Spring 1996): 391-404).

Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). Sanford. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.

"Mayor Forrest Lake of Sanford"

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