California Classics: Homes by Wm Lyon: Huntington Series
Housing--Florida
William Lyons Home, Inc. is a California-based, residential home builder. William Lyons, a former U.S. Air Force pilot, founded the company in 1954, then called Luxury Homes. In 1968, William Lyons Home sent Hymen Lake, a Central Florida real estate developer, a brochure of his California Classic model homes. Lake is best known as the developer of Sky Lake, a residential community and unincorporated area in located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s, and it became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The brochure highlights four model homes from the Huntington Series and list numerous options available with each model.
Original brochure: <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
<a href="https://lyonhomes.com/" target="_blank">William Lyons Home, Inc.</a>
Lake, Harriett
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Huntington Beach, California
Letter from William Lyons Homes, Inc. to Hymen Lake (May 24, 1968)
Housing--Florida
William Lyons Home, Inc. is a California-based, residential home builder. William Lyons, a former U.S. Air Force pilot, founded the company in 1954, then called Luxury Homes. In 1968, William Lyons Home's architect design coordinator, Phil Hove, addressed a letter to Hymen Lake, a Central Florida real estate developer, in response to Lake's interest in some model homes designed by Lyon's firm. Lake is best known as the developer of Sky Lake, a residential community and unincorporated area in located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s, and it became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated.
Original letter from William Lyons Homes, Inc. to Hymen Lake, May 24, 1968: <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
<a href="https://lyonhomes.com/" target="_blank">William Lyons Home, Inc.</a>
Lake, Harriett
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Williams Lyon Homes, Inc., Anaheim, California
Home of Hymen Lake, Orlando, Florida